As a Pseudo-Saint, he had already stepped halfway across the threshold of sainthood, yet that final half-step had always remained beyond his reach.
He had tried countless methods, but none had allowed him to cross that distance.
And now...
On the lands of Cangxuan Heaven, someone had not only crossed it, but had also entered the Three-Lotus Saint Realm in one stroke.
"How is that possible..."
Even the Saint Palace Master's voice trembled.
Over the tens of thousands of years in Cangxuan Heaven, fewer than five One-Lotus Saints had ever been born.
Two-Lotus Saints were already beings of legend.
As for Three-Lotus Saints?
That was a realm recorded only in ancient texts.
"Someone!"
The Saint Palace Master barked in a low voice.
The doors to the secret chamber burst open.
An elderly man in silver robes hurried inside and dropped to one knee.
"Palace Master."
"Pass down my order. Gather all elders above the Domain Stage and have them await orders in the main hall before I emerge from seclusion."
The Saint Palace Master spoke urgently, then paused before adding another sentence.
"Also, immediately determine the coordinates of the phenomenon's source."
The silver-robed elder raised his head, a trace of confusion appearing on his aged face.
"Palace Master, that phenomenon... is it?"
"A Saint has descended into the world!"
The Saint Palace Master spoke only four words.
The silver-robed elder's pupils contracted slightly.
Elsewhere in Cangxuan Heaven.
Deep beneath a wasteland blanketed in ice and snow year-round, tens of thousands of zhang underground.
Within an underground palace built from ten-thousand-year mystic ice.
An ice coffin floated silently at the center of the palace.
Inside lay an elderly man with white hair and beard.
His face was so withered that he resembled a dried corpse, yet an exceedingly faint glow of