Ascension

The Breath-Nourishing Dao.

Heaven and earth shattered, sun and moon shone together, and chaos unfolded anew. It was a vision of an epoch's end—

Fang Qing faced a choice as well.

This was, in truth, a gamble!

He could bet that the Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord would fail to attain [Year Guardian], or that, after succeeding, the Origin Lord would eventually leave this world!

Then he could flee first and return to seek attainment once this world no longer had a [Year Guardian].

But if he lost that bet, his path to becoming the Water Virtue [Year Guardian] might be sealed off forever!

The Origin Lord... is pursuing [Year Guardian] so resolutely precisely to force my hand!

It's also a declaration of intent... if I cut off the Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord's hope of ascending beyond [Year Guardian], the Origin Lord will surely remain in this world, lying in wait, and never give me the slightest chance!

Fang Qing's expression grew grave.

So... I could also gamble on attaining [Year Guardian] right now!

Or... stop the Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord from attaining [Year Guardian]?

The Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord had previously been able to obstruct the Great Sun Tathagata's attainment of [Year Guardian] because the Origin Lord had once been the [Year Guardian] of the Great Sun Dao Path, exerting a profound influence over all four sun lineages!

Now, however, the Moon-Palace Embryo-Forming Origin Lord sought to attain [Year Guardian] with golden seats of sun, moon, water, and fire, while already being the Great Sun [Year Guardian]. Unless the Fire Virtue [Year Guardian] and Lunar Yin [Year Guardian] revived immediately, there was scarcely any possibility of interference.

As for Fang Qing? He did not qualify yet. After all, he was not the Water Virtue [Year Guardian].

*That damned Golden Core