[Acquisition Ritual: Consume ten points of Dominance Level to link to the Changyou Fruit.] [Refinement Ritual: Swallow River, Spit River]!
"One step ahead, steps ahead all the way; one step behind, steps behind all the way..."
Liang Qu swallowed and spat out river water, his thoughts churning and fancies multiplying.
Your cleverness was not necessarily your ability; my clumsiness was not necessarily my choice.
He had understood this truth long ago. Many people failed to advance an inch their entire lives not because their innate talent had reached its end, but because the disadvantages of their circumstances had accumulated to a point beyond remedy. Likewise, failing to seize opportunities and grasp advantages was itself a form of falling behind.
Especially upon reaching the realm of Martial Saint—when they were young, who had not been Heaven's favored child?
The more one had enjoyed being surrounded by stars, the less willing one was to give it up. Even those few content with their present lot would never begrudge staking everything on a single gamble if an opportunity arose.
It was late June. Four and a half years remained until the Eastern Sea Great Hunting Assembly.
He turned his gaze inward.
Before the New Year Festival, the old toad had transformed into a treasure through lightning tribulation. Borrowing the power of heaven and earth, his Dantian Root Sea had broken through to eighty-two times. Four months had passed, and he had only barely cultivated it to eighty-three times. Besides that, he still had the Phoenix Fairy Treasure Fish unused, but one treasure fish would never let him break through a hundred times in such an absurd fashion.
Without a leap in his Root Sea, the Thirteen Heavenly Steps would likewise be difficult to improve—unless he abandoned using a thousandfold