"There are seven Heavenly Dao Saints and four Humanity Path Saints, while the Earth Path has only me as a Saint even now. Do you know why?"
Houtu asked.
Cangyuan thought for a moment. "There haven't been any suitable candidates for sainthood?"
"Correct." Houtu nodded and continued, "Zhenyuanzi was the first and purest Essence of Earth to undergo Form Transformation after the Primordial World first opened. By rights, he should have become an Earth Path Saint. But you know his temperament—he spends his days guarding Hongyun. Even now, he remains stuck at Late Quasi-Saint and is hardly fit for great responsibility."
"Styx, as the Lord of Asura Path among the Six Paths of Reincarnation, was born from the Sea of Blood and should also have become an Earth Path Saint. But he attained Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal first, so the position of Earth Path Saint is no longer so important to him."
"Ksitigarbha is the only Earth Path Saint personally designated by the Earth Path. But he is, after all, a junior. His Dao cultivation is shallow, and his foundation insufficient. It will not be easy for him to attain the Dao in a short time."
"After looking everywhere, despite the vastness of the Prehistoric World, there are astonishingly few suitable candidates to become Earth Path Saints."
"I had no choice but to turn around and cultivate myself."
Houtu had originally wanted her own elder brothers and sisters to become Earth Path Saints.
But Xuanming still possessed an Ancestral Witch Body and had no Primordial Spirit. She could not comprehend the laws of heaven and earth or the Great Dao of Chaos. Even if Primordial Violet Qi were stuffed into Xuanming's head, she would still be unable to attain the Dao.
As for Di Jiang... as the foremost of