Top cultivators definitely have to go to the battlefield, to compete with other countries' Transcendents. Moreover, the Spiritual Energy Resurgence has so much uncertainty, an unknown grassroots Transcendent might obtain a miraculous adventure from a legendary Mysterious Realm, and suddenly transform into a soaring dragon...
No one can ensure they will always lead in cultivation, and never be eliminated by others.
Yan Yu's practice of extensively creating a harem, in the eyes of major families in Pingjing, seems to be the best solution to cope with the current instability.
By finding powerful female cultivators as wives, he ensures that the children born will at least have decent cultivation talent. With careful nurturing, they can become a cultivation family based on bloodlines. Even if Yan Yu dies halfway, with so many powerful children's mothers working together, they can still hold up the family and prevent it from being divided by outsiders.
