After defeating the mysterious figure and Feng Boye, An Jing no longer paid them any attention.
He knew Feng Boye still had cards up her sleeve.
He also knew the mysterious figure still had the strength to resist.
But none of that mattered... because although they were strong, although they truly possessed talent and luck, and held more truths than he did...
Right now, they were nothing more than [Those Who Willingly Settle for Mediocrity].
—Without trying for themselves, they declared something impossible.
—Before battle even began, they decided they would lose.
—For the sake of "greater possibilities," they dismissed "smaller possibilities" as though comparing sizes, childishly believing bigger was better, utterly forgetting that "greater possibilities" were very likely built upon "sacrifice."
They possessed self-awareness, yet gave up without ever trying; unwilling to bear greater losses, they were defeated before fighting; because of so-called logic and numbers, reason and objectivity, they chose to preserve the greater and abandon the lesser, rather than "have it all."
Such people, in the mortal world, were called "clever people."
And even knowing their own abilities were lacking, they persisted; even if they were covered in wounds, even if fighting on would mean the fall of their nation and the extinction of their kind, they continued to fight; they would not give up a single thing they wanted, and would certainly do everything in their power to obtain them.
Such people, in the mortal world, were called "fools."
But that was only in the mortal world.
In the realm above the mundane world, in the world of Martial Dao, the relationship between the two was reversed.
One who did not believe they could surpass the world was unworthy of being a martial artist.
One who did not believe their fist could defeat their enemy was