Sage Master was thrown into a state of turmoil by Zhang Yang and took a long time to recover.
Only now did he realize that compared to life and death, "social death" was the most terrifying thing of all...
Being killed once by Slaughter, he could still face it with generosity and composure.
But having Zhang Yang uncover the secrets of his youth utterly broke him.
"Alas!"
Sage Master rubbed his face. Ever since meeting that brat, the good times had been truly exhilarating, but every other moment had been suffocatingly frustrating!
He arrived at the Temple of Literature in the God Realm.
No one recognized him, including Kong Xiuping.
Yet Kong Xiuping sensed from Sage Master the supreme grandeur of the Sage Dao.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Father?"
He had heard Zhang Yang say that his father was the World-Opener of the Sage Dao and would return before long.
Now, seeing the Sage Dao aura upon Sage Master and combining it with Zhang Yang's hint, he boldly made a guess.
Sage Master looked at Kong Xiuping with gratification and nodded. "Xiu Ping, you have worked hard.
Do not be trapped by the past, nor confused by the future. Let your heart rise and fall with heaven and earth, and hold fast to the heart of the Sage Dao. That is enough.
In that case, what did it matter if you did not know your own origins?
You may break through now."
"Father!"
Kong Xiuping nodded excitedly.
He had not broken through all these years because there was a knot in his heart.
Now that Sage Master had returned, the knot in his heart untied itself, and the opportunity for a breakthrough had come.
Sage Master smiled and nodded at Kong Xiuping before entering the Temple of