Lu Zhongguang had long since risen to fame throughout the Tian Yan Sect.
With his Joint Aperture Realm cultivation, he counted among the pillars of the Tian Yan Sect. The sect's strongest ancestor was in the Mountain Sea Realm.
The same was true of the Tian Yan Sect and the other sects that had participated in the Blood Refinement Valley trial back then.
Because Lu Zhongguang was honest by nature and a man of few words, many elders wanted to take him as a disciple, but he politely declined them all.
With the Ink Jade Ring in his possession, Lu Zhongguang knew he needed no master. He did not even have many particularly close friends.
The Ink Jade Ring's power was simply too great-so great that it defied all reason.
Lu Zhongguang knew that once others discovered his secret, unforeseen troubles he would rather avoid might arise.
Thus, he watched his words and actions carefully. Unless he was out on a mission, he stayed in his cave abode cultivating, striving to raise his cultivation realm further.
During the suppression of the unrest in the Demon Falling Sea, many of the fellow disciples accompanying him had died there. Relying on the Formless Divine Shield in his hands, Lu Zhongguang emerged unscathed.
Since the power the Ink Jade Ring provided always attached itself to his shield, Lu Zhongguang simply chose to cultivate a defensive shield legacy.
The Tian Yan Sect had no suitable legacy of that quality, so Lu Zhongguang specifically sought one elsewhere, eventually acquiring the Formless Divine Shield through a trade.
Lu Zhongguang seemed to understand that the senior inside the Ink Jade Ring did not want others to sense the power within the shield. Thus, the main purpose of the Formless Divine Shield technique was actually to conceal the