Becoming immortal was the eternal pursuit of every cultivator in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, whether in the Shrouding the Heavens era of later generations or in the present Chaotic Ancient Era.
If anything, once lifespan was taken out of the equation, cultivators of the Chaotic Ancient Era felt an even more urgent need to become immortal.
In the Shrouding the Heavens era, the Myriad-Ages Emperors and Emperors had all sought the Immortal Dao, but most of them had not even been sure immortals truly existed.
They yearned for it, but they did not know whether it was real. If they failed, they could accept the disappointment.
After all, no one could become immortal, and no one had ever seen an immortal.
In the eyes of the Myriad-Ages Emperors and Emperors, apart from their lifespans, they were immortals!
But in the Chaotic Ancient Era, every cultivator knew for certain that immortals existed. There were even Immortal Kings.
Yet throughout the Chaotic Ancient Era, not one person could become immortal before Shi Hao rose to prominence.
No matter how dazzling your talent or how extraordinary your gifts, it was useless. You would fall before the Immortal Gate.
Immortals clearly existed. Their lifespans were long enough. The path ahead was already in sight. They possessed everything they needed to become immortal.
And yet no one could do it.
There was no way out of that despair.
From the beginning of the Chaotic Ancient Era until Shi Hao's rise, many people in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had reached the threshold of the Immortal Gate.
How could the vast Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, over such a long span of time, have produced no cultivators with the potential for the Immortal Dao?
There had been predecessors like the Demon Venerable, Ye