Some talented immortals had previously forcefully broken through rank 9 in the Immortal Ascension stage and gone to the immortal realm. However, some still suppressed themselves and hadn't broken through their cultivation base.
Naturally, the person who spoke didn't forcefully break through his cultivation base.
The reason talented immortals like them could be crowned with their title wasn't only because they would be bestowed with immortal bodies and could cultivate to rank 8 in the Immortal Ascension stage in an easier way, but also because they had obtained a wisp of "primordial immortal spiritual energy" from the Virtual Jade Immortal Mountain.
When they were stuck at the bottleneck of rank 9 in the Immortal Ascension stage, they only needed to activate the wisp of "primordial immortal spiritual energy" to forcefully break through their bottleneck.