After the heroes had pressured Wudang Mountain, Dao Hongchen entered seclusion. What was excessive was that she moved directly into the Scripture Depository, even taking up the post of an elder there to guard it.
As her cultivation deepened, she began discussing the Dao with Zhang Sanfeng. She also sought his advice on the Yin-Yang Wuji Scripture she had created, and many of its concepts left Zhang Sanfeng enlightened.
Three years later, Dao Hongchen finally opened her Conception Vessel, but was stuck at the Governing Vessel. Her martial cultivation was earth-shattering; compared with Zhang Sanfeng, she was only lacking the Governing Vessel.
Zhang Sanfeng had connected the Ren and Du, the two bridges between Heaven and Earth, forming an internal circulation. That should have been after he created the Taiji Fist Sutra and established Taiji.
With Zhang Sanfeng's talent, he should have broken through long ago. Yet due to the restrictions of heaven and earth, breaking into the Innate Realm was at least a hundred times harder than it had been centuries ago.
At the Purple Cloud Palace, Dao Hongchen arrived again after three years, seeming even more detached from the mortal world.
"Junior Sister?"
Song Yuanqiao was rather surprised. This martial-arts-obsessed junior sister was actually willing to leave the Scripture Depository?
"Senior Brother! Has Master not emerged from seclusion yet?"
"That's right. Since Master entered seclusion, we've been the same as you. Other than delivering food, we didn't dare disturb him."
"Why don't I see Fifth Senior Brother and the others?"
At that, Song Yuanqiao's expression darkened. Hongchen knew at once that something must have happened.
Then Song Yuanqiao said, "Sigh, Fifth Brother took his wife and Zhang Wuji back to the Tianyin Sect to visit her family.
"An accident occurred. In the end, Susu, gravely injured, sent Zhang