"It is a concern but also the more of you that are here, the more minds that might be able to find the way home."

Xie Lian wants to believe that this is just another puzzle to unravel. He has been on several missions from heaven that looked unsolvable on the surface until one really started to poke around at the core.

"During my time there are kingdoms. I don't really hear about entire clans or families of cultivators. So I think perhaps my time comes before those things exist."