The importance of seizing the initiative went without saying, and Zong Shen understood that deeply.
Ever since the beginning, the greatest pillar of his rise had not been luck, nor the rewards and gains from Ruins, but the informational advantage he had obtained through the Strategy Module.
Information gaps had always been one of the greatest factors widening the divide between people.
Especially in a world like the Endless Continent, where all Lords developed under the specific rules of the Lord System, the initiative and advantages brought by information gaps would grow exponentially.
Thus, Zong Shen was highly confident about the future. He was even certain that, before most Lords had fully developed, he could build a super-Lord faction powerful enough to influence the entire continent.
No matter what trials the Lord System arranged in the future, he would always retain the initiative and become an outlier among the mainstream of Lords.
In many cases, when the Lord System introduced new rules and strategies, it referenced the general development progress of current Lords. Outliers like Zong Shen, whose development far outpaced that of other Lords, had reaped considerable benefits in previous challenges.
That was precisely why the Defense Challenge, as a "monthly exam," used independently calculated scores for every Lord and randomly determined opponents according to those scores.
This advantage would continue throughout Zong Shen's future path of development.
After studying Solomon's Hexagram, Zong Shen's expression changed as well.
Originally, all of his attention had been focused on the challenge. But now, as his horizons broadened further, his thoughts had long since drifted away. Compared with exploring the end of the era, the defeat of the Blood-Burning Demons, the emergence of the Condemners, and the secret of the ancient races' hibernation, the Defense Challenge before him was hardly worth mentioning.