Xu Yunfan would never believe there wasn't a hidden hand at play. In all likelihood, a True Monarch had secretly intervened.
There were only so many Golden Core Fruit Positions in the world. The Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends totaled one hundred and eight paths. After accounting for the dozen or so True Monarchs from the world's Three Sects, the remaining Fruit Positions were either concealed by the Celestial Dao or devoured by other Golden Core True Monarchs and absorbed into their Grotto Heavens.
How many vacant Fruit Positions could possibly be left?
After all, the world's Cultivators were like giant rats. The Celestial Dao of the Taihua Spirit Void Realm had intended to drive Cultivators to invade other World Heavens to empower itself.
But Immortals were unwilling to be controlled by the Celestial Dao. Thus, like those giant rats, they schemed to excavate the Taihua Spirit Void Realm's Root Origin Qi, forge a Dao Fruit, and attain the Golden Core.
