In fact, it was not only the Sages who sensed that the Primordial Wilderness was approaching the opportunity to Attain Sainthood. Even the Peak Quasi-Saints closest to attaining sainthood had noticed it.
Once it was confirmed that the difficulty of the next Sainthood Tribulation would double, every one of those Peak Quasi-Saints truly abandoned all thoughts of surviving the tribulation and attaining sainthood.
They had all witnessed Haotian's tribulation with their own eyes.
Even three Innate Supreme Treasures had been unable to protect Haotian. He had nearly died in the Thunder Tribulation.
And the difficulty would double again.
For Quasi-Sages like them, who possessed no Ultimate Treasures and merely relied on a few Innate Spiritual Treasures to try their luck at surviving the tribulation, there was not even the slightest hope left.
"How lamentable. In order to Attain Sainthood, this old ancestor left the conflicts of the Primordial Wilderness behind and devoted himself to cultivation.
I even ignored the severing of my disciples' lineage. Who would have thought that the Heavenly Dao still would not favor me? How heartless Heaven and Earth are."
A Peak Quasi-Saint who had distanced himself from the countless causes and effects of the Primordial Wilderness sighed mournfully.
The other Peak Quasi-Saints had similar experiences. They had sought an opportunity to Attain Sainthood.
They had not even dared to participate in the Heaven and Earth Calamaly. Whenever a Kalpa Tribulation arrived, they hid far away, afraid that they would be dragged into it.
Yet the Heavenly Dao still showed them no favor.
Now that the path to sainthood had been severed, there was no longer much meaning in continuing to distance themselves from the mortal world and all manner of causes and effects while cultivating in seclusion.
Most of the Peak Quasi-Saints began leaving their secluded