At the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, Gu Yuan looked at Hun Tiandi and thought of what Zhao Li had said. With a shameless look on his face, he opened his mouth and dealt Hun Tiandi a critical blow:
"Your perspective is too narrow..."
In truth, when he said those words, he thought of himself as well, and felt somewhat ashamed. Because what Zhao Li had done was something he could have done too. Yet ever since Xiao Xuan's attempt at Breaking Through to Emperor had failed a thousand years ago and the Xiao Clan had fallen into decline, he had resigned himself to fate. As a result, over the past millennium, even after he discovered that Hun Tiandi was stirring up trouble, he still paid no attention and asked no questions, single-mindedly giving up on everything—since the path ahead had already been severed, Peak Nine Star was enough.
That thought had made him live a thousand years in vain. Looking at things now, whether it was his old rival Hun Tiandi or the junior Zhao Li, neither had given up hope of continuing upward. On the path of seeking the Dao, he had long since been left behind by them...
In truth, Gu Yuan could not be blamed. In his era, the tallest mountain on the Dou Qi Continent was no longer Dou Di, but Peak Nine-star Dou Sheng—and he had already climbed to the top!
It was not until Zhao Li appeared and gave him hope that desire rose once more in that dust-covered heart of his. Only then did he know that, if it were possible, he too wanted to see the scenery from a higher place...
Dou Di, and even above Dou Di!
As thoughts flickered through his mind, Gu Yuan seemed to have already