Xiang Yuan encountered the Supreme Elder Lord in the Baohua Realm and obtained a scroll of the Dao De Jing. He comprehended the Dao of merging with all things, the Dao of great momentum—without breaking, there could be no rebuilding—and reshaped himself. At that time, he could already have broken through to the Nether Passage Realm.
Because his breakthrough into the Spirit Transformation Realm had not been complete, he chose to play it safe.
Later, he encountered Li Yuanrong and Wang Dao Yan, that dog-man and dog-woman pair of the Illusion Annihilation Dao. After witnessing the Nine Tribulations of Illusion Annihilation and going on a supermarket shopping spree, he made up for the state of mind that had fallen short of great perfection during his Spirit Transformation Realm breakthrough.
So Xiang Yuan truly had not been wrong. He could break through to the Nether Passage Realm at any moment.
He was waiting for an opportunity where everything would fall into place naturally.
Today, after hearing Old Daoist Quexin's words, Xiang Yuan felt a realization stir within him. Breaking through at the True Heart Dao seemed to be precisely that opportunity.
Why the True Heart Dao was the opportunity—whether the feng shui of this damned place was good, or whether having one of his own people there to guide him during his breakthrough in front of his master—Xiang Yuan did not quite understand. Seizing that thread of enlightenment, he decisively chose to break through.
He sat cross-legged upon the Enlightenment Cushion, breathing in and exhaling the yin-yang qi. Behind him, a disk of black-and-white swimming fish revolved. His aura grew ethereal and faint as he slowly stepped across the threshold into the Grandmaster Realm.
The mysterious yin-yang swimming fish drew a sidelong glance from Sect Master Miao Qiong. Sensing that an