Although in these ten thousand years, he has surpassed many by breaking through from just attaining Tao-Certifying True Immortal to the current True Immortal Sixth Layer,
yet not having certified as a Taoist Monarch, no matter how strong, one still exists merely as a chess piece; this is also why he can only remain in the Mortal Realm.
Compared to his once greatest adversary, the former Great River Country Lord, now the Fire Virtue Star Lord, from being evenly matched, the gap was drastically widened at the moment the other party certified as a Taoist Monarch, an almost insurmountable disparity.
Truly speaking, his and Fire Virtue Star Lord's talents and perception are not much different; after all, cultivators who could reach that step would not have too great a disparity in talent and insight.
