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The peaceful days had lasted for too long, and with Penglai's three mountains located far overseas, they had avoided several calamities that had befallen the Central Plains. The number of cultivators within the inner door kept increasing. The fatal issue lay in the resource demands of ancient cultivation methods, which were growing exponentially. Every disciple of the authentic Xuanmen was a Nascent Soul cultivator, nearly reaching the point of transforming into a deity. The Jiuzhen Palace even had life-saving elixirs like the Longevity Pill, so a bunch of divine lords on the mountain, every single one of them, would say, "I'm going into seclusion," and they would all have their sudden enlightenment, essentially making them impossible to summon!
