The Heavenly Dao Diagram withdrew.
The image vanished, and everything returned to normal.
Hun Tiangang was still dressed in rags, his face unkempt.
"See! You all saw it!" he scolded with authority.
The Three Brothers looked at Hun Tiangang, looked around, then looked at the four utterly bewildered members of the Tang Sect... and all nodded stiffly together.
Hun Tiangang said, "If you want to break through to the Gateless Realm, you have to put in the work! What is work? Work is something honed through time!"
As Hun Tiangang spoke, he threw a punch, and Tang Niu let out a miserable cry and went flying far away.
"This punch carries nearly a hundred years of work. Can you block it!?"
The Three Brothers shook their heads together. "We can't."
"If you can't block it, then you have to train!"
Hun Tiangang said, "Breaking through to the Gateless Realm is very simple. There are no more than three methods!"
"Three methods?!"
Hun Tiangang said, "The first is the Mediocre Advancement Method!"
"You advance in a plain, mediocre way, like a piece of trash. Sure, you're in the Gateless Realm. You've reached the end of the bottom tier. But are you strong? Do you still have much room to improve in the future? Mediocre Advancement is the most worthless, most useless, lowest-grade, most shameful method of advancement!"
Hun Tiangang turned back and asked the four members of the Tang Sect, "Which of you advanced by the mediocre method?"
Number One and Number Two looked at each other, then helplessly raised their hands.
Number One said, "Actually, there's nothing shameful about normal advancement. It's also safer, and after advancing, you can still accomplish things..."
"Bullshit!"
Hun Tiangang sent him flying with the sole of his shoe. "You became trash, so now you