After devouring the Azure River Ancient Sect, nearly every immortal of Thousand Dragon Lake obtained a Source of Dao, and almost everyone had effectively passed another tribulation.
Thousand Dragon Lake already possessed many True Dragons who had passed two or even three tribulations. After crossing another, they would reach the realm of three or even four tribulations.
And Four Tribulation Immortals were practically guaranteed to step into the domain of half-step Earth Immortals.
Under such circumstances, let alone gaining more than a dozen half-step Earth Immortals in one breath, it was even possible for them to gain several Earth Immortal Ancestors, or perhaps produce one or two Seven Tribulation Immortals.
The Sources of Dao left behind by the dozen or so half-step Earth Immortals within the Azure River Ancient Sect alone could cause Thousand Dragon Lake's strength to surge dramatically.
After all, most of Thousand Dragon Lake's True Dragons had lived for tens or even millions of years. Quite a few had already endured two, or even three, great tribulations.
The Guixu Immortal Alliance had already been vastly outnumbered in immortals. They had thought that, after reaping successive gains, they could rely on their immortals' higher average cultivation to hold off Thousand Dragon Lake. Now, however, it seemed they might not even hold an advantage in cultivation.
Although the Guixu Immortal Alliance had gained more, with each immortal refining several Sources of Dao and receiving benefits equivalent to passing three great tribulations, the immortals within the alliance had simply cultivated for far too short a time.
Setting aside Six Luminaries Immortal and Heavenly Feather Immortal, the remaining immortals had mostly ascended only fifty or sixty thousand years ago. They simply did not have enough time to thoroughly digest their gains.
"The gap is too great. Even with the mountain-protecting grand