Immortal Realm.
In a certain Guiding Land, two young cultivators at the Primordial Infant stage were sitting there, idly chatting out of sheer boredom.
"Senior Brother Wan, do you think the sect really needs to do this? Must someone guard this place? Even if a cultivator from the Spirit Realm ascends... so what? They'd only be a bit stronger than us at most. Is it worth it for the sect to spend a large amount of resources every year to have someone specifically guard this?"
"I don't really understand either. A bunch of cultivators from some minor places with little experience, even if they ascend to our Immortal Realm, how many of them can truly make something of themselves?"
"Senior Brother Wan, I've heard some people say that cultivators who have undergone Heavenly Tribulation usually end up stronger. Do you believe that?"