But because of the New Heaven Project's unique nature, a cultivator's fighting strength was not the top priority when it came to carrying out the plan.
With more than a dozen peak cultivators from both Dao Paths holding the fort, plus young True Intent Cultivators such as Yang Lingrui, Yang Yuanhong, Luo Qianchou, Nangong Jinghe, and Ling Shuang, the New Heaven Project had no shortage of high-level fighters.
What mattered more when recruiting people was whether they could truly be trusted, whether they could keep the secret, and whether the Ascendant Will might beguile them during the mission and cause them to leak it.
Those Enlightenment Dao Cultivators who had already made progress in their cultivation did possess deeper attainments and greater strength. They could deal with disturbances caused by the Ascendant Will more easily.
The problem was that most of them had either seen their cultivation stagnate or faced daunting Dao tribulations. Their outlook was entirely different from that of the peak cultivators of both Dao Paths who already stood at Canglan's summit.
The latter had reached the peak and wanted to climb into the heavens and go further. That was why they refused to let cultivators from the Upper Realm pull their strings.
The former were still on the road, gazing up at the summit. Most already felt their strength failing them and carried some measure of dejection.
Not to mention that many had entered their twilight years and could already see the date of their deaths.
Yet the Ascendant Will happened to contain many Dao arts and techniques that had since been lost or vanished altogether. And every Treading-Void Split Soul had truly survived the Treading Void Tribulation and ascended to the heavens.
Guidance from an Upper Cultivator who had already attained the Dao would give them