The Phoenix Patriarch was still inside the seal.
Her progress through it was exceedingly slow.
The main reason was that danger lurked everywhere within the seal.
The Phoenix Patriarch cultivated as she fought her way through.
Perhaps even without meeting Tongtian.
In less than a few hundred years.
She could break through to the Sage Realm.
It had to be said.
She was, after all, the first phoenix born between heaven and earth.
An existence with the potential to command the origin flame.
Her talent was truly formidable.
The countless Sage Formations within the seal gave the Phoenix Patriarch endless inspiration and insight.
With that inspiration and insight.
The Phoenix Patriarch gained a deeper understanding of Sages.
The creatures of the Primordial World in this era.
Did not reach the Quasi-Saint Realm by severing the Three Corpses.
Instead, they would Prove Dao by Force, or prove Dao by talent.
After all, they had all formed from the vital essence of Innate God-Demons.
Their talent was already sufficient to reach the Sage Realm.
Although a tremendous gulf still separated them from the former Three Thousand Gods and Demons.
Innate God-Demons were born in the Sage Realm.
What they sought now was merely the starting point of the Chaos Gods and Demons.
Even if they reached the Sage Realm, would that not be only the beginning?
Every day, Tongtian devoted only a sliver of his attention to checking on the Primordial World and the Phoenix Patriarch.
For the vast majority of his time.
He cultivated, raising his realm.
Thanks to the gains he had made from creating the Primordial World earlier.
His breakthroughs came quite quickly now.
After cultivating for only a few primordial eras.
Tongtian once again sensed an opportunity for a breakthrough approaching.
Once he broke through again.
He would