"I have the ambition, but not the strength."
The man wearing a True Dragon mask gave a bitter smile.
He had once stood at the pinnacle of the Three Thousand Dimensions. Across all of history, no one but the First Heavenly Emperor of the First Dimension could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
He had been supremely confident.
He believed his brilliance had reached its zenith. He had pioneered one cultivation path after another, illuminating the annals of history.
Thus, with Dimension-level cultivation, he had attempted to break straight into Transcendence!
But alas—
He hailed from the Three Thousand Dimensions!
Attaining Transcendence-grade there was considerably harder than in High Heaven!
Attempting to break straight into Transcendence with Dimension-level cultivation was already extraordinarily difficult. How much harder was it to accomplish such an unprecedented feat within the Three Thousand Dimensions?
And so he had failed.
He had suffered unimaginable Dao injuries and had even been hunted by a Humanoid Calamity.
He had fled into the Land of Ultimate Life. Only with the Hidden Profound City Lord's help had he gradually recovered and killed the Humanoid Calamity that pursued him.
But he refused to accept defeat.
He wanted to try again!
That was why he had never advanced to Half-step Transcendence-grade, remaining at Dimension-level all this time!
Even though his second attempt would be harder still, and failure would leave him no chance of survival, he was determined to try again!
Would he become a mediocre being of the Second Transcendence Realm, or a being of the Third Transcendence Realm who towered over the many factions of High Heaven?
Naturally, he would choose the Third Transcendence Realm!
Only at the Third Transcendence Realm would he have a sliver of hope of touching the supreme Fourth Transcendence Realm!
He, Treading Dao, would never