Lady Chyou heard the shattering of crystal over the projection in her office. The report from core disciple Shui had been confirmed by the Babylon Guild. It was required that both their own and the guild submit reports.
"WHAT HAVE YOU ALL BEEN DOING DOWN THERE?! WHY WOULD YOU INTENTIONALLY CRIPPLE SUCH A PROMISING DISCIPLE?!" Chyou felt the same and had learned many elders held the view that ascenders were by and large less than them who had been born in the Floating Isles.
Resources were limited and getting into the sect was difficult, but ascenders simply were greeted without a need for tests. Becoming a peak tier 1 Sky Realm was enough to ascend to the Floating Isles from the lower world.
It was the fact they could reach that high in a lower quality environment that made them precious and it seemed that a systematic but very quiet process had been put in place to suppress them.