Chaos knew no passage of time.
Having become Universe Venerables and possessing the strength of Top Universe Overlords, Illusory Realm Venerable Hong and Thunder Blade Venerable Thunder God were adventuring together in the Universe Sea.
"Brother Hong, all those juniors have become Universe Masters and surpassed us. We need to work harder too," said the Bald White-Robed Youth.
The Stern Black-Armored Youth, who appeared much more composed now, merely said, "Accumulate slowly. When the time comes, we will naturally break through."
Thunder God muttered, "At this rate, we won't even be able to see their shadows anymore."
"If you can do it, then break through now," Hong said.
Thunder God fell silent.
Back on Earth, Hong and Thunder God had both stood at the pinnacle. Yet after coming to the universe, they had successively been left far behind by Wang Yi and Luo Feng, unable to catch up no matter how they tried. That alone would have been fine—Wang Yi and Luo Feng were freakish geniuses with their own opportunities—but even Earth's younger generation kept surpassing them, which made Thunder God feel rather frustrated.
At heart, both Thunder God and Hong were proud men with their own pride.
What they excelled at was cultivating the heart. Although their talent in Law Comprehension had steadily improved, Hong, for example, was truly only exceptional in willpower and illusions. In other areas, he was quite ordinary, with an essential gap between himself and those true geniuses. Naturally, his rate of improvement was slower.
Yet this path was very special. Though progress was not particularly fast at the beginning, ordinary strong warriors improved more and more slowly as they advanced. They were different. Their cultivation speed had not been fast from the start, but later on, they could still continue breaking through.
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