Thus, three hundred years later, Xu Xing deliberately used the excuse of seclusion to avoid participating in this Heavenly Gate Organization operation, instead remaining on Immortal Gate Island for secluded cultivation.
In the year 2,172 of Tiande, the reason for the failure of that Heavenly Gate Organization operation was discovered by its leader, the "Heaven Honored One," and subsequently publicized. It turned out this failure was due to "Empty Fish" colluding with the Chiming Imperial Dynasty. Xu Xing was skeptical of this explanation and grew wary of the "Heaven Honored One."
