Pinned Down Properly

Outside Chaoge City,

a figure standing in golden divine radiance and holding a wooden staff became the most eye-catching existence in the entire city.

Yet no one could see his face, for it was shrouded in mist.

Extremely profound and abstruse Dao rhythms flowed ceaselessly around his body. If anyone kept staring at these rhythms, they would be pulled into a strange illusion, and those with supreme talent could comprehend unique abilities from them.

However,

while gaining benefits, that person would also be converted into a follower of the master of the divine radiance by the special conversion power inherent in the light.

He was none other than Sage Zhunti.

Sages were ceiling-level existences in this world, absolute and supreme.

They could stand in the world for ages without decaying, remaining eternal as space itself was created and destroyed. They were the extension and supplementation of the power of the Heavenly Dao, possessing omniscient and omnipotent power in this world.

No human, demon, immortal, god, witch, or fiend could shake their status.

Sages were the ultimate goal of all cultivators.

They were supreme and eternally indestructible.

Yet Zhunti and the others were not true sages.

They did not achieve sagehood entirely through their own strength, but instead took a shortcut.

Primordial Violet Qi!

The Primordial Violet Qi was the opportunity to attain sagehood; as long as a quasi-sage obtained the Primordial Violet Qi, they had a chance to become a sage.

There were advantages and disadvantages!

Shortcuts came with a price.

The Primordial Violet Qi was essentially the origin split apart by the Heavenly Dao.

Once someone attained the sage throne relying on the Primordial Violet Qi, they were inevitably bound by the Heavenly Dao.

Among the seven sages of this realm, three had the greatest restrictions.

Laozi of the