In other words, although one didn't need to go to the Void Returning Stage to continue advancing and one could just remain in the Resonance Stage, there were few who would take such an option even if their odds of perishing advancing to the Void Returning Stage weren't low. Working under someone else's rooftop was ultimately different from working for oneself, especially when one's position in the world was already so high.
After all, experts of this stage were all 'great ancestors', and the current sect master might be their great great great great junior nephew in terms of seniority.