Ascension can only channel power to higher planes. The Blue Star was previously a high plane and only fell over the past ten thousand years. Without exception, the powerful figures sent up in the past were all delivered to the upper realm. The Heavenly Dao of the upper realm marks beings from the lower realms, producing a distinct "foreign scent." Though they have no one to rely on, people are forced to acknowledge that their aptitudes are indeed quite good.
Therefore, powerful factions in the upper realm love nothing more than to capture lower-realm cultivators, sending the less capable to mine in mineral veins, while the better ones are reduced to household servants. Having lost their freedom and unable to obtain sufficient cultivation resources, while also being forced to retread the laws of the Heavenly Dao, nine times out of ten they meet a tragic end.
The Turtle King's description was not wrong, but tucked away in the lower realm as he was, how could he possibly know about the affairs of the upper realm?
Chapter 1560