A Mortal King's Fate, No Affinity with Immortality

Primordial Heavenly Venerate did not answer at once. Instead, he looked deeply at Jiang Ziya and slowly asked,

"Jiang Ziya, have you ever reflected on why your cultivation has progressed so slowly?"

Hearing this, Jiang Ziya's heart tightened. He hurriedly prostrated himself and kowtowed, his voice carrying a trace of panic and shame.

"Disciple... this disciple does not know. This disciple cultivates bitterly day and night and dares not slacken in the slightest, yet my Magic Power can never condense.

"I have examined myself and found no distracting thoughts. My heart is wholly set upon the Dao, yet I do not know where I have gone wrong..."

Primordial Heavenly Venerate looked at him with a calm gaze that seemed to see through his very Origin.

After a long while, he slowly spoke. His words fell like a thunderclap, exploding beside the two of them.

"Jiang Ziya, you were born with the bearing of a mortal king. You carry the Auspicious Qi of the Mortal World and have no affinity with the immortal path."

"To you, the Innate Spiritual Qi of Kunlun Mountain is not an aid, but a restraint.

"The reason your Magic Power dissipates as quickly as you absorb it is because your 'Dao' never belonged among the immortal ranks of the Nine Heavens, but in the Mortal World."

"You seek immortality with all your heart, yet your Origin runs contrary to the immortal path. Naturally, you cannot advance even a single step.

"This is not because your aptitude is poor, but because your Dao differs from it. You cannot walk the same path."

Those words were like a heavy hammer crashing brutally into Jiang Ziya's heart.

His entire body trembled. His face turned pale in an instant, and his lips quivered as he found himself speechless.

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