The many Guardians looked at one another. How did they already have the foundation for Dao Integration?
Lingqing's heart stirred, and she asked, "Senior, could you mean the lands we have now divided out?"
Everyone understood at once.
They all turned to Xuan, waiting to see how he would guide them in Dao Integration.
"Yes!" Zhang Yang nodded, confirming Lingqing's guess. "The lands you now protect were actually divided out by you according to the Authority of Heaven and Earth.
"In other words, the lands you have now divided out naturally already bear your Great Dao.
"And what you must do is truly integrate with that piece of land.
"The first thing I need to confirm is that, as Guardians, you should all be willing to protect your own lands and living beings.
"In truth, since you were able to carry countless billions of living beings upon the land and travel such a long road to the First Realm, I think there is no need to question this point, right?"
"Yes, Senior!"
The many Guardians nodded in succession.
If they had been able to abandon them, they would have done so long ago.
In truth, as Guardians, they had cherished all living beings for countless tens of thousands of years.
Those countless billions of living beings were also the source of their power.
Abandoning countless living beings was equivalent to abandoning power. Naturally, they were unwilling to do so.
Zhang Yang continued, "As Guardians, you possess an inherent drawback: you must bear the Authority of Heaven and Earth.
"Once you leave the Authority of Heaven and Earth, your strength will plummet.
"This situation is actually similar to our state after Dao Integration.
"Why did Tomb return to the End Realm and drive the End Realm Earth to the First Realm?