But because Lord Mi had once spoken with the Six Great Masters, he knew perfectly well that he could never defeat them. That was why he came up with the Mitian Grand Plan.
Only by breaking through into a new era could he turn the tables and suppress the Main Dao.
Lord Mi had suffered the most humiliating experience imaginable. The darker that experience was, the harder it made his heart. That was why the first step of the Mitian Grand Plan was the fall of the Nine Ramparts.
Only after the Nine Ramparts fell would he have the time to carry out his plan.
No two lives were alike.
Happiness was much the same, but every hardship was different.
Lu Yin didn't know whether he would have carried out the Mitian Grand Plan if he had been Lord Mi and gone through what Lord Mi had. But even if he had been unwilling to do it, it would have made no difference. The Nine Ramparts were destined to fall, and no one could stop it. The Mitian Grand Plan had merely hastened the process.
Before the Masters sealed away his cultivation—and after—Lord Mi had been like two entirely different people.
In the past of Time, Lu Yin had seen Lord Mi enlightening Hunji. Back then, there had been light in Lord Mi's eyes, and he had been full of hope for the future.
Sealing away his cultivation was like sealing away his future.
"Actually, much more happened than that." Hunji's voice rang out. "After the Six Great Masters forbade Lord Mi from cultivating the six powers, powerhouses of the Main Dao kept coming to the Nine Ramparts to provoke them. Some even demanded to fight Lord Mi. If he refused, they'd make trouble for someone else."
"After each fight,