Chiron could tell the cultivation of both parties.
Ponzi had B-grade dantain and with years of working hard, he was already a cultivator of the high-wood rank.
Duna and Luna were also B-grade but they were in the middle stage of the wood rank.
Carla was a cultivator with A-grade dantain and with her relentless spirit to work hard, was at the middle stage of the wood rank.
Zi was a cultivator with a C-grade dantain and was still in the early stage of the wood rank.
While on the other side, Jan Jan had B-grade dantain and was a cultivator of high-wood rank.
Those that followed him were also of the B-grade dantain, were all of the middle stage of the wood rank. At least all of them had B-grade dantain except Cablen, whose dantain was A-grade.
As cultivators got older on their path of cultivation, things such as cultivation resources, hard work, and cultivation opportunities start to become more of a defining factor for the strength they possess.