As the youngest of the current Dao Sons of the Supreme Dao Sect when he ascended to the position, Zhao Ruoming was actually under quite a bit of pressure.
Or rather, ever since he first came into contact with cultivation, the pressure on him had never been small.
The Founder Ancestor's son, born with an innate divine ability by his side.
That fact alone meant that no matter what achievements he made, many people would credit them to his father—the Supreme Dao Sect's Founder Ancestor, Hong Sovereign.
And he... had no way to refute them.
He couldn't exactly claim that everything he had achieved in cultivation had been entirely by his own efforts, could he?
That would be far too pretentious.
It was precisely because of this that Zhao Ruoming had always wanted to prove himself.
During the Immortal Sect Grand Competition before last, he had not yet become a Dao Son of the Supreme Dao Sect, and his cultivation had only been at the Golden Core Realm.
For some reason, Chi Jiuyu had not participated that year. Though the process had been rather difficult, he had ultimately taken first place in the Golden Core division.
But the previous competition had been different...
As Zhao Ruoming recalled everything that had happened in the previous competition, he gradually calmed down. "It's still unknown in whose hands the deer will die. That previous defeat will absolutely not happen again."
"Oh." Chi Jiuyu scratched her head.
He had turned into Brother Dog in such a strange way. She had asked him about the activation conditions for his innate divine ability, yet he had inexplicably started saying all this.
Wasn't that answering beside the point?
Forget it, forget it.
Ancestor Jiuyu really could not communicate well with someone whose train of thought was so