The Dao Power gained through bitter cultivation could only amount to so much, and once battle came, it would be consumed. Thus, for ordinary cultivators, improving one's strength was no simple matter.
This was also the predicament facing most Starry Sky Remnants.
"I understand what Brother Lu means." Chen Wu smiled. "If not for Madam's consideration for us, repeatedly sharing out most of the Dao Bones obtained from killing enemies, Madam should actually have been able to attempt Dao Integration by now."
"What about Man Mountain and Dragon Spine?"
"They each have only one nine-Dao cultivator."
Lu Ye said, "Aren't you afraid one of them will suddenly produce a second nine-Dao cultivator?"
Advancement and breakthroughs in the Dao Realm followed no logic. Perhaps a chance tempering of one's Dao Bone would succeed, increasing one's Dao Power by one level.
Of these three factions, each had only one nine-Dao cultivator, making them seem evenly matched. But if one side produced a second nine-Dao cultivator, that balance would be shattered.
Chen Wu said, "Brother Lu, you don't understand. Neither Man Mountain nor the leader of Dragon Spine is as broad-minded as Madam. Before they achieve Dao Integration themselves, they will never permit a second nine-Dao cultivator to arise under them. Anyone who dares to do so has already been killed by them."
Lu Ye immediately understood.
If that was the case, then there truly was not much to worry about.
They chatted idly along the way, speaking now and then. Lu Ye gathered quite a bit of information, while Chen Wu did not grow overly suspicious. With his preconceived notion that Lu Ye had only recently entered the Star Abyss, it was perfectly normal for him to be curious about all manner of things within it.
Moreover, none of what Lu Ye