If there were tens of thousands of Gold Ants, coalescing into the form of weapons to attack enemies, their power would be immense.
With the increasing number of Gold Ants, an issue also presented itself before Shen Long, and that was Divine Sense.
The more Gold Ants there were, the greater the Divine Sense Shen Long needed to control them against the enemy, requiring swift battles to be swiftly concluded.
There were many ways to increase Divine Sense, the most common being consuming elixirs that did so. The Spirt Control Sect also had Divine Sense Techniques, but they were common goods, ineffective past the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Some Strange Bugs could feed back Divine Sense to the cultivator, the higher their rank, the more Divine Sense they provided.
Shen Long planned to start with elixirs, there were not many second-rank elixirs that could enhance Divine Sense, and he had to obtain the Pill Formula first.