The Heavenly King Palace's forbidden scroll sparked a little interest in Chu Kuangren.
He sat cross-legged and began comprehending it.
The scroll was extraordinary, and the Daoist Rhyme it contained was profoundly abstruse, drawing one helplessly into its depths.
When ordinary cultivators chose Cultivation Techniques, greater profundity did not necessarily mean better.
There had to be a limit.
If they chose Cultivation Techniques too profound for them to comprehend, they might spend their entire lives without accomplishing much.
The Heavenly King Palace's forbidden scroll contained precisely such a technique.
Its profundity surpassed that of every technique Chu Kuangren had ever seen. Other cultivators would have had no chance of comprehending it, and the scroll also contained a certain... sinister quality.
Anyone who studied this technique could easily be drawn in by its mysteries and become obsessed. Cultivators with slightly weaker Dao Hearts, even Supreme Supremes, could exhaust their minds and die.
The Heavenly King Palace.
The three Saints were all watching Chu Kuangren. When they saw him begin studying the forbidden scroll, delight appeared on their faces.
"Ha, he fell for it."
"Let's see what he'll do now."
"Chu Kuangren, it was clearly marked forbidden, yet you still wanted to comprehend it. Today, you're destined to fall victim to your own arrogance."
Heavenly King Zhang Saint laughed heartily, already impatient to see Chu Kuangren suffer a setback yet be unable to do anything to him.
Time passed, and two hours went by.
On the top floor, Chu Kuangren was still studying the scroll.
Seeing this, the three Saints were certain he had become absorbed in it.
"Even a Supreme Supreme would exhaust their mind and die after studying this scroll for three days. Though Chu Kuangren's strength is astonishing, comparable to a Saint's, he can last ten days at