"Indeed. The Western Sea Dragon Sage knew the power of the Saint Origin Instrument very well. That was why he could evade our surveillance when he sealed off the Temple of Sages in Ning'an City with the Ancestral Dragon Sacred Fang, and again when he recently sealed the Western Sea. When Sage Fang was in Ning'an, Master Chongzhi's avatar protected him in secret, allowing him to escape danger unscathed. But what happened in the Western Sea was truly perilous."
"The Western Sea Dragon Sage had been laying his plans in secret in the Western Sea, and Sage Fang transported himself there directly, so we failed to detect it. By the time we discovered it, the battle was already nearing its end. We did not know what was happening inside and needed the sages to deliberate, but before they could reach a conclusion, the battle was over. That was a blessing amid misfortune."
"Clearly, the Saint Origin Instrument has become far too outdated. Sage Fang probably has quite a few divine treasures at hand, which would make building a new Saint Origin Instrument easier. Still, it would require a Half-Sage to work on refining it continuously. That is a troublesome matter."
"When we refined the Saint Origin Instrument back then, the millennium pact was still in force. Now, the human race can no longer spare anyone."
"I hope Sage Fang can advance to Second Saint as soon as possible. Then he could refine a new Saint Origin Instrument in a month at most."
"The path to Second Saint is harder than the path to Half-Sage. Even with Sage Fang's talent, the likes of which the world rarely sees, it would take at least twenty or thirty years."
"Twenty or thirty years would already be very fast. In twenty or thirty years,