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The matter was settled.

The morning assembly ended.

Karl did not linger in the Sky Wind Kingdom; instead, he soared directly into the sky and flew toward the Holy Alliance.

Given Karl's current level of insight into the Mysteries of Wind, it took him less than half a day to cross both the O'Brien Empire and the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Looking down at those familiar city walls, Karl could not help but feel a surge of emotion.

Soon, Karl's figure descended upon the grounds of the Taros Family.

"Is it over there?"

Sensing that aura belonging to the Saint Realm, Karl did not bother to conceal his own presence and flew straight toward it.

"Who is it!"

Sensing a powerful aura, Luo'an, who was in the middle of cultivation, felt his heart tighten.

It was a terrifying existence beyond imagination; even just the aura alone made Luo'an Talos feel as if he were struggling to breathe.

Before the words had even faded, Karl's figure appeared before Luo'an.

He wore a red martial outfit, his long, pale blue hair flowing, and a trace of lingering terror remained in his dark red pupils.

"Luo'an?"

Karl said with a smile.

"Grandfather?"

Karl nodded slightly, feeling a touch of sentimentality in his heart.

He had only seen this grandson once when he was one year old. After that, Karl had spent most of his time in seclusion. When he wasn't in seclusion, he was either cultivating his Battle Qi or trying to create his own lethal techniques from the Wind Element. During that period, even his own son, Lin, rarely saw him.

This was because Karl had seen far too many descendants grow old and die before his eyes. In the vast Taros Family, Karl would only meet his younger descendants once they reached the strength of a Level 7 Warrior. As for meeting more frequently, they needed at least the strength of a Level 9 Warrior.

After all, if one became too close, the sudden news of their death would be painful, even for Karl.

Compared to Karl's sentimental reflections, Luo'an was the one who was truly astonished.

After all, in his impression, although his grandfather was a Saint Realm expert, he had only reached that level a few decades before him.

Furthermore, in his memory, his grandfather had simply been diligent, only managing to reach the Saint Realm after a lifetime of hard work.

Not to mention making further progress, it was already quite an achievement just to grasp the Momentum of Heaven and Earth.

In the past, his grandfather was a great Saint Realm expert and the founder of the Taros Family, but it was only after Luo'an himself stepped into the Saint Realm that he realized how truly difficult the Momentum of Heaven and Earth was.

Especially since Luo'an had broken through to the Saint Realm some time ago, yet his understanding of the Momentum of Heaven and Earth was still only skin-deep.

He could barely be considered ten times stronger than a Level 9 Warrior, but he had no way to go any further.

Yet, just a moment ago, that suffocating aura had emanated from his grandfather—an aura that left him without the slightest ability to resist. If someone told him his grandfather was just an ordinary Saint Realm expert, Luo'an would never believe it.

"Grandfather, your strength...?"

"Haha, it's nothing more than grasping a bit of the Laws," Karl said with an indifferent smile.

Karl laughed happily, not mentioning that his understanding of the Wind Element was approaching one-tenth of what was required to become a god. He was a peak Saint Realm expert nearing the third level; the vast majority of peak Saint Realm experts on the Yulan Continent could not compare to the current Karl in terms of their insight into the Mysteries.

"Come to think of it, I didn't expect you to reach the Saint Realm so quickly."

Karl felt a sense of joy when he mentioned this.

When Luo'an was born, Karl hadn't bestowed any special talent upon him just because he was his grandson.

During his fifty years of seclusion, Karl had only paid attention to the number of Level 9 experts, and then he had impatiently rushed off to the Chaotic Territory.

This meant that Luo'an had relied entirely on his own talent to step from Level 1 to the Saint Realm, one step at a time.

"Now that you have stepped into the Saint Realm and possess a near-eternal life, you have two choices for the future."

"First, leave behind descendants, and then go to cultivate."

"Second, go directly into seclusion and try your best to bring your understanding of the Momentum of Heaven and Earth to the level of mastery."

Although Karl had his own selfish motives, he was willing to be thorough now that he had reached this level.

For ordinary people from Level 1 to Level 6, the difficulty of reproducing was very low; basically, newlyweds would have children within a year or so.

But from Level 7 to Level 9, it became much harder to have offspring. Many people at this stage would not even be able to count their sons and daughters on one hand after several hundred years.

Going further, once one reached the Saint Realm, it was considered very fortunate to have two or three descendants over the course of several hundred years.

Cultivation was not just about refining Battle Qi and magic power; these things affected one's own body.

Why could the physical strength of a Level 9 Warrior compare to a Level 6 Warrior? It was the enhancement brought by Battle Qi.

And for women with high levels of strength, reproduction was even more difficult.

Why did Karl only have four sons?

And of those four sons, only one was still alive; the other three had all grown old and died.

It was because they were all children born when Karl was young. It wasn't as if Karl hadn't remarried after his wife passed away, but even after remarrying, no children were conceived.

Over time, Karl extinguished this thought.

When the gap in strength reaches a certain level, it can even lead to a difference in species.

Especially at the Saint Realm level, aside from retaining a human form, if one were truly taken apart, the substances within the blood might not even be the same as those of an ordinary person.

"I choose one."

Luo'an thought for a moment before answering.

At over sixty years old, it was true that Luo'an possessed high talent to have cultivated to the Saint Realm, but he had also put in no small amount of effort.

However, this did not mean that Luo'an was cold-hearted.

In the past, there had been someone in Luo'an's heart, but as his strength increased, for some reason, the person he liked no longer liked him, eventually choosing to marry an ordinary person and have children.

Back then, Luo'an had asked his father, and the answer he received was: the gap.

If he had only possessed ordinary talent, the two of them might very well have had a happy ending.

But when one person is too dazzling, the other is very likely to develop a sense of inferiority.

In order to live a normal life, many people are willing to accept their own mediocrity and choose another ordinary person.

"Since that's the case, I'll go see your father first." Karl shook his head; as someone who had been through it, he could discern a thing or two from Luo'an's expression.

Leaving Luo'an's residence, Karl used three Saint Realm Aptitude Enhancement Cards on Luo'an before departing.

"I hope your path ahead will be a little easier to walk."

The three enhancements improved Luo'an's Mental Power talent, magic talent, and Fire Element affinity.

After decades of cultivation, especially in the last twenty-plus years, Karl's Mental Power had long since reached the Saint Realm, making it easy for him to see that Luo'an's Mental Power was still only at the eighth rank.

Luo'an's Mage talent and Mental Power talent were both quite good, but they clearly had not reached the Saint Realm level.

"It's likely only at the level of the late ninth rank to the peak of the ninth rank."