"I clung to life through the Ascension Road War because I wanted to make a comeback."
"But after seeing what you've done over the years, I know I'll never surpass you."
"If I can't surpass you, what's the point of living?"
Chen Changsheng grinned. "Isn't that taking it a bit far?"
"The world is vast. Why choose me as your target?"
"Because you're the most extraordinary genius this world has seen in hundreds of thousands of years."
"Wu Li's cultivation and talent stand above everyone alive. Every high-level cultivator holds him up as the standard."
"If someone kills Wu Li one day, that person will become the foremost practitioner of the Bitter Sea System."
"By the same token, if someone surpasses Sword God Chen Shisan in swordsmanship, that person will become the greatest swordsman under heaven."
"Perhaps Wu Li, Chen Shisan, and the others aren't truly Number One Under Heaven in strength."
"But everyone measures themselves against them. How is that not another kind of Number One Under Heaven?"
"And which of them wasn't taught by you personally, Chen Changsheng?"
"How could I face someone like you and not make you my target?"
Seeing the look in Limitless Celestial's eyes, Chen Changsheng pursed his lips. "I was only a guide along their paths. Their achievements have little to do with me."
"That's how you see it. I don't know how anyone else sees it, and I have no interest in finding out."
"You created the Bitter Sea System. I created the Golden Core System."
"As founders of cultivation systems, don't you think we should settle which of us is superior?"
Chen Changsheng spoke softly. "Time answered which is stronger, the Golden Core System or the Bitter Sea System, long ago."
"Why cling to this so stubbornly and throw your life