"Duan De, an unconventional Dao Prover of the Human Race, lived for over fourteen thousand eight hundred years."
Not long afterward, Duan De bade farewell to his many disciples and their descendants. He chose to leave the Big Dipper Ancient Star of his own accord, seeking a sufficiently peaceful stretch of the starry sky in which to bury himself.
He left behind all his weapons and treasures. Even the Extreme Dao Jade Bowl born alongside him in this life was entrusted to his lineage. He wore only a plain, unadorned Daoist robe, without the slightest embellishment.
He refused all offers to see him off or accompany him. Just like that, alone, he stepped into the boundless starry sky.
Soon, even the Extreme Dao Weapons could no longer find any trace of Duan De.
On the Big Dipper Ancient Star, the vast majority of cultivators knew nothing of this towering pillar's departure. Only the handful of experts at the very pinnacle of the Human Race, along with Duan De's disciples and their descendants, gazed into the starry sky, watching the back of this supreme expert who had protected the Human Race for over ten thousand years vanish beyond the limits of their sight.
Without question, throughout his life, Duan De had shielded the Human Race from countless prying eyes and malicious intentions, both overt and covert. After more than ten thousand years, the Human Race had firmly taken root on the Big Dipper Ancient Star.
What they did not know was that Heavenly Venerable Duan, whom the world so admired, had not actually buried himself right away.
Though he had grown old, his powerful essence had not changed in the slightest. Following the coordinates among the stars and a familiar Dao resonance, he soon reached the other end of the starry