During his years away, Liu Quan had found another master, a man who had once followed the Daoist School but, finding himself unable to attain Ascension, had turned to the Buddhist Sect. He was known as Elder Kutie.
Liu Quan had begged Elder Kutie to save him from the sea of suffering. Elder Kutie had been powerless to do so, but he had nonetheless accepted Liu Quan as his disciple and imparted everything he had learned in his lifetime without holding anything back.
Later, Elder Kutie passed on to the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Before his death, he bequeathed all his magical treasures to Liu Quan and said, "According to my calculations, it will not be long before that One-Lamp Old Demon falls to heavenly retribution. His life-bound god-demon will also be reduced to dust and ashes beneath it. Only then will you all be truly free.
"The demonic arts you originally learned are nothing to rely on, and the Daoist arts I practiced in the past were not the orthodox way of the Mystic Sect either. In the end, I reached Ultimate Bliss through a single invocation of the Buddha's name, but this method of reciting the Buddha's name does not suit your destined opportunities. In the future, you must take another accomplished Daoist as your master before you can attain true fruition."
Liu Quan asked who that accomplished Daoist was. Elder Kutie shook his head. "I cannot discern that yet. You need only devote yourself to cultivation and wait quietly for the right moment. So long as you do not stray onto a crooked path, you will naturally find your way to the proper one when the time comes."
After Elder Kutie passed away, Liu Quan stayed quietly on Zhongnan Mountain to cultivate, hardly ever venturing out again.