With no other choice, the eldest brother Laozi used Merit to become the second Saint, and since the Three Pure Ones shared intertwined Qi Fortune, it wasn't long before the other two also chose to achieve Sainthood through Merit.
This suddenly put immense, unspoken pressure on the other three. The two Western figures clearly also sensed this invisible weight. Although both of them could eventually achieve Sainthood by continued cultivation and relying on Merit, time was not on their side. With no alternative, they chose to "loan" their way to Sainthood.
Thus, only one being in all the realms was left possessing the Hongmeng Purple Qi but had not yet become a Saint—the Hong Yun Ancestor. Hong Yun inherently lacked the deep foundation of the Three Pure Ones, and even lagged behind the duo from the West. After acquiring the Hongmeng Purple Qi, he continued procrastinating, leading to an ending everyone already knows about.
