Fang Hai was reincarnated and grinded his way to quasi-sagehood with the System, only to discover that the Primordial World was just a pond where someone raised menial servants.
So the Dao Ancestor Hongjun had merged with the Dao, but that was only a barrier around someone else’s pond. No wonder he wanted to escape, though in the end he died a miserable death.
As it turned out, the Profound Realm was where things really began...
Even the Buddha Tathagata and his master Zhenyuanzi have to start out as menial servants alongside me.