"Uncle Sage Master, I never expected you to break through so quickly!"
Zhang Yang appeared before the Sage Master and looked at him in astonishment.
When he had ascended, the Sage Master had said they would meet again somewhere else soon.
How many years had it been? The Sage Master had actually broken through the shackles of the Immortal Cultivation Realm?
The Sage Master smiled at Zhang Yang and chuckled. "Actually, I should have come long ago... All these years, this old man had focused on the rules of heaven and earth, on enlightening all living beings, and on the changes in the Sage Dao. Yet I paid far too little attention to myself.
It was not that I did not value it, but that I had never considered reforming myself."
He had only truly realized this after Zhang Yang ascended.
Because Zhang Yang had reformed the Immortal Realm, even the other realms, and had even guided the development of the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
It could be said that under Zhang Yang's leadership, the Immortal Cultivation Realm had gone through its finest few decades.
There had been no conflict, and all living beings had flourished magnificently.
Yet when Zhang Yang realized that his remaining in the Immortal Cultivation Realm would hinder its development, he ascended.
The Sage Master deeply admired Zhang Yang.
This was not merely because Zhang Yang had guided the development of his Sage Dao, but also because Zhang Yang had truly changed the entire landscape of the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Even Zhang Yang could obstruct the development of heaven and earth, so the Sage Master could not help thinking of himself.
When he began examining himself, he naturally began comprehending the Dao.
Thus, he broke through the shackles of heaven and earth.
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