The ways of the world were not bound entirely to battle.
One could contemplate the heavens in stillness, wander among mountains and rivers, and see a blade of grass or a tree wither and flourish. In those things, one could glimpse the Great Dao, deepen one's cultivation, and advance one's Dao Attainment.
But there was no denying that battle was one of the most effective ways to progress.
Especially in the Shrouding the Heavens World. There, one could even drop the "one of" and say with confidence that battle was the most effective way to progress.
Under crushing pressure, Shi Hao broke through his limits and became a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
Later, during a peerless war that lasted forty thousand years, he advanced again, formed an Immortal Fetus, and entered the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Second Stage.
That he had achieved all this in forty thousand years owed much to his own extraordinary talent, but the war had undoubtedly driven him forward.
Forty thousand years would not be enough for a True Immortal to advance a single minor level, much less a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
Without that war, Shi Hao would have needed at least ten times as long to complete that Transformation.
And when Shi Hao later became an Immortal Emperor, there was no denying that Emperor Bone Bro had helped him enormously. Enormously.
In this world, one could progress without fighting, but fighting could certainly make that progress faster.
Of course, one had to endure it and emerge victorious from every battle. Only then could one have the last laugh and claim what one wanted.
If one died in battle, there would be no question of gaining the greatest improvement from it.
Had Shi Hao failed to withstand the Four Dark Emperors' assault during that forty-thousand-year war, or failed to seize that