Following the stabilization of Eternal World’s situation, the number of cultivators who ascended increased. During the past hundreds of thousands of years, the number of cultivators who ascended had always been low. Every single large sect would have to prepare and nurture their cultivators for a long time, between ten thousand years to hundreds of thousands of years before one of their cultivators could assail the Ascendant Immortal stage. But even so, there was no telling if they could succeed or not.

However, since the period of calamity began, tens of Ascendant Immortals from Eternal World had ascended to the Immortal Plane. That was particularly so after Chen Feng returned and stabilized the situation there. During the past 10 years, a total of eight Ascendant Immortals had ascended. Chen Feng could tell that in just several more decades, or perhaps centuries, once the strength of the sects had stabilized, some more of the older members of those sects would attempt to undergo Heavenly Tribulation as well. 

They had been staying inside a pseudo-Divine artifact for close to a thousand years. Add the cultivation resources that Chen Feng provided, their rate of success for overcoming tribulations have greatly increased.

As expected, war would decrease the number of cultivators we have. However, the number of powerhouses is continuously rising. Chen Feng was...