The beautiful girl had always stayed by Walkerway's side as he rushed about all day, so she knew full well how much suffering her beloved had endured for the sake of a "useless person" like her—hardships he should never have had to bear. Yet the more guilty she felt, the less she could escape the cage; and the less she could escape it, the more guilt filled the heartbroken girl.
Thinking carefully, perhaps Saitis's personality had doomed her from long ago to never become an outstanding professional...
And from the very moment it became clear that Saitis could not break free from the cage no matter what she did, Walkerway's pitiable life finally set foot upon a path filled with sorrow and despair.
Advancement to Legendary could not be delayed. Once a Master-level soul entered its aging phase, advancement would become nothing more than a joke. Even under the most optimistic calculations, Walkerway could remain at the Master level and accompany his beloved for only three thousand years. When that deadline arrived, a situation capable of driving the future "Dead Wen Feng Lantern" mad would already have closed in around the suffering couple.
Leaving aside Walkerway's own chances of success, Saitis's chances of advancing were infinitely close to zero.
The power derived from one's bloodline was a kind of wealth, but that precious wealth was also a cage forged from gold. Saitis, who possessed the bloodline of a silver dragon, had her soul tightly bound by that cage. Unable to control her bloodline, if she attempted advancement to Legendary, it would have been little different from suicide.
In fact, for a time afterward, the frantic Mr. Zuo Mi had become so desperate that he nearly gave up on his own advancement. In his mind, since his beloved was destined to