"I have obtained the sacred instrument of enlightenment. I shall follow Heaven's will and teach all living beings. Now that my merit is complete, in ten thousand years I shall merge with the Dao to make the Heavenly Dao whole."
The moment Hongjun finished speaking, the skies over the Primordial Wilderness changed. Wonders appeared one after another; flowers rained from heaven, and golden lotuses sprang from the earth.
"The Sage is merciful!"
All living beings bowed their heads and paid their respects.
The people in the Purple Cloud Palace also turned their attention away from Hong Yun and prostrated themselves before Hongjun on the dais.
The Sage was going to merge with the Dao?
Did that mean he would withdraw from the world and stop interfering in the affairs of the Primordial Wilderness?
That was a good thing!
What great virtue the Sage possessed!
What great virtue the Dao Ancestor possessed!
Of course, even if the Sage stopped involving himself in worldly affairs, his presence still weighed heavily on every living being in the Primordial Wilderness.
After all, choosing not to intervene was not the same as being unable to intervene!
Then again, the Sage had already attained Enlightenment of the Dao. Looking down on all living beings from on high, he naturally cared little for the affairs of the Primordial Wilderness.
Besides, he had founded the Mystic School and taken six disciples. All six possessed Primordial Violet Qi, which meant there would be six Sages in the future!
Thus, even after the Dao Ancestor merged with the Dao, the Mystic School would keep the Primordial Wilderness in check, its Sages looking down on all living beings from above.
So the Dao Ancestor's decision truly was an act of great virtue. He was utterly selfless, merging with the Dao to