Zhao Li did not know what had allowed him to reach his current level, but one thing he was certain of was that his identity as a Visitor from Another World had accounted for most of it.
When he first began cultivating, he had been cautious while also looking toward the future, solidifying his foundation during the Dou Qi stage...
When he obtained an inheritance by chance, he had not treated it as gospel, nor had he ignored it. Instead, he had taken its strengths to make up for his weaknesses, taking the first step onto his own path...
It was not until he received the inheritance of a senior from this world, merging the insights of sages from two lives into heaven and earth, Breaking and Rebuilding, reshaping his foundation, and refining a Golden Elixir, that he could barely be considered to have set foot on a path of invincibility in the present age...
Misfortune lurked within fortune, and fortune leaned upon misfortune. The Golden Elixir drew the covetous gaze of heaven and earth, and only through the Contention for Dao Confluence did he realize that the one seeking the Dao was himself, that great power came from his own body. He had truly excavated the universe of the human body and taken an Alternative Path to Emperor...
Each choice had not seemed especially crucial at the time, but only after they had accumulated did they truly create the person he was now.
And Zhao Li himself knew that every time he made a choice, there had always been a kind of unruliness and unrestrained nature deep in his bones. It had been asking him:
"Reborn into another life, and even crossing over into such a vast world—are you willing to stop here?"
Of course he was not. Thus,