Dan Feng used the power of the the Ambrosial Arbor in the eventual creation of Bailu. It's not reproduction as we know it, but it's the only successful example of creating a new Vidyadhara. That's probably the reason for the betrayal faction to turn to the Abundance for answers.
It's also likely that the Abundance faction (and Phantylia for that matter) could be lying to them and making empty promises.
Researching the Propagation would of course be the more obvious answer, so not sure why they don't do that. It's possible because the Xianzhou Vidyadhara don't have good means of getting Propagation samples for experimentation. I mean, we come across these because we're protagonist explorers and "buddies" with the Genius Society. But the Xianzhou wouldn't go out of their way to look for Swarm remnants since they're usually focused on the Abundance faction. Whereas if they want to experiment with the Abundance, the stuff is just *there*, and they only have to get past that pesky legal/taboo issue.
The ideals of the Preservation is to protect what you have. I guess if the Vidyadhara settled their own planet, it would be the ideal Path for them to switch to. But joining the IPC is less so, since the while some of the higher ups and founders of the IPC are Preservation zealots, the rank and file, and the institution itself, is not really focused on the ideal of Preservation. As a corporate entity, the overall goal of the IPC is to control the economy of the cosmos, so as to provide the best building material to Qlipoth (even though Qlipoth doesn't use them or care about any of this)...
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Date: 2024-08-20 17:07 (UTC)It's also likely that the Abundance faction (and Phantylia for that matter) could be lying to them and making empty promises.
Researching the Propagation would of course be the more obvious answer, so not sure why they don't do that. It's possible because the Xianzhou Vidyadhara don't have good means of getting Propagation samples for experimentation. I mean, we come across these because we're protagonist explorers and "buddies" with the Genius Society. But the Xianzhou wouldn't go out of their way to look for Swarm remnants since they're usually focused on the Abundance faction. Whereas if they want to experiment with the Abundance, the stuff is just *there*, and they only have to get past that pesky legal/taboo issue.
The ideals of the Preservation is to protect what you have. I guess if the Vidyadhara settled their own planet, it would be the ideal Path for them to switch to. But joining the IPC is less so, since the while some of the higher ups and founders of the IPC are Preservation zealots, the rank and file, and the institution itself, is not really focused on the ideal of Preservation. As a corporate entity, the overall goal of the IPC is to control the economy of the cosmos, so as to provide the best building material to Qlipoth (even though Qlipoth doesn't use them or care about any of this)...