Back then, on Yujing Mountain, he had debated the Dao with Yujing Mountain's headmaster.
Xu Yuanzhi, who had then been only a Divine Presence Realm cultivator, had made this resounding declaration—
"We cultivators are willing to be beneath all others."
It was precisely those words that made Yujing Mountain's headmaster allow him to descend the mountain.
From then on, he left the Daoist Sect, seeking truth through insight into the world.
Only then did the Great Void Sect come into being, founded in Dao Calendar 1350.
For a long time, this great sect of The Present World, transcendent and removed from worldly affairs, had seemed mysterious and ethereal in people's eyes. Many did not even know it existed... until the Great Void Illusion Realm burst into existence.
From the time Xu Yuanzhi began learning the Dao at three years old, he had always stood atop the mountain peak, looking down upon all living beings. Though the world held many prodigies, scarcely any could compare with him.
Yet he had made a grand vow: to stand at the very bottom among all living beings, to be beneath those beneath others.
No one knew what he had experienced or seen during those years when he verified the Divine Presence Realm and traveled the world.
People knew only that, at the time, he was universally acknowledged as the foremost of the Divine Presence Realm. He walked onward, seeking the Dao as he went. Whenever he created something, he would certainly pass it on. Following the example of the ancient sage Wu Hangong, he was never stingy with his gifts.
Later, when he created the Great Void Illusion Realm, its purpose was likewise to gather Humanity's Torrent, collecting the magnificent surging of every single drop of water.
There would always be only a tiny