Yan Chihuo knew about this, but he had always found it strange—how had that Earth Divine Ape succeeded in bewitching them?
Yuan Feng continued, "Heavenly Wind Cultivators are indispensable. Their cultivation and strength cannot differ too greatly, and all eight attributes—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and ice—must be present. If one Heavenly Wind Cultivator perishes, where can we find a replacement? Thus, our Spirit Island devoted itself to painstaking research and finally found another method: thirty-two Origin Core Stage cultivators, divided into groups of four. Each group cultivates an art of one attribute, and all thirty-two refine the Heaven-Burning Wind-Rending Diagram simultaneously."
Yan Chihuo knew that this attempt had failed as well. The reason was that they had made him kill Shi Guangling.
Yuan Feng continued, "But cultivators were still difficult to find this way, so our Spirit Island came up with another method. We sought disciples who cultivated arts of multiple attributes, grouped every four who cultivated the same attribute art together, and selected the strongest person as each group's leader. In this way, we finally gathered thirty-two Origin Core Stage cultivators. But later, another mishap occurred: one Heavenly Wind Cultivator was killed by the human race, so the remaining thirty-one Heavenly Wind Cultivators returned to their respective families."
Long Shuang'er immediately asked, "Senior Yuan, may I ask why you did not find another Origin Core Stage cultivator?"
Yuan Feng replied, "There was no time. The strongest among those Origin Core Stage cultivators had already reached the peak of the late Origin Core Stage and could no longer suppress their cultivation. By the time we found another Origin Core Stage cultivator and had him cultivate, those at the peak of the late Origin Core Stage would have to advance to the Dao Integration Stage, or else their