As his words fell, the Nine Splendors Emperor Lord's tone carried a trace of vitality and yearning.
Looking at the Nine Splendors Emperor Lord in green robes, Cui Shuo asked in confusion, "Isn't pursuing the end of the Great Dao an exceedingly interesting thing?"
Hearing this, the Nine Splendors Emperor Lord looked at Cui Shuo with a smile.
"Everyone has their own aspirations. What each person likes is different."
"Moreover, preferences are things that change with time and experience."
"For the old me, pursuing the ultimate extreme of the Great Dao might indeed have been something very interesting."
"But once you truly step onto the summit, you will discover that the ultimate extreme of the Great Dao is nothing much after all."
"Besides, pursuing this so-called ultimate extreme of the Great Dao does not necessarily mean fighting others to the death."
"All these years, I have remained in the Nine Splendors World, yet hasn't my cultivation continued to advance with each passing day?"
A faint smile rested on the Nine Splendors Emperor Lord's face.
Seeing this, Cui Shuo asked curiously, "Then what does the Emperor Lord pursue now?"
"What I pursue is naturally that unscattered youthful spirit from back then."
"Ever since I stepped into the Cultivation World, I have never been able to stand those fellows."
"No matter how many times I failed, I would always rally myself and defeat them."
"This time, I will still repeat the same course of action."
Upon hearing this answer, Cui Shuo subconsciously said, "The Emperor Lord still has that youthful spirit in his heart?"
"Why can't I have that youthful spirit?"
The Nine Splendors Emperor Lord smiled and asked in return, "By the reckoning of time, I am not yet even a hundred thousand years old."
"By the standards of high-level quasi-Emperors,