"Now, all that remains is for you to defeat Mu Jingfeng."
Lin Xuan nodded lightly, then asked, "That isn't the only reason for me to enter the Divine Firmament Grotto-Heaven and meet Elder Ye Zhuo, is it?"
"I was just about to tell you!"
Wang Xuanfeng waved, signaling Lin Xuan not to hurry, then continued his explanation.
"Elder Ye Zhuo cultivates the Path of Slaughter. With a fifth-grade Martial Dao Pill, he achieved supreme combat power. At his peak, he fought above his realm, defeating a late-stage Emperor Realm opponent while only in the middle stage himself."
"At the same time, he possesses extraordinarily high talent in Divine Descent of the Nine Heavens. He is currently the person who has cultivated Divine Descent of the Nine Heavens to the greatest depth."
"While I was in office, I received Elder Ye's will. He said that now, with his Domain of the Gods unleashed, he could kill a peak Emperor Realm cultivator and even severely wound someone who had stepped onto the Emperor's Limit Path."
Lin Xuan's pupils shrank slightly. "The Path of Slaughter... is that the path that evolves its own laws, advances through killing, and has an extremely high ceiling?"
"Correct!"
Wang Xuanfeng nodded solemnly. "The Path of Slaughter cannot be walked by anyone but those burdened by bitter hatred and able to cast aside all emotion."
"This is an acquired path, yet it can stand shoulder to shoulder with the innate. If cultivated deeply enough, it can even surpass it."
Laws were born from the evolution of heaven and earth and existed within the rules. That was what was called innate.
Yet beyond that, there were powerful cultivators who could rely on themselves to forge an independent path, such as the Path of Slaughter.
With towering hatred in one's