It was not hard to imagine how shocked and bewildered Qin Changsheng's master and the other Daoist Academy Venerables had been upon learning of this idea of his.
Because of this, after Qin Changsheng returned from one of his later journeys, the Dao Academy confined him within the Little Canglan Secret Realm under the pretext of quiet cultivation and mental discipline.
At first, Qin Changsheng tried to persuade the Dao Academy elders, but after realizing it was utterly futile, he abandoned the idea.
As he meditated and reflected within the Little Canglan Secret Realm, he came to find the Dao Academy's precept of "upholding the Dao in Heaven's stead, sheltering all living beings, and bestowing blessings upon the myriad spirits" increasingly hypocritical and contrived.
You did not even wish to see the faces of ordinary mortals. You avoided the smoke and fire of mortal life as though it were poison; you had never truly understood what they thought or desired, nor had you ever passed down even a single cultivation method to the masses. So how could you speak of protection? Where did these blessings come from?
This clash of Dao aspirations and beliefs was simply insoluble. Qin Changsheng also understood that if he wished to continue advancing in accordance with the will of his Dao heart, he had to leave Lingxiao Dao Academy, leave the lands of the righteous path, and head for the Vast Sea Demonic Land, where the law knew no taboos.
That was what led to the series of events that followed after he betrayed the Dao and entered the demonic path.
After arriving in the demonic lands and breaking free of the Dao Academy's rules, Qin Changsheng went farther and farther down the Extreme Yang Path.
The lives of ordinary mortals in the demonic lands