Zhenyuanzi could already be addressed as a "Sage."
Naturally, he would not die on the spot just because his Divine Body had self-destructed.
That did not mean he was unscathed, however.
After being blasted into powder, Zhenyuanzi's Zhen Ling flickered as he tried to reconstruct his physical body and primordial spirit.
What left him utterly ashen was that, no matter how hard he tried, neither his physical body nor his primordial spirit could be restored.
That Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit was as heavy as the Canghai Sea, weighing down Zhenyuanzi's Divine Body until it lost all vitality.
Helplessly,
Zhenyuanzi could only lodge his Zhen Ling within the Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit and hide beneath the earth.
Fortunately, this Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit possessed an earth attribute and was not rejected by the Primordial Great Land.
Before long, a wisp of Zhenyuanzi's Split Soul took up residence in a clay sculpture and earthen body, then staggered out of the ground.
All the Sages who witnessed this scene fell silent.
It was Long Ling who voiced the doubt in everyone's hearts.
"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, does this still count as being a Primordial Chaos Saint?"
The others exchanged glances.
By the standard everyone had used to become Sages, Zhenyuanzi could not be considered a Primordial Chaos Saint.
Neither his physical body nor his primordial spirit had completed their Hunyuan transformation. Only his Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit was passable.
Yet if one said he was not a Primordial Chaos Saint, Zhenyuanzi clearly possessed the characteristics of the Hunyuan Realm.
For example, if Zhenyuanzi were annihilated now, he could definitely be reborn millions upon millions of years later with the help of that Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit.
Moreover, Zhenyuanzi's strength had already surpassed that of an ordinary Peak Quasi-Saint.
He was merely somewhat weaker than