Lu Ren slowly rose, chose another Finality Stele, and began to study it.
"What's going on with Lu Ren?"
"Looks like he's comprehended another Finality Stele!"
"It's only been thirty-odd years. We haven't even comprehended one, but he's already comprehended two... No wonder he's the foremost prodigy of all the heavens!"
Many experts with Perfected Dao Fruits sighed to themselves.
Anyone who could cultivate to the Perfected Dao Fruit level ranked among the most talented beings of their era.
Yet before Lu Ren, they still felt inferior.
"By my reckoning, without sufficient talent, the energy in a Finality Stele would run dry after a hundred years. Then you'd have to choose a new one. Yet Lu Ren has comprehended two in just thirty-odd years!"
Saint Luo Ancient Ancestor frowned. The blow to his pride was no small one.
Back then, Lu Ren had still been a junior in his eyes.
Lu Ren had only reached the First Layer of Finality Fusion, while he himself had been at the third.
Who could have imagined that in so short a time, Lu Ren would reach the second layer? Barring any surprises, he was very likely to reach the third here in the Finality Ancient Land.
Primordial Demon Ancestor was just as rueful. With Lu Ren's talent, reaching the Third Layer of Finality Fusion was a foregone conclusion. He might even reach the fourth.
Lu Ren paid no heed to the talk around him and remained immersed in his studies. His goal was to comprehend all nine Finality Steles within a hundred years.
Soon, Lu Ren began studying the third Finality Stele.
Counting the stele he had comprehended among the Evil Dao cultivators, he had effectively comprehended four Finality Steles. His pace was growing faster and faster.
Where it had once taken him