There were many moments in life that had to be endured.
Above the character for endurance hung a blade—the pain of it pressed against the heart.
Since ancient times, yielding in endurance had always been heartbreaking!
But how often did life go as one wished?
Even someone as formidable as Jiang Wang, saying he sought a life wholly to his satisfaction, would be scolded by the Emperor of Qi for being greedy.
Even the foremost prodigy of The Present World had needed nearly six years to return to Maple Forest City.
In the vast sea of humanity, who could truly stir waves unlike all others?
Bai Yuxia could be considered a man of exceptional talent and intellect, yet by his own measure, neither his talent nor his wisdom stood at the absolute pinnacle. In strategy, he could not plot victory from a thousand miles away as Chongxuan Sheng did; in cultivation, he could not overshadow his peers as Jiang Wang did.
At that time, his father had died, the Bai Clan was without a master, and the Ge Clan watched like a tiger eyeing its prey.
Ge Fei had advanced at astonishing speed. He was a prodigy who could withstand Zhang Linchuan's Divine Presence, the disciple of Gao Zheng of Hidden Prime Peak, the Right Censor-in-Chief, and he had the sovereign's support as well as acclaim throughout court and country.
At the time, Bai Yuxia had not yet attained Divine Presence. When he tried to step forward and sing a different tune from Ge Fei, to serve as the king's vanguard piece in balancing the court, no one even considered him qualified.
In a situation that offered him no solution, he could only leave in silence, bidding farewell to his mother and abandoning his country.
He could not even take