The serene, secluded scenes of mountains and wilderness appeared before the three of them. It was Wuzhuang Temple!
Zhen Yuanzi cultivated diligently in Wuzhuang Temple day after day and studied the Dao year after year. The myriad immortals of the West often came to pay their respects.
This was because Zhen Yuanzi had established his immortal residence among mortals. The immortals who came to pay their respects received his teachings, and everyone called him the Ancestor of Earth Immortals.
Tens of thousands of Earth Immortals and wandering immortals in the world came to Wuzhuang Temple to hear the Dao, bringing countless karmic ties and a great deal of merit. Zhen Yuanzi's cultivation continued to improve.
But after hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, and even millions of years, as time passed and circumstances changed, his cultivation ultimately stagnated at the middle stage of the Quasi-Sage Realm. He could not advance another inch!
Over those millions of years, Zhen Yuanzi gradually became close with Kunlun Jade Void Palace. He had never cared much for Primordial Lord of Heaven, but for the sake of becoming a Saint, he had no choice but to humble himself and ask earnestly for guidance!
Every era, Primordial Lord of Heaven would invite him to Jade Void Palace to hear the Dao for a thousand years, then discuss it together for another thousand.
But as time went on and the primordial world's spiritual energy receded, he felt more and more that the path to Sainthood was still far beyond his reach, vast and elusive!
Once proud as Zhen Yuanzi!
Once perceptive as Zhen Yuanzi!
Once invincible in his own eyes—just like Zhen Yuanzi!
The second Quasi-Saint after Hongjun in the Violet Heavens Palace—just like Zhen Yuanzi!
Yet he had to humble himself before Primordial Lord of Heaven, who