[Living off His Looks, Invincible Luck]

As everyone knew, challenging those above your level was the fastest road to progress. Throughout the ages, who knew how many protagonists across the Myriad Realms had broken through in battle, turned the tables against impossible odds, grasped the limits of life and death, then charged onward in triumph, fought their way onto the Emperor Path, and forged endless glory.

Of course, if you were beaten to death while challenging someone above your level, that only proved you were not the protagonist. Hurry up and vacate your spot, and let the next young dreamer take the stage.

The rougher the waves, the pricier the fish. Opportunity and fortune went hand in hand—this was an ultimate truth of the Heavenly Dao.

If they could not beat you to death, you were the protagonist. If they did, you were an extra.

If you kept hopping around somewhere between half-dead and barely alive, then you were the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, attaining the Dao through a hundred defeats and dancing gracefully along the edge of a cliff.

Lin Xian had complete confidence in Ye Fan, not merely because the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body could take a beating or because Gai Jiuyou guarded his path, but because of that face of his.

The universe of The Sage Who Transcended Samsara emphasized Subtraction into Emptiness: having others take over one's causality, thereby achieving transcendence.

Transcendence in this universe did not follow that exact procedure, but it involved a similar process.

If the Ancestors of the Eerie Plateau had inherited the Lord of the Three-Life Copper Coffin's bone ash matter, then the Three Heavenly Emperors had inherited his Divine Form, possessing faces that were similar yet distinct.

Along with great causality came great luck, ensuring they would not easily meet an untimely end.

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