To seek invincibility at the True Insight level, Jiang Wang certainly could not merely talk about it.
People like Lou Yue, Huang Fu, and Lu Shuanghe—these top True Persons of the age—would all have to be faced one by one—unless they had already achieved Dao Derivation before Jiang Wang reached the summit.
Since ancient times, no one had ever debated their way to first place. First place could only be fought for.
No matter how fiercely or viciously one boasted, no matter how many people waved banners and shouted in support, without a solid record of crushing every opponent, no one would be convinced. Only by beating every top True Person of the age into submission could one bear the name "True Person Invincible."
Before losing to Huang Fu, Huyan Jingxuan and Zhongshan Yanwen had both called themselves number one in the Northern Domain!
Thus, Jiang Wang and Lu Shuanghe were destined to fight eventually. Lu Shuanghe's early challenge only made that battle more brutal—it would have to be decided by life and death.
Everyone who reached the mountaintop had stepped over the corpses of countless defeated foes.
Life was a single road. Those who lived kept walking forward.
There were many Prodigies in this age, and many who died as well. This was the process of sifting sand in great waves.
Jiang Wang did not dwell on it and returned straight to White Jade Capital.
Business at the tavern was still booming, with a constant stream of patrons. Shopkeeper Bai sat behind the counter doing the accounts, the tip of his brush spinning swiftly.
The instant Proprietor Jiang entered, he tucked the ledger away beneath the counter.
"What are you doing?" Proprietor Jiang shot him a glance.
Shopkeeper Bai said, "Someone's been waiting upstairs for you for several days.