With hope came motivation. Before he saw a golden immortal, he thought that he was extremely lucky to be able to advance to heaven immortal.
Before the five decays of heaven and man were completely over, everyone yearned to become a golden immortal. It was human nature and the most fundamental desire, which was not a bad thing for Immortals.
What made everyone happy and worried at the same time was that, according to the venerable sovereign, innate Qi was still useful for educating golden Immortals, and could allow them to use strange objects of the universe. This was enough to make them ecstatic.
The Enlightenment and creation golden Immortals were both hollow Immortals.