What he couldn't do, someone else had accomplished.
Doesn't that indirectly prove that the person behind the scenes was far more powerful than him?
Therefore, before understanding the truth, he must act cautiously.
And whether he wanted to know the truth or to regain more of his strength, he had to find someone.
Or rather, a mountain.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, once you cross this river, right there is Mount Bu Zhou. It's me. These days, everyone else calls it the Black Mountain or the Mountain of Death; not many people know it's Mount Bu Zhou anymore."
A young cultivator dressed as a fisherman, wearing a bamboo hat, pointed out the way to the Human Ancestor, who also appeared young:
"Long, long ago, maybe even before the time of my ancestors, Mount Bu Zhou was a divine mountain. But one day, it angered the gods, and as a result, divine punishment was meted out. Such a vast mountain turned entirely into a dead land, a place spurned by the Heavens.