This ending had been decided before their relationship had even become clear. Even then, he could only gaze at the dust left in Jiang Che's wake. Now that the dust had settled, there was no longer even room for a shred of fantasy.
The difference between Jiang Che and him was like that between the clouds and the mud.
Talent, strength, even those looks that left him ashamed of his own-all were chasms he could never cross.
His backing from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was his only advantage, but when even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect deliberately sought to befriend Jiang Che, he realized that his sole advantage had been utterly defeated too!
Originally, he had wanted to win Dugu Yan over with his strength, but he discovered that ever since her martial soul evolved, she too had become someone whose dust he could only watch from far behind.
The former strongest member of the Heaven Dou Royal Team had become its third strongest!
Yu Tianheng sighed inwardly. In the end, his motives had been impure from the moment he first approached Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo himself was an unshakable mountain. What he valued, ultimately, was Dugu Bo's status as a Titled Douluo, while what Dugu Bo valued, ultimately, was the worth of his prospective grandson-in-law himself!
He wanted to use Dugu Bo's help to compete for the future position of sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
All external possessions were illusory.
Jiang Che seemed completely unaware of the different expressions passing over the faces of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group. He called to them in his usual tone, "What are you all standing there for? Aren't you hungry?"
Osler sighed quietly and glanced at the despondent Yu Tianheng. He had thought he