Leaving aside how frustrated Randeng was, or how Gu Changqing had struck at his very heart.
One thing was undeniable: Randeng's attainment of sagehood had stirred an unstoppable tidal wave throughout the Primordial World!
Everything that had happened in the Outer Chaos Region spread instantly across the Three Realms and Six Paths, throughout the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, at a speed surpassing light and divine sense!
At that moment, quadrillions of living beings were shaken and astounded!
"Heavens! Randeng... Daoist Randeng really became a Sage!"
"A new Heavenly Dao Sage has been born! After the Six Sages, someone has finally taken that step again!"
"The Dao Ancestor spoke the truth! 'All under my Profound Gate have a chance to attain a Sage fruit position'... Those weren't empty words!"
"Could it be that becoming a Sage is no longer as difficult as it once was?"
In countless grotto-heavens and blessed lands, ancient Quasi-Saints who had spent untold tens of thousands of years in seclusion, honored attendees who had once numbered among the Three Thousand Guests in Zixiao Palace, all awoke from meditation!
Their Dao Hearts, long sunk into deathly silence, blazed to life once more!
Becoming a Sage!
What an immense temptation that was!
What sort of fellow was Randeng? Many of the Mighty Experts were his seniors, with deeper origins and greater magic power!
If even he could become a Sage, what about them?
The only barrier seemed to be... joining the Profound Gate and reverently acknowledging Dao Ancestor Hongjun as their supreme authority!
For a time, countless independent Mighty Experts who had lived free and unfettered, unwilling to entangle themselves in karma, began entertaining new thoughts.
Those powerful figures who already favored the Chan Sect or had been exchanging flirtatious glances with the Two Sages of the West became