On the side of the Immortal Sect, in the great plains, a single person can manage thousands of acres of Spirit Fields.
The reason this is possible relies on all kinds of powerful Agricultural Mechanic Artifacts.
From tilling the soil, fertilizing, sowing, to the final harvest, all you need to do is drive the machine, and it can be easily done.
You don't need to buy these machines yourself, you just need to apply to the Immortal Sect to queue for renting them.
Of course, the yield of large-scale planting can't match meticulous cultivation, and the condition of Spirit Fields must be great plains. In places like hills and mountains, the role of large machines would be greatly reduced.
Giant Tree Ridge happens to be a hilly region, and the best central plains area has been developed into medicinal fields that plant the most precious drugs of the Divine Wood Sect.
But for cultivators, altering mountains and changing rivers is not a difficult task.