The Divine Firmament Sect.
Ever since the mountain gate had collapsed, the sect's fortune had drained away, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy here had become so scattered that even the Spirit-Gathering Grand Formation was useless.
It was as though they had returned to the Primordial Era.
It was said that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in the Primordial Era had been extremely impure, but the cultivation methods practiced by cultivators of that time had been so forceful that they could absorb even the turbid energies mixed into it.
Modern cultivators, however, had physiques far inferior to those of ancient cultivators. They shunned those turbid energies and dared not absorb even a trace.
The disciples of the Divine Firmament Sect were no exception.
Whether the Six Elders of the Divine Firmament, the sect's Golden Core elders, or its Foundation Establishment disciples, all could barely sustain themselves on spirit stones and spirit liquid. They could not absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to cultivate at all.
With the Divine Firmament Sect's deep reserves, holding out for a dozen years or more might not be difficult. But if this continued, the day would eventually come when its spirit stones and spirit liquid ran out.
When that happened, the sect's decline would be inevitable. In the vast cultivation world, there would no longer be a power known as the Divine Firmament Sect!
"A wise man knows which way the wind blows. I offered you this out of goodwill, yet you six fellow Daoists still refuse to accept?"
At that moment.
Inside a Poolside Cave containing a pool where six withered lotus flowers grew, a golden Nascent Soul the size of a fist spoke in an aged voice.
The golden Nascent Soul resembled an old man in his seventies or eighties, with