Now, the eyes of all Grand Unity Golden Immortals had long shifted away from the rise and fall of the Human Race and settled entirely on Zhuang Zhou—the chosen one who had obtained the supreme opportunity of the Eighth Saint of the Heavenly Dao.
Yet he still refused to become a Saint.
It had truly been far too long.
Discussion erupted throughout the Prehistoric Universe.
Some secretly speculated: Could it be that the Three Pure Ones were manipulating things from behind the scenes, intending to keep the opportunity of the Eighth Saint firmly in their hands?
Others scoffed, believing only that Zhuangzi's Dao Heart was unstable, his cultivation too slow, and that he simply could not cross that final threshold into the perfected Quasi-Saint realm.
Suspicions and rumors quickly spread.
As the rumors intensified, the greed buried deep within the hearts of countless great powers was gradually stirred, ignited, and driven into frantic growth.
Once greed arose, killing intent naturally followed.
Yet the lesson of the past remained before them. Someone who wielded the Great Dao of Heavenly Punishment had once acted, only to fail in the end. Everyone's schemes churned relentlessly in their minds.
But before the supreme temptation of the Eighth Saint of the Heavenly Dao, what did such caution amount to?
Ancient Demon Gods and reclusive great powers still came one after another. Jiu Ying and Gui Che revealed their ferocity once more, Daoist Lord Lu Ya drifted unpredictably, Ancient Buddha Randeng plotted in secret, and every faction harbored its own designs.
Even some within the Human Race were growing restless—after all, Zhuang Zhou came from the Daoist Sect. Even if he truly became a Saint, he would only be a Saint of the Daoist Sect, with little to do with Human Race Fortune.
Undercurrents surged, killing