"This shard is known only to me—not even the people behind you know about it. Back then, to keep this secret, I nearly got dragged down and killed." The young man sighed, lingering fear in his eyes.
The shard was precisely the fifth World Spirit Shard.
This World Spirit Shard had always been kept by the young man. It had not transformed into any supreme treasure; it was primitive and ordinary.
Yes, ordinary.
Holding the World Spirit Shard, Hua Yunfei felt something faintly unusual, but overall, the shard truly felt very ordinary to him.
Compared to it, the first four shards had clearly been far more extraordinary. The Soul Suppressing Tablet, Heart of Enlightenment, and the others each possessed their own formidable characteristics.
"Kid, though you fear death, you have the resolve to live and die with the sect. I admire that. But that alone is not enough."
The young man rose to his feet, picked up his fishing rod, and rested it on his shoulder. "You must become stronger—very strong. Surpass everyone. Surpass the ancestors. Surpass the Founding Ancestors of every generation before you. Only then will there be the faintest sliver of hope."
Hua Yunfei looked at the young man.
Between the lines, the young man held not the slightest expectation for the Backer Sect.
Because he knew too much. It was precisely because he knew too much that he understood why it was impossible.
The young man shook his head. He walked into the sea, and a massive blue whale surfaced, carrying him away.
Gazing into the distance, he sighed:
"Some things are destined from birth. Struggling is merely another way of dying."
Chapter 1416: Sister Yao, Why Are You Guarding Your Food?
Not long after the young man left, Jiang Ruoyao, Ye Fengliu, and the others