Hearts and Human Nature

Among his old friends were Ancestor Mo, Lingxu Fairy, Daoist Zixu, the Heavenly Hut Sect Master, and several other Nascent Soul True Lords.

Now, a thousand years had passed. Of them, Ancestor Mo had died in battle, while Lingxu Fairy had damaged her foundation in the great war against the Demon Abyss, greatly depleting her lifespan. In the end, she too had died when her years ran out.

Daoist Zixu possessed the foundation of a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul and had been valued and protected by the Dao Lords, yet his physical body had still been destroyed in the war.

Of the rest, the Heavenly Desolation Sect Master had also perished in the calamity. Nine Rivers Daoist had broken through to the half-step Primordial Spirit realm and, with Chen Nianzhi's support this time, still had some prospects ahead of him.

Only the Heavenly Hut Sect Master had it harder. He was even older than Nine Rivers Daoist.

In his early years, he had been stuck before the threshold of the seventh Nascent Soul level, succeeding only after five consecutive attempts at breakthrough. Later, he had been battered into reincarnation and rebuilding during the Abyssal Demon Calamity.

Counting carefully, the Heavenly Hut Sect Master was now over seven thousand years old, yet his cultivation had only barely broken into the half-step Primordial Spirit realm. His path of cultivation could truly be called exceedingly ill-fated.

"Old friends wither away."

The Heavenly Hut Sect Master murmured to himself, then sighed after a moment.

Then, with utter resolve, he knelt to the ground. His eyes were incomparably steadfast as he said, "This junior has come to seek a Primordial Spirit opportunity."

"I beg the Ancestor to consider that, through repeated great wars, this junior has shed blood and fought for the human race, and