By the time the divine thought residing in Huang Dachuan returned, thirty years had passed.
Huang Dachuan had lived to seventy-one, reaching an age "rare since ancient times." He could no longer lift his hammer and could only watch his son forge iron, occasionally offering a few words of guidance.
One evening, after paying his respects to Old Man Bamboo Hat, Huang Dachuan lay down in bed and quietly fell asleep, never to wake again.
After reading the information sent back by his Divine Thought Body, Xu Qingtong sank into contemplation.
The Divine Thought Body conveyed Huang Dachuan's final feelings to Xu Qingtong. That state of mind, which saw through life and death and calmly awaited death, remained with Xu Qingtong for a long, long time!
His five Divine Thought Bodies had spent decades cultivating among ordinary people, experiencing five trades: fishing, blacksmithing, masonry, carpentry, and pottery. All stood at the very bottom of society, and each had gained different insights into life and different understandings of heaven and earth.
Xu Qingtong spent another several months combining these five sets of insights, raising his state of mind and understanding to a higher level.
This elevation in understanding was not something he could attain through secluded cultivation. Although it had cost him decades, Xu Qingtong believed this kind of cultivation was absolutely necessary!
As his state of mind improved, Xu Qingtong felt that his cultivation, which had long resisted any breakthrough, seemed to be loosening.
He separated out his incarnation, while his original body began circulating the Five Elixirs Origin Refinement Art and devoted itself wholeheartedly to cultivation.
Over these decades, the Tianhua Sect had also undergone tremendous changes.
His older female cousin, Chen Ruoling, had already reached the Golden Core late stage back in Bingzhou. Finally, twenty years after returning