Chapter 1092 - 1192: The Role of Luck

"This..."

Everyone was stunned upon seeing this scene. Although this disciple of the Dali Sect isn't top-tier in strength, he's considered below average, after all, the core strength is in the Baihui realm.

And this disciple of the Dali Sect is at the pinnacle level of Qian Yuan, almost stepping into the core strength category. Such strength was still defeated by a wall-external creature, falling to the ground with an unknown fate. Even if he survives, he'd be heavily injured, judging by his miserable appearance, it's likely he's not far from death.

Taichu Elder squinted at the sight of the Dali Sect disciple whose life and death were uncertain. The wall-external creatures can't all be the same in strength, there must be strong and weak ones. If the strength of this wall-external creature belongs to the weaker side of the spectrum, then their exploration for resources outside the wall is likely to face significant difficulties.

The strength of such wall-external creatures is at least in the Baihui realm, and if creatures in the Baihui realm are considered weak, then given the number of wall-external creatures, the people they've brought to the wall this time are far from enough.

This is not Taichu Elder belittling them. Because of the previous incident with the Nine-headed Demon Dragon, the entire cultivation world went through a massive catastrophe, resulting in a power gap, with many people in the Baihui realm and initial stages of the Shifang realm perishing in that disaster.

Thus, there is a power gap in the cultivation world, the core strength is currently the weakest, and their numbers are extremely limited. The new generation has not yet matured, with only Ye Tianfan having grown somewhat. Senior Brother Yun Tian is not counted, as his strength is only at the initial stage of Qian Yuan.

The actual combat power of Ye Tianfan is at least comparable to people in the Baihui realm, so Ye Tianfan is relatively weak among the core strengths.

As such, Taichu Elder is rather conflicted. If the wall-external creatures' strength is measured by this standard, the difficulties they face this time will be enormous, not to mention some wall-external creatures might be in the Taichu realm.

Of course, whether they are truly in the Taichu realm is merely speculation by the cultivator community, but according to normal logic, Taichu Elder inferred that there are at least ten creatures in the Taichu realm beyond the wall.

The purpose of the cultivator community coming outside the wall this time is not to take enormous tracts of territory but to expand the defensive wall that guards the cultivation world more outward. They would already be satisfied with such an expansion, as it promises numerous resources, though the engineering is colossal and those walls can't just be moved at will, so for now, they must maintain the array for at least a thousand years.

Moreover, their real goal is to steal some fate outside the wall to enhance the fate within the wall, allowing cultivators inside the wall to ascend to the Taichu realm, thus providing them with real capital to contend with the wall-external creatures.

The people of their cultivation community have come in despite their somewhat hasty preparations, as long as they don't encounter large-scale warfare, they can defend themselves. Even if large-scale warfare occurs, they can easily hide inside the wall because Ye Tianfan has the Chaos Treasure Lotus for scene transformation, allowing them to evade pursuit by the wall-external creatures and safely retreat within.

Actually, they haven't used the Chaos Treasure Lotus's scene transformation function because they currently occupy a rather small area. Taichu Elder's initial plan did not require occupying a large area, just an area enough to cover the cultivation world, or even half of that would suffice, holding it well until the wall expands.

Then they would continue to expand outward, thereby consuming the outside wall's territory step by step, like boiling a frog in warm water. Occupying too much territory at once would only intensify the resistance from wall-external lifeforms. Gradually compressing their living space would limit them to small-scale resistance, since they haven't occupied external creatures' territories.

For this gradual encroachment plan, a lot of time is required, an extraordinarily long time. Taichu Elder knows Ye Tianfan, given his qualifications, doesn't find ascending to the celestial realm that difficult, maybe not even requiring a thousand years. But the fate within the cultivation world is insufficient for Ye Tianfan's ascension, thus, their incursion outside the wall is not only for themselves but also for the next generation of cultivators.

Taichu Elder only knows of a few people from other sects' next generation, but he is very familiar with their own next generation, with at least ten individuals possessing the talents to ascend to the Taichu realm.

After entering the Taichu realm, ascending to the celestial realm requires not only innate talent and effort, but also some additional insight. However, at least these ten individuals can ascend to the Taichu realm. Whether they will ascend to the celestial realm ultimately depends on their own fate.

Furthermore, once the cultivation world's fate increases, the first batch to enter the Taichu realm should be the Supreme Elders of the Taichu Sect. Although many of them are gradually losing vitality, even though their lifespans are long, they're still limited, and waiting so long without ascending has almost left their lifespans stuck without increase, and as time passes, they can only grow older.

But the remaining individuals have finally awaited this day. Taichu Elder also knows every sect has an institution like the Supreme Elders of the Taichu Sect, and once the inner wall's fate surges, the first to ascend the Taichu realm will be these people. Once they're in the Taichu realm, the others exploring outside the wall need to continue reclaiming territory.

Otherwise, with their current fate investment, the remaining fate isn't enough to let others ascend to Taichu realm, nor is it enough to distribute the newly acquired fate, so if they hope for everyone to reach the Taichu realm, immense territory is required, or one could ascend to the Taichu realm before others, securing fate to ensure ascension to the celestial realm.

Ye Tianfan initially didn't understand the concept of fate. After fully grasping its role, Ye Tianfan realized that if he wants to ascend to the Taichu realm, he needs to come outside the wall, occupy a tract of territory, and the area must be large enough for fate to help him ascend to the Taichu realm. Once Ye Tianfan secures fate, returning to the cultivation world wouldn't pose a challenge.