Song Shuhang felt as though his heart had been struck by a hammer. "Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword, that cut too deep."
He had no way to refute Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword. Ultimately, it was because he was poor—far too poor to speak with any confidence when money came up.
"If I don't give your heart a little jab, I'm afraid you'll get conceited," Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword said earnestly. Besides, it was afraid that if Song Shuhang kept talking, it would be the one getting hurt instead.
Better to hurt Song Shuhang than get hurt myself. And so, Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword unhesitatingly chose to stab Song Shuhang right where it hurt.
"Senior, let's stop talking about money. What comes after the life wheel?" Song Shuhang took the initiative to change the subject.
Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword turned around again and began writing in the air.
"After the life wheel comes the [tenth heaven]... hmm, that should be what it's called. The name isn't important. Just understand that it's a minor realm. This minor realm is extremely important. It's where all the foundations a cultivator has laid down in the past are integrated into a single whole."
"The first four heavens of the tenth heaven represent a cultivator's first-grade acupoints, second-grade small dantians, third-grade four extraordinary meridians, and fourth-grade nine immortal bones. These four heavens are stages that all sixth-grade cultivators can condense. As long as they live long enough, they can reach the fourth heaven through slow, persistent effort. But to condense the fifth heaven, a golden core with four dragon patterns is a prerequisite."
A four-dragon-pattern golden core was the minimum requirement for advancing to sixth-grade true lord. Without some heaven-defying fortuitous encounter, cultivators with one to three dragon patterns would be stuck in the fifth-grade realm.
"However,