Zhang Yu considered it. Qing Shuo and Bai Wang would likewise have to undergo a trial of verification on their path to completeness.
Though the two had been born from the same qi as him, they possessed their own wills. This was also the foundation of the self's existence. Where there was an I, there was the distinction between the original self and the various selves; thus, they had to pass the threshold of seeking completeness.
Yet his Dao methods were no longer what they had once been. Moreover, he had attained the Dao of Seeking Completeness first and understood the mysteries within it. Since he understood, the two of them understood as well. Their chances of success were therefore very great; they would not need to risk nine deaths for one chance at life like other cultivators.
But that did not mean failure was impossible. That small portion had to be left to the workings of fate and fortune. Human strength could never shake the turning of Heaven's will. He could only do his utmost and bring what human effort could accomplish to its limit.
In just a few more days, there would be a result.
Nor did he need to simply sit and watch. Over these next few days, he could continue refining the Heaven-Training Dao Canon and unravel a few more Dao methods, thereby raising their chances of success by another point or two.
If the two succeeded and brought his Dao methods to perfection, then he could begin considering how to climb to the next level.
With the aid of the Six Seals, it seemed on the surface that he only needed to cling to this path to reach the Upper Layer. Yet precisely how to walk it required some consideration. First of all, Dao cultivation