Shariputra in a Haze

From beginning to end, Li Qi saw everything clearly. He had even foreseen Er Gou's mother's death in advance.

But Li Qi did nothing.

He was trying his best to distinguish traces of Shariputra upon Er Gou.

But... he found nothing.

This failure nearly drove Er Gou mad.

Because before his mother died, she had exhausted all her strength to send him away.

That was right, she sent him—

In his mother's eyes, Xiao Gou was not worth sending away. Rather than waste her strength protecting her and risk letting the enemy trace them, it was better to send her son, who held the greatest hope, somewhere they could never find.

Xiao Gou and her mother remained where they were, while Er Gou was sent to another link in the chain of worlds—a brand-new world, the territory of a fifth-grade demon.

After being sent away, Er Gou stood frozen in place for a long time without moving.

In the blink of an eye, he had lost everything again.

Li Qi watched him, wanting to see what sort of power he could display under such circumstances. Could he show a connection akin to Shariputra's?

After all, Li Qi had witnessed Er Gou's tenacity firsthand.

However, Er Gou's decision this time made Li Qi furrow his brow.

This time, he had simply and decisively fallen into demonhood.

So long as one truly fell into demonhood, one could indeed rapidly raise one's cultivation. After all... in the early stages, the demonic path had the lowest requirements for one's Dao heart. The demonic path could easily command enormous amounts of qi, and its extreme doctrine of self above all brought a swift and convenient path to advancement.

Er Gou still had the same problem.

He lacked the wisdom for cultivation and could not find