Lu PingAn was a typical late starter. It had only been three years since he became a Professional, and under normal circumstances, even a "genius" would probably only be around Tier 2 or 3 by now.
He never shied away from admitting that opportunities and coincidences had brought him this far. Without these resources and this luck, he would have been just another face in the crowd.
"Thanks to Chris, my brother, for dropping a Throne of God."
It was naturally a good thing for him, but he had progressed far too quickly and run into many problems that ordinary Professionals would never encounter.
Even with all sorts of cheats, he still had the obvious weakness of an unstable foundation.
He was like a chess player—or perhaps a card player. At this stage, someone would normally have thirty pieces, each with different functions and strengths, making them almost universally capable. In truth, Life-type beings above Rule-level were hardly different from gods in the eyes of mortals.
Even counting everything, he probably only had four or five pieces. While all of them were powerful, they lacked versatility. That was his most fatal weakness.
"The biggest problem is that many of my abilities came from 'cheating.' I lacked the process of slowly honing them and making mistakes."
Though it sounded like a humblebrag, it was Lu PingAn's own self-assessment. Failed attempts could sometimes be far more important than a single success. Many abilities in his skill library and knowledge base could only be deployed and used; they could never compare to the mastery other Professionals had achieved through true integration and comprehension.
More importantly, as he entered higher levels, the effectiveness of his "cheats" had clearly diminished sharply.
There were fewer and fewer complete, systematic professions like before. At this level, High-Level