Zi Luan was right. There weren't many Third Realm Cultivators in the world, but there weren't few either. The Five Profound Sects and the two Heavenly Gate sects had nearly seven hundred combined. Adding in the Star Gods, Demon Soldiers, Artifact Cultivators, and Heterodox Cultivators, there were at least two to three thousand in total.
However, most of these people had only barely entered the Third Realm and were unable to continue their training. They were stuck, wasting their lives away. For instance, the Taiyan Cultivator who attacked Wang Ping in Shangjing City was in the Third Realm, but because he didn't cultivate the Righteous Dao, he had no hope of advancing further.
