But regrettably, even after making so many efforts, technique could not ultimately unravel the Dao.
With his lifespan nearing its end, he finally chose to compromise, hoping to join a major Southwest sect and seek the guidance of one of its True Intent Cultivators.
Yet after visiting three sect and Dynasty powers in succession, he was met with nothing but closed doors.
The Southwest had always been a remote frontier. With the total amount of resources limited, from the perspective of their own forces' development, the True Intent masters overseeing those three powers naturally did not wish for this Rogue Cultivator to succeed.
Just imagine it: a True Intent Rogue Cultivator belonging to no faction and possessing neither disciples nor descendants—what a deeply feared existence he would be to the various powers of the Southwest.
Later, he too came to understand this. He decisively turned toward the Central Region, wishing to seek a way forward for his Dao Path upon that broader land.
Yet this time, he once again ran into a wall on the road and returned empty-handed.
This Rogue Cultivator had not even truly set foot in the Central Region before suffering consecutive defeats at the hands of two cultivators who were likewise in the True Person realm.
After their victory, those two cultivators thoroughly belittled him, leaving him feeling utterly humiliated as he returned to the Southwest bedraggled and ash-covered.
Only then, he did not yet know that those two were in fact high-ranking hidden agents planted in the Southwest by the Demonic Dao.
His defeat had not been because his skills were inferior, but because the two had seized the advantage of divine arts.
After experiencing these two incidents, the Rogue Cultivator became thoroughly disheartened. He began spending years in seclusion, practically abandoning any thought of