Today's second update: Chapter 1039! 2/2!
Tree Sage's branches swayed slowly. Confucius's phantom took a step forward and silently looked down at Xu Kun, who no longer had any trace of life.
"The Lord, isn't this too risky?" Tree Sage asked doubtfully.
Confucius slowly shook his head. "This is a path he must walk!"
"Then will you help him? Looking at him now..."
Risking everything to raise his ice power and refining Sky Burial like a reckless fool—even with Tree Sage's computational abilities, Xu Kun's chance of success this time was less than one in ten thousand.
"No need. A person's potential must be forced out!"
After leaving those words behind, Confucius's phantom slowly faded away, as if he had complete confidence in Xu Kun.
Eh?
Tree Sage could not make sense of it no matter how hard it thought. But it was merely a program created by Confucius within Qufu Academy, like an advanced AI, capable only of analyzing existing data!
As for the potential Confucius spoke of, it knew absolutely nothing!
Originally, Xu Kun, who possessed two Heavenly Flames, would not have feared the danger of Sky Burial!
In a two-against-one situation, the advantage was his no matter what!
Unfortunately, in order to refine the Sunlight Divine Water, Xu Kun had chosen to banish the two Heavenly Flames. It was like an egg stripped of its hard shell—utterly fragile!
If Xu Kun himself had been a master of the Dao of Ice, perhaps he would still have had a sliver of hope!
But he had forcefully raised his ice attribute like pulling up seedlings to help them grow. This method left him with very low control over ice power and very poor affinity with the ice attribute!
And so, he entered a vicious cycle!
To refine the