When the time came, at the critical moment, if he himself were kidnapped by the God-Defying Sect, the old man surely wouldn't want him to lose his life.
And if Zhao Cheng were kidnapped, Father Zhao, Mother Zhao, and Zhao Xiaoxiang couldn't possibly ignore the matter and go attend the coming-of-age ceremony.
If the old man still couldn't be persuaded, Zhao Cheng could only resort to the worst possible plan: ask the head of the God-Defying Sect to do him a favor and beat the old man up.
Then the whole family could look after the old man and avoid Eternal Garden all the same.
But plans could never keep pace with change.
That night, Zhao Cheng had another dream. In the dream, the demon-god-like version of himself he had once encountered actually crossed the insurmountable chasm and walked over, then merged with him.
When he woke the next day, Zhao Cheng immediately sensed the change. The speed at which he was growing stronger had abruptly increased, and at the deepest part of his mind, he seemed to feel a strange power surging.
But that wasn't the most crucial part. The most crucial part was that he had developed an extremely strange perception, as though he had sensed fate itself.
A voice in his heart told him that Eternal Garden was an opportunity—a chance to break the deadlock. If he fled from it, the calamity would only keep accumulating, growing ever fiercer; only by breaking the tribulation could all things be renewed!
Naturally, he chose to trust his own feelings.
With a one-foot ruler in hand, he feared nothing.
Still, Zhao Cheng intended to bring in some outside help.
"You think something will happen at the coming-of-age ceremony of humanity's most dazzling jewel?!"
Using a ring, Zhao Cheng contacted