Kill someone?
Killing someone could let you break through to Quasi-Sage?
Duobao and the others were instantly dumbfounded. They first exchanged looks, then turned toward Holy Mother Gold Spirit in confusion.
You were one of the Intercepting Sect's disciples.
No one had ever heard of you switching to the Dao of Slaughter!
At this moment, Holy Mother Gold Spirit had already figured it out. She had no intention of concealing the process of her breakthrough, though she left out the roles Wu Tian and Goddess Nüwa had played. She simply described how she had gained enlightenment and broken through to Quasi-Sage.
"..."
"So after I killed Taoist Randeng, something suddenly stirred within my heart. It was as though the shackles around me had been released, and my entire aura underwent a drastic change... That was how I gained the opportunity to break through to Quasi-Sage!"
Duobao and the others sank into thought once more.
Could it really have been because she killed Randeng?
Holy Mother Gold Spirit then said:
"After this experience, I gained a small insight as well... When Master established the Intercepting Sect, he said that the Great Dao had fifty, while the Heavenly Dao had forty-nine, leaving one thread of life behind. What we Intercepting Sect disciples seek is to seize that single thread of life!"
"Now that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation is upon us, tribulation aura fills heaven and earth. One careless misstep could lead to death and having one's name entered into the list. Naturally, this is a calamity for cultivators like us!"
"But how is it not also an opportunity?"
Where there was danger, there was opportunity.
"I vaguely feel that the reason I was able to break through to Quasi-Sage lay with Taoist Randeng. He died by my hand today, so