Their biggest problem was that their cultivation methods were unsuitable. The current state of martial arts was not that developed or open-minded and the major academies taught their students using only their own methods.
But the methods they used might not be suitable for every single student.
It was only 300 years later that martial arts underwent a major overhaul. The various academies started to accept other styles of teaching.
From then on, the number of powerful practitioners in the Second Domain increased exponentially.
It was no longer that difficult to ascend to the Divine Lord stage.
Ye Qingtang had lived through that era and brought her knowledge of martial arts from that period to the present. She also brought with her a much-advanced culture of martial arts.
