Daoist Wan stood where he was in silence for a long while. He had never expected that, just as he was about to behold the gate to the Upper Realm, he would encounter such a problem: the person who could complete his Dao methods was unwilling to cooperate with him.
In truth, if he gave up the chance to perfect himself and directly sought the Upper Realm now, that was also possible.
Once cultivators reached the realm of Pursuit of Completeness, so long as the Heavenly Gate was there, they could make such an attempt. Yet they needed to make themselves as complete as possible; otherwise, their chances of success would be low.
Since he believed he had to find the other party's Dao methods in order to complete himself, that meant he considered his own Dao methods still imperfect. If he entered the Dao under such circumstances, flaws would very likely arise within his mind and spirit, causing his ascent to fail.
At any other time, he would have exhausted every possible means to dig out that chaotic cultivator. But the other party was clearly hiding within the Celestial Xia Array and refusing to emerge, so no scheme he devised would be of any use.
He had defeated Dou Zhen. It was already good enough that Celestial Xia had not come looking for him. If he delivered himself to their doorstep, Celestial Xia certainly would not mind disposing of him along the way.
After considering it all, he concluded that this road was blocked.
So be it. Even if there were flaws in his Dao methods, what perfection could there be in the affairs of the Lower Layer?
From his battle with Dou Zhen, he had already learned of some changes in the latter's Dao methods. His own cultivation