Ye Zhen's return to the Primordial Continent, his acting on Heaven's behalf to shelter and guard it, and his suppression and pacification of calamities throughout the Primordial Continent quickly spread among its Creation Realm experts.
Although Ye Zhen had yet to formally preach the Dao and ascend to the rank of Dao Ancestor, he was a Dao Ancestor in all but name.
After forging the Foundation of the Great Dao, cultivation was no longer an obstacle for Ye Zhen. It was merely a process of pure accumulation.
Thus, in the eyes of countless Creation Realm and Dao Realm experts of the Primordial Continent, Ye Zhen had already become the fourth Dao Ancestor between heaven and earth.
And he was the youngest Dao Ancestor, with the shortest time since attaining the Dao.
None of those in the Creation Realm were simple figures. Naturally, they had also seen the path Ye Zhen was walking.
Shelter humanity, answer the Heavenly Dao, and achieve the exalted status of the Great Dao.
Many Creation Realm and Dao Realm experts considered this a shortcut, so they followed suit one after another, doing all they could to head to the sites of calamities across the Primordial Continent and suppress and pacify them, hoping to gain something from it.
Fundamentally speaking, their starting point had been somewhat flawed from the very beginning.
They suppressed and pacified calamities in pursuit of gain. Compared to Ye Zhen, their intent and vision fell short by far more than a single level.
What was more, they had neither the Humanity Divine Light Crown nor the Shelter Seal to answer the Heavenly Dao. Thus, the gains they received while traveling everywhere to suppress and pacify calamities were exceedingly meager.
Like chicken ribs—tasteless to eat, yet a pity to throw away.
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