Recognition

"Perish together?"

Li Pin glanced at the Supreme Ladder. "But this strange artifact didn't see it that way. A loss was a loss—there was nothing unacceptable about it."

He said calmly, "In this world, no one can remain ever-victorious and invincible, nor can anyone remain strongest and undefeated."

"The Supreme Ladder..."

Shasha hesitated slightly.

According to the Supreme Ladder's judgment...

Li Pin had indeed failed.

But...

He should not have failed.

She said gravely, "There were three main problems this time. First, you advanced too quickly. Your foundation was clearly insufficient, and the secret arts you had mastered were not enough to handle all kinds of complex environments. Second, this was still related to your foundation. You knew too little about Zhou Guang Divine Artifacts, and the equipment on you was starting to fall behind your own strength. As for the third..."

The intelligent life paused. "You became proud."

"Proud?"

Li Pin considered it briefly and soon understood what Shasha meant by pride.

He had not used the Light of the Great Dao.

If he had used the Light of the Great Dao, then with its essence that did not pale before supreme power...

No!

Its essence should have been even greater than supreme power. With that enormous advantage, he could have killed that Void Monarch.

The Abyssal Ruins differed from the Star Realm, and from the vast universe.

Its unique environment had nearly caused all rules to cease existing.

When there were no rules at all, the rules a cultivator evolved from within themself—quality over quantity—were far more important.

If the power of the universe evolved by Monarchs was mud in the Abyssal Ruins, then the power of the universe wielded by Supremes was steel.

At equal quantities, steel could easily crush mud to pieces.

"It wasn't pride. I