Hearing that High Person Qianshan was absent startled everyone. They thought something had happened to him, but fortunately, the Grand Elder explained that High Person Qianshan had already reached the pinnacle of great void stage perfection and was now in seclusion, attempting to break through to the heaven-and-earth realm. Naturally, they could not see him.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief. They had never expected High Person Qianshan to be attempting the heaven-and-earth realm after just a few hundred years. It seemed he must have encountered quite a few opportunities in the Upper Realm. (Back then, High Person Qianshan had already reached great perfection of the spirit communion stage but still had not ascended. Because he had protected the Human Realm Lesser Star Realm, Daode Daoist Patriarch had bestowed many rewards on him. Of course, Li Xiaoya still knew nothing about this!) ...
They did, however, meet Buddha Xuanmen and the Hehuan Twin Demons. Upon meeting the three, they naturally asked about their experiences in the Upper Realm over the years...
Buddha Xuanmen and the Hehuan Twin Demons had not had particularly complicated experiences over the years... In fact, all three had chosen to try joining some of the Human Race's great sects. During their trials, however, they keenly felt that spirit communion stage cultivators joining great sects were little more than cannon fodder. Most became the main forces used to attack lesser star realms, and spirit communion stage cultivators really had no standing in those sects. Naturally, Buddha Xuanmen had chosen to return to the Upper Realm's Heavenly Dao Sect, just as High Person Qianshan had.
The Hehuan Twin Demons, meanwhile, had chosen to become rogue cultivators. By chance, Buddha Xuanmen unexpectedly ran into them, and at his invitation, they too joined the Heavenly Dao Sect...