The Dao-Seeking Sect’s joint operation with the imperial court to eradicate the Heartless Creed created such a massive commotion that anyone with even the slightest intelligence network was aware of it.

The mighty cultivation experts were rendered speechless for a long time upon hearing the news. Some even slumped into their chairs, their faces filled with disbelief.

“That old Taciturn scoundrel reached the Transcendent Tribulation Stage? How is that possible?”

The steward wore a conflicted expression. “It’s unknown whether it’s true or false, but I heard this news was deliberately spread by the Taciturn Daoist Priest himself.”

“...That does seem quite in character for him.”

“Back then, he formed his golden core one day earlier than me and flaunted it in my face. If he has really reached the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, how insufferably pompous would he become?”

“If even this grandson can become a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator,...