Upon reaching the Gathering Stars Realm, the Origin Power Seed nourished within the Origin Palace would condense Origin Power Stars.

In the Nine Provinces of the Wilds, there were two metrics for determining superiority in the Gathering Stars Realm.

The first was the quantity of Origin Power Stars condensed. The second was their quality.

The quantity and quality of one’s Origin Power Stars was inextricably connected to the size of one’s Origin Palace and the strength of one’s Origin Power Seed.

Like planting a garden.

Cultivators condensed an Origin Power Seed in the Grain Avoidance Realm. In the Origin Palace Realm, they "prepared the fields for planting." Then, in the Gathering Stars Realm, the seed sprouted, and the “crops” were harvested.

When ordinary cultivators entered the Gathering Stars Realm, they condensed around a thousand Origin Power Stars.

In the Nine Provinces of the Wilds, people like that were everywhere. They were mediocre at best.

Those who condensed three thousand Origin Power Stars were elites. The disciples of cultivation factions typically accomplished this.

Those who condensed between six and nine thousand stars were stand-out talents, less than one in a thousand. People...