In the thirty-six cities of the Secret Realm, the number of people truly cultivating isn't particularly large. Even though the Central Eight Cities are relatively prosperous, a family typically has at most one to two thousand cultivators, totaling only a few tens of thousands of people.
Among these tens of thousands, the majority are but ants in the Innate Late Stage. Those truly above Foundation Establishment possibly don't even make up five to six thousand.
As for the eight thousand they brought out, only a bit over two thousand are truly above Foundation Establishment.
In contrast, the number of Xuanmen cultivators is significantly higher. As for those above Foundation Establishment, during this battle with the Evil Sect, there are four to five thousand; after accounting for the losses, there are still more than thirty thousand.
