There was no telling how shocked Xiao Ding had been after Xiao Lin dropped him into the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, or how he had begun his training there.
Once Xiao Lin had done all that, he left the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace again.
Before leaving, Xiao Lin had a talk with Ji Li.
When Ji Li learned that Xiao Lin was preparing to develop a Heaven Rank Cultivation Method, his eyes filled with a deep, complicated emotion.
At that moment, Ji Li finally realized where he fell short of Xiao Lin.
The difference lay not in their cultivation, but in something deeper.
A Heaven Rank Cultivation Method?
Of course Ji Li had one!
He was a descendant of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint. How could he lack such a thing?
But Ji Li also knew that he had always been walking the path his ancestor had laid down.
It had given him combat strength far beyond what his cultivation level suggested, but ultimately, he was still relying on his ancestor's blessings.
His potential could never match that of someone like Xiao Lin, who had carved out his own path.
Only if Ji Li climbed another level and reached heights even his ancestor, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, had failed to reach could he break the shackles binding him.
Until then, his ancestor had already set the limit of what Ji Li could achieve.
That was precisely why Ji Li deeply admired Xiao Lin's decision to develop a Heaven Rank Cultivation Method.
So when Xiao Lin left this time, Ji Li did not even complain about it aloud.
He knew Xiao Lin was doing something Ji Li had never even considered!
Besides, Xiao Lin had entrusted his grandson to Ji Li, and Ji Li did not want to betray that