It seems this Great Cultivator was in closed-door training and was disturbed by the attack of the dragon beast clan, causing him to try to forcibly end his session but inadvertently fell into demonic influence.
Such events are rare among orthodox sect's Great Cultivators.
However, as a Loose Cultivator Great Cultivator without systematic inheritance, even with a high cultivation level, his foundation was too weak, lacking the support of experience in handling unexpected situations, leading him to make a wrong choice.
Falling into demonic influence is terrifying. Li Shiming had encountered a Nascent Soul Cultivator falling into demonic influence on the Beishu Continent, a state that affects the soul deeply, and even Nascent Soul Emergence and abandoning the physical body can't change it.
Li Shiming sensed that if he was a bit later, this Great Cultivator might lose control.
