TO ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY, I CULTIVATE USING QI LUCK

Chapter 1307: Chapter 516 Development Path_2 Chapter 1307: Chapter 516 Development Path_2 Apart from a few Immortal Sects which keep their Mountain Gates wide open, allowing anyone who is not too lacking to join,

most Immortal Sects only accept disciples with superior qualifications; even those may not be enough, as stringent requirements of character must be met before one can be admitted.

For many Immortal Sects, superior qualifications are the ticket to entry.

Whether more conditions are added depends on how plentiful the sect’s resources are and how strong it is.

The more resources and strength an Immortal Sect has, the stricter the requirements for recruiting disciples, resulting in fewer members.

Take the Qing Immortal Sect, for example, which suppresses the entire Changqing Domain.

Even though it’s now in decline, it still occupies twenty-one countries within the domain and remains the undisputed hegemon.

Yet, such a Great Immortal Sect only has, in total, three hundred true disciples and five thousand sect members.

The total number barely exceeds that of the three minor Immortal Sects in Qingyang Country.

The Immortal Sects over there might not have a single True Immortal, but which one doesn’t have more than ten thousand disciples?

But would anyone think that these minor Immortal Sects are stronger than the Qing Immortal Sect?

Of course not.

Therefore, the weaker the Immortal Sect, the more it tries to increase its number of disciples to appear powerful and to boost its influence.

The stronger Immortal Sects have fewer disciples and don’t need such superficial displays; they always keep their size within a limited scope.

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The reason is simple: to concentrate resources for major endeavors.

Having sufficient resources, they focus these resources on a select few truly exceptional individuals, maximizing the cultivation of genuine talents.

Otherwise, dispersing the resources among all disciples would mean that everyone receives extremely limited benefits.

In a cultivation environment that demands resources, each disciple would lack what they need, leading to difficulties in cultivation, and despite excellent qualifications, they would struggle to succeed.

And a disciple who can’t succeed signifies an inability to Breakthrough Realms; the inability to Breakthrough Realms means they cannot wield higher powers.

Without higher powers,

such low-level disciples are no different from ants to those at higher realms, who could wipe them out with a wave of a hand, rendering them utterly useless to the sect.

As mentioned before,

a sect’s real core consists first of Immortals and secondly those who have the potential of becoming immortal, such as those in the Five Qi Towards Primordial phase.

Beyond that, even if you’re at the Gathering Four Qi level, you’re insignificant to a sect.

If you’re not immortal, you’re as insignificant as an ant.

The Immortal Realm is just that cruel.

And thus, Lu Yuan changed his strategy.

The idea of recruiting disciples went from welcoming tens of thousands of cultivators to aspiring for three hundred True Immortals under his leadership.

Though the number of people seemed to decrease, the quality was significantly enhanced.

Originally, tens of thousands of cultivators were merely mortals.

But three hundred True Immortals are genuinely Immortals.

The former, no matter how grand the spectacle, won’t attract a second glance from outsiders, who might even find them noisy.

The latter, regardless of how low-key, would inspire reverence and fear as soon as others learn the details.

The gap between the two is immense.

Embracing this approach, Lu Yuan, who aspired to one day rename the Changqing Domain to the peaceful domain and become the next Great True Person, naturally gravitated toward the developmental path of the current ruler, the Qing Immortal Sect.

This meant setting high entry requirements for recruiting disciples, starting with superior qualifications and adding stringent temperamental demands to ensure that the minimum achievement of future disciples would be Five Qi Towards Primordial, with a considerable chance of becoming a True Immortal.

Only such disciples are worthy of joining the Taiping Dao.

The reason is simple.

It’s because Lu Yuan will need a lot of strong enforcers to maintain his rule and hegemony in the Changqing Domain in the future.

You might ask, doesn’t he have Avatars?

Why rely on these disciples?

It’s because the cost of creating Avatars is very high.

To refine a Qi Luck Dao Fruit, the minimum requirement is enough precious materials to refine an Immortal Artifact to create a Dao Fruit embryo.

Then, to transform a Dao Fruit embryo into a true Dao Fruit, it needs the nourishment of a country’s Qi Luck and fate for at least several hundred years to metamorphose into an Immortal.

The total investment in refining a Dao Fruit is several times, or even double, the cost of nurturing a True Immortal.

True Immortals are common, but materials of Immortal Artifact quality are not.

At this Dharma Assembly, Mi Yun Mountain saw the arrival of more than a dozen True Immortals, yet among these Immortals, only a few possess Immortal Artifacts, not even eighty percent.

Within this eighty percent, most are Immortal Artifacts passed down through the sect, belonging to the sect’s property, not privately owned.

The remaining twenty percent belong to entire sects that do not have a single Immortal Artifact.

This shows just how rare Immortal Artifacts are in the Immortal Realm.

And it makes sense.

Within the Immortal Realm, resources are finite.

As generations of predecessors have continuously exploited these resources, the total amount is on a declining trend.

Even though many resources can regenerate, the rate of regeneration cannot keep up with the pace of exploitation.

As the Immortal Method prospers and the number of Immortals grows, the demand for resources also increases.

Limited resources distributed among infinite Immortals inevitably leads to every Immortal receiving less and less.

The Immortal Method has been in existence in the Immortal Realm for countless years.

Over such a long stretch of time, no matter how profound the foundation of the Immortal Realm, it cannot withstand endless exploitation.

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