Chen Yan looked down over Heavenly River Pass, which he had built with his own hands.
Most of the Immortal Cultivators from Azure Crossing Continent now guarding Heavenly River Pass were promising young cultivators he had personally raised up.
Those Immortal Cultivators who had a chance of breaking through to the Supreme Immortal Ascendant Realm were all subjected to varying degrees of suppression by Chen Yan.
The standard of the Immortal Dao on Azure Crossing Continent was simply too low. Immortal Cultivators who grew up in its current environment would have their potential severely limited.
For those who could, at best, cultivate to the Ascension Realm, that did not matter.
Xu Sheng was one such example.
In any known domain, even on the vast Heaven-Stabilizing Continent, hailed as the Immortal Origin Land, anyone whose talent could reach the Upper Three Realms would be called a genius.
The Chief Disciples of Chenping Continent's Five Great Sects, for instance, were each hailed as prodigies.
Yet many people's ultimate achievements would stop at the Wanhua Realm, or even the Spirit 통 Realm.
Those, however, were merely geniuses in the eyes of the world.
They flashed briefly across the dark night sky, like its countless stars.
But as the "guardian of the Dao" for this domain, Chen Yan could never set his standards so low.
What he needed were supreme geniuses who could truly leave bold, indelible strokes upon the River of Time.
Even in the brightness of day, they would blaze like the sun at its zenith.
Only great cultivators like that could shoulder responsibility for an entire domain.
In other words, True Purity Sages.
For those with ascended immortal potential like Xu Sheng, their mission was to lead the development of this domain's Immortal Dao for a certain period.
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