"Shortcomings in the world?" Someone asked uncertainly.
What shortcomings could a world have? And what did that have to do with cultivators' cultivation? Those who had such thoughts were not Tier Nine cultivators, for their level was not high enough and their perceptions were not deep enough.
Instead, those at Tier Nine wore thoughtful expressions.
Every one of them wished to unravel the mysteries beyond the Divine Sea Realm. Though they had not entered any life-and-death seclusion, once cultivation reached their level, they could naturally sense certain things.
It was as though an invisible force within this world bound them, preventing them from pursuing cultivation at a higher level.
No one knew what kind of force it was, because it was only a vague sensation, not yet clear enough to judge.
Yet Lu Ye's words jolted them awake like a clap of thunder rousing dreamers. Only now did the many Tier Nine cultivators suddenly realize that the force restraining them from seeking higher cultivation came from Nine Provinces itself!
Faintly, they all had a premonition that what Lu Ye was about to say would surely be earth-shattering, perhaps allowing them to understand many things they had long failed to comprehend.
They immediately sat upright and listened intently.
"Every world has its own level. The height of that level depends on the strength of the world's foundation, and the limit cultivators can reach is directly linked to the world's level." Lu Ye continued explaining the information he had obtained from Little Nine. Every sentence shook their hearts, much as the vast starry sky the Divine Sea Realm cultivators had witnessed through the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror earlier.
"If a world is compared to a bottle, then the water within the bottle is the world's foundation. What can a small bottle nurture? Only a