Dao Seal Cultivators carried themselves high above New-Method Cultivators and Orthodox Cultivators.
When they were with these cultivators, they consciously or unconsciously assumed the role of leader.
But things were a little different in the Far Western Land:
Because the Far Western Land was simply too dangerous.
Never mind Dao Seal Foundation Establishment Cultivators-even those at Purple Mansion or Golden Core could die at a moment's notice, without the slightest fuss.
In the past, they had relied on their numbers, a replenishing supply of cannon fodder, and powerful backing.
The many Dao Seal Cultivators at the Qi Refining Realm, Foundation Establishment, and Purple Mansion Cultivators had all ventured into the Far Western Land with a positive outlook.
But now:
Large numbers of experts had been transferred to the Far East, Far South, and Far North.
Even vast quantities of cannon fodder had been taken away.
At first, everyone had panicked, but they could still hold on.
Because the big shots above had sent no definite word.
But after just a few days, they could no longer hold on, because clear word had come down from above:
[Under the wise leadership of the three thousand unorthodox paths, eight hundred side schools, and one hundred and eight Orthodox Mystic Sects, the Far Western Land has achieved a self-sustaining internal cycle.]
[In just over a hundred years, through the efforts of experts from numerous sects, the Far Western Land has been transforming from a barren wasteland into a flourishing region.]
[We hope that, a hundred years from now, the Far Western Land will provide grassroots support to the Far South, Far East, and Far North.]
After that barrage of nonsense from above, every Dao Seal Cultivator below Golden Core throughout the Far Western Land felt uneasy.
As for ordinary cultivators and New-Method