It's true that Sanctuary powerhouses often retreat into secluded cultivation, because by the time they break through the realm, they are already advanced in age.
Having experienced birth, aging, sickness, and death, and watching familiar faces around them fall one by one, they no longer have attachments to the mundane world.
If one breaks through to the Sanctuary during their youth, they usually spend several decades in the mundane world, experiencing all the sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy moments to temper their mindset.
These are essential steps on the path to becoming a strongman.
To progress from the Second Order of the Sanctuary to the Third Order, besides rule comprehension, one also needs a strong heart.
"The Imperial City is extremely prosperous, its name echoing across the entire continent, but it hides too many, too complicated, and too chaotic matters.
Your Highness, although the Empire is powerful, it is far from being as prosperous as you imagine.
