Some of the very best from the Sacred Academy and the Immortal Academy were still in seclusion. Only a Little Heavenly King and a descendant of the Nine-Nether Ao had come from the Immortal Academy.
Quite a few of Xiao Tian's followers had come from the Sacred Academy. They were all Heavenly Prodigies who had cultivated two immortal qi and made progress with the current era method. Having endured the torment of the Darkness Cage, they treasured the chance to grow stronger again all the more. They were willing to torment themselves and endure pain, and even more willing to swallow their pride. Whoever was willing to take them as disciples, they would acknowledge as their master on the spot.
Only with a backer could they obtain cultivation resources. Cultivating the current era method required Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to protect the body and Primordial Spirit, lest the cultivator collapse.
Put nicely, it was the current era method. Put less nicely, it was blind men feeling an elephant, exploring unknown territory bit by bit.
After all, in theory, the Blood Moving Realm, Cave Heaven Realm, Spirit Transformation Realm... every one of these realms had potential waiting to be unearthed. By cultivating a single realm alone and breaking its shackles, one could forge an unknown path.
In practice, that was far too difficult. Even the method Shi Hao created belonged to an entirely new field, beginning with the human body's cosmic gate-the lower dantian.
Xiao Tian understood more of the theory. The human body also had a middle dantian, which represented qi among essence, qi, and spirit.
Using that as a foundation, one could likewise create an invincible method.
Still, there was no hurry. After he became a Supreme, he could leave behind a method or two and compare them