"Heh heh... Back then, when those nine supreme immortals forged the Nine Cauldrons and newly opened the Nine Heavens, countless immortals either followed in their footsteps and attained the Dao, or willingly reincarnated and concealed themselves beneath the Nine Heavens. Yet there were always some immortals who were unwilling to heed the advice of those supreme immortals, nor were they willing to reincarnate and dwell beneath the Nine Heavens... Thus, they thought of the super Dao Foundations that had always existed within the Nine Heavens. In some place, those Dao Foundations were like deep-rooted chronic illnesses, difficult to eradicate. Even though the Nine Cauldrons sealed them, they still could not destroy them completely. Therefore, aside from the immortals of our Beichen Clan, together with the Jufang Clan, they secretly came up with a plan: to attain the Dao within the chosen Dao Foundations here, and quietly await the next opening of the heavens. That was how our ancestors came to hide in the secluded depths, while also leaving behind this illuminated realm..." The old woman smiled faintly, as though she had long since seen through these matters. She spoke of them as if recounting an unrelated story.
This left the entire group of the Beichen Clan staring in stunned silence, utterly shaken for a time.
"Then if we're existences like the Jufang Clan, shouldn't we be hidden in the secluded depths?"
"Exactly. Why did we end up in the illuminated realm?"
Several disciples asked unwillingly. The secluded land had vaguely become, in their minds, a place where the powerful dwelled. After all, their god—the ancestor of the Jufang Clan—was up there as well.
"The secret canon records that, back then, everyone went to tremendous lengths to investigate how to lurk within Dao Foundation universes that would not easily be devoured