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Wu Fang was a rogue cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. He had many friends in the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and an easygoing nature. Among rogue cultivators with Fourfold Spiritual Roots and Five-Element Spiritual Roots, his Dual Spiritual Root made him stand out like a crane among chickens.

By rights, with talent like his, even if the Five Major Sects were out of reach, he could surely have joined Sandsea Gate or Thunderclap Manor. In the Cultivation Realm, the gulf between having a sect and having none was enormous. Few cultivators chose to become rogue cultivators unless they had nowhere else to go.

Whenever the subject came up, Wu Fang would smile and say he wasn't that obsessed with cultivation. Rather than conform to a major sect's endless rules, he preferred the freedom of being a sect of one. Besides, he said, he was "raised by heaven and earth," and hadn't he reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage just fine?

Some admired Wu Fang's open-mindedness. Others thought he was fishing for praise. They suspected a major sect had turned him away and he was too embarrassed to admit it, so he had made up a story to fool the gullible.

Wu Fang paid none of it any mind. If he wanted to join a major sect, it would hardly be difficult. Nor did he think his Dual Spiritual Root was anything remarkable. Major sects had more "geniuses" like him than anyone could count.

Wu Fang liked his life in the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. He didn't have to force himself to work relentlessly or deal with people he disliked. Here, he was simply Wu Fang, not someone's descendant. No one would suddenly appear and accuse him of disgracing his elders' bloodline and glory.

The Radiant Dawn Tower Secret Realm was