Eight hundred years after Laozi became a Sage.
Kunlun Mountain remained shrouded in the rich Dao resonance of Taiqing.
Countless cultivators came to the outskirts of Kunlun.
They hoped to chance upon an opportunity.
Some sought an audience with the Taiqing Saint.
Others only wanted to feel the aura of a Sage's sanctuary.
Very few could actually enter the heart of Kunlun.
Inside the Jade Void Palace.
Yuanshi had never ventured out.
Over those eight hundred years.
He had spent almost all his time observing.
Observing the heavens and earth of the Great Wilderness.
Observing the Human Teachings Laozi had founded.
And observing the Human Race Nuwa had created.
He had already been only one final glimmer of insight away from becoming a Sage.
After Laozi attained the Dao.
That veil of mist had grown ever thinner.
Until this day.
Yuanshi walked out of the Jade Void Palace.
His Yuqing Daoist robe billowed without a breeze.
The Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud rose above his head of its own accord.
The many immortal cranes and spirit beasts on Kunlun Mountain fell silent at once.
Many cultivators training on the outskirts immediately looked up.
"Senior Yuanshi has emerged from seclusion!"
"This aura..."
"It has something to do with the Sage's Dao again!"
Before the news could spread far.
Yuanshi was already standing at Kunlun's highest point.
His gaze swept across the Great Wilderness.
Finally settling upon its countless living beings.
The Heavenly Dao was boundless.
Its order was strict.
Living beings likewise needed to understand heaven and earth and follow the Great Dao in their cultivation.
This was his path.
Yuanshi slowly spoke.
"I am Yuqing Yuanshi."
"Today, I establish the Chan Sect."
"To elucidate the Heavenly Dao and instruct those with the destined affinity."
"With the Pangu Banner, I shall anchor