Mo Wen knew that those people were probably the immortal cultivators of this world. They were probably immortal cultivators above the Primordial Soul Realm.
Immortal cultivators beneath the Primordial Soul Realm might be called immortal cultivators but they had yet to start on the Way of Immortals. There was still a chasm between them and the immortal cultivators of the Primordial Soul Realm. This was certainly the case for Nangong Mingzhu and Chu Yuan. While they were extremely powerful, some extremely powerful warriors could go against them. In terms of combat ability, warriors were no weaker than immortal cultivators of this level.
In actual fact, amongst immortal cultivators, those who could ascend the Way of Immortals and reach the Primordial Soul Realm would find it extremely difficult. It was not much different from warriors becoming immortals.