Advancement Without Bottlenecks

In his previous life, advancing to Tier 4 required several conditions. The most important were possessing four abilities, having one Hidden Attribute, and at least one Awakening Key.

Having four abilities depended entirely on luck, because some people could not fuse four different crystal cores and would never be able to possess four abilities in their lives. Even Wang Tao had no way to solve that problem.

Having a Hidden Attribute also depended on luck. There were things that could grant people Hidden Attributes, but they were extremely rare and difficult to obtain.

As for the final Awakening Key, it was relatively simple: personally kill a Tier 4 Lord Grade creature. But the problem was that there was a chance of failure. If one was unlucky and kept failing, they might never be able to awaken... That also came down to luck.

So overall, luck was very important for advancing to Tier 4 in his previous life. If one was unlucky, no amount of effort would help.

But in this life, things were different—

Wang Tao had previously discovered that humans in this life seemed able to learn four abilities. At least, he had yet to see anyone with fewer than four abilities. So there was no need to worry about the number of abilities, as long as they had Ability Crystal Cores.

Then, Wang Tao had just sensed that everyone would gain a Hidden Attribute after advancing to Tier 3. It was no longer entirely dependent on luck like in his previous life.

Lastly, there was the difference in Awakening Keys.

In this life, awakening and advancing to Tier 4 still required an Awakening Key. Awakening Keys still had to be obtained by hunting Tier 4 Lord Grade or stronger creatures, and using an Awakening Key to awaken could