Jin Ge might have been a living encyclopedia, but he had some shortcomings that were truly innate—his mind, for instance, was a little rigid.
As for his identity as an outsider, he had never summarized it in terms of cultural acceptance, because that was not a popular concept in the Cultivation World.
Not only was there no systematic research on it, there were not even any similar writings, so it had genuinely never occurred to him that it could be understood this way.
However, Jin Ge's intelligence was still intact. Some latent Discrimination Chains really did exist.
If it were an ordinary True Venerable of the Human Race, would they possibly be confined within the sect, with their avatar left in the Lower Realm for tens of thousands of years?
All right, a True Venerable of the Human Race had a lifespan of six thousand years at most, so such a long sentence would be impossible. But what about the Soul-Splitting Realm?
Jin Ge had never considered this question before. He felt that Soul-Splitting was still far away from him.
Even after completing the Abode and making several trips to the Otherworld, he had always thought he was merely earning extra income.
The Art Venerable was different from Qu Jianlei. Under True Venerable Qu, there were at least a few odd followers, but under him there truly was not a single one.
With no ties, there naturally were not that many miscellaneous matters.
Until he obtained that huge chunk of Gold Essence!
At first, he had been extremely happy, and had stayed happy for a long time, because he felt there was hope for Soul-Splitting!
But after that happiness, he had fallen into anxiety over gains and losses—just because he had obtained the Gold Essence, did that mean he was