The Immortal Gates were reopened.
The trite wars of the mundane world immediately straightened up; what deep blood feuds, what long-standing grievances—none were comparable to the pursuit of cultivation.
Even for the few emperors and generals whose minds weren't clear, no matter the reasons they continued waging wars, the result was always a violent death.
Cultivators wouldn't care about mundane resentments and feuds!
One after another, Daoist temples rose from the ground, established in the center of cities, their entrances guarded by Formation and Prohibition which tested one's qualifications.
Anyone who touched it would know the quality of their Spirit Root.
To delay the coming of the next great calamity, the Heavenly Court specifically decreed that only those with at least two Spirit Roots were qualified to recite scriptures in the Daoist temples.