For Cloud Master, ever since the Great Wilderness Sect had been destroyed, he had endured humiliation and borne heavy burdens, cultivating diligently alone within the Great Wilderness Grotto-Heaven. Yet in order to revive the Great Wilderness Sect, the meaning of his entire life had become cultivation, cultivation, and more cultivation; becoming stronger, stronger, and stronger still.
Zhang Tie's words had undoubtedly dealt him a tremendous blow.
Before meeting Zhang Tie, Cloud Master had never even imagined that there could be someone in this world who, after possibly advancing to the saint rank, would not want to go a step further—apart from a freak like Zhang Tie.
To Zhang Tie, cultivation was merely for the sake of living better, not for becoming stronger. To Cloud Master, who had devoted himself to breaking through his current realm, this was simply an overturning of his entire outlook on life and the world.
"Doesn't Sect Master want to become stronger?"
"What does stronger mean?" Zhang Tie asked in return. "In this age, the saint rank is the strongest, so I think reaching the saint rank is enough. As long as I'm stronger than the saint-ranked members of the human race and the Devil Race, that's enough. Why think so much about anything else? Even if there is power far beyond the saint rank behind the Devil Race, so what? After several Holy Wars, did the Devil Race wipe out the human race? Or did experts above the saint rank from the Devil Race ever appear on the battlefield of the Holy War? No, they did not. Therefore, even if the Devil Race possesses power above the saint rank, I would guess that there are many restrictions on using it. It is not something they can simply use whenever they wish. Otherwise, why would the