What's the first thing to do after the level cap has been raised?
Level rush.
Technique certainly is a major factor affecting the strength, but the cultivation realm can determine the upper and lower limits of strength.
Instead of betting on whether one's technique can perform normally during real combat, of course, it's better to raise the cultivation realm as soon as possible.
After a hasty meal, everyone rushed back to their villa rooms to each practice their qi refinement, not caring what Xie Ruoxi was doing—not that they didn't want to care, but because they needed to rush their cultivation at this critical moment. Even a slight advancement over the Flying Dragon Battle Team could mean an extra advantage in next week's Mysterious Realm confrontation.