If anyone still believes in that theory, they must have a problem with their brain.
Four hundred years, even for a cultivator who had gathered the Three Qi, was nearly a lifetime for others.
People had listened to the collapse theory their entire lives, yet Taiping Dao had not only not collapsed but had instead grown increasingly prosperous and powerful.
In the face of hard facts, no one wanted to be the fool who got slapped.
And this was only speaking from the perspective of the lower-ranking disciples.
At the higher levels, Taiping Dao's strength had continuously grown stronger over these four hundred years.
Not to mention the avatars of Lu Yuan.
Just take the local disciples, among those who had previously come from the Black Abyss Secret Vault, five had returned and applied to exchange for a country's fate.
Later, three more completed their accumulation and requested the sect for an exchange, preparing to break through to the Immortal Realm.