Chapter 237 - Earthly Beginning & Heavenly End (4) (1/2)
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A few individuals scoffed, even verbalizing their contempt with debilitating insults. The truly unfortunate event was the young man being unable to defend himself. Yan Zaizen's expression grew grim. He imagined each one of these young individuals was heaven-defying individuals with vigor and valor that is willing to fight and exceed the heavens. Yet, a simple set of characters have already left one feeling lost and unwilling to continue.
Yan Zaizen had a faint suspicion that if the young man wasn't in front of a crowd, he may very well commit suicide at this moment.
”Cultivators...we fight to rival the heavens and exceed it, but what happens if you're told that's not possible? Are you any different than a mortal without legs told he couldn't walk? Do we simply concede?” Yan Zaizen muttered to himself. Suddenly, he gnashed his teeth in unwillingness. His fist clenched deeply and his nails dug into his skin.
He recalled his life before this when he was nothing more than a child being told by everyone that he was talentless, worthless, trash and without a future. They would spit insults and words indirectly to him, as if he was unaware, but obviously with hateful intentions. He ran away, far away, to a place where those eyes and words were unable to follow him.
He coldly hmphed, his eyes flashing with dark-amber that seemed to resonate the aura of an*- imperialistic sovereign. Before his gaze, all must bow. Before his steps, his path was his own.
”Wow! I didn't think there was such trash in this world, and you call yourself a cultivator?” He coldly laughed, attracting the gazes of the younger generation. Ma Xiuren was startled, she didn't think Yan Zaizen would take this moment to demoralize an individual. She frowned but didn't say anything.
Yan Zaizen didn't care about any else's thoughts, he continued, ”You get told your limits and you simply give up just like that? You should end your life right here, right now if that's the case.” He spat out viciously. The young man's eyes flickered, turning towards Yan Zaizen with a blank look in his eyes. This caused Yan Zaizen to become further enraged.
”Fools like you disgrace what we, as cultivators, represent.” His tone grew more and more domineering, his chin rising higher, and the disdain in his eyes intensified. ”We represent fighters, fighters against the heavens. We represent builders, builders of our own heavens! We represent creators, creators of our own path! Yet here you are, being told you're incapable of traveling one path to a certain extent and you're already willing to give up your life. I guess it wasn't worth much to begin with.”
At this point, everyone was watching him speak his own monologue. They sized him up and some even directly scoffed, as if he what he spoke was pure nonsense. However, Yan Zaizen persisted, ignoring the world's judgment, ”If you can't become heaven-defying, exceed all expectations, how does one have the ability to exceed the heavens?! To create your own path?!”
The young man trembled slightly and the blankness in his eyes shined slightly. It was only him, it was also Ma Xiuren and a few others as well.
Yan Zaizen couldn't help but sigh at the mindset of younger cultivators. To him who rose from nothing, he truly believed that nothing was impossible. He had gone from a young man with no future to a god amongst mortals. His originally trashy talent and intelligence were changed by the Herculean Path. In this world, there were paths one could follow to change any and everything!
Before, he couldn't demolish a mound of dirt, but now...he could crush a planet with a fist! The very aspect of cultivation denotes exceeding your limitations, so why care about some metric?
”Hm?” Yan Zaizen looked at the monolith and noticed that it had changed its characters. On it was the number '8'.
The others noticed too, their gazes drawing onto the hand on the young man. On his hand that was originally a golden depiction of 'zero,' there was an 'eight' character.
”So, your results determine your points.” After deducing this, he looked towards the other monoliths. An eight didn't seem high, but there was no information about the numbers earlier. In the myriad realms, a sixth-floor Heavenly Genesis expert was still exceptional.
”Wait...how come someone among the younger generations received such a low result?” Pondering a bit more, he couldn't help but be curious. These individuals should be the top younger generation of their faction and thus should receive high results, right? However, this became even more curious after another figure stepped up to the white monolith.
This figure belonged to a beautiful golden-haired beauty, humanoid, and from the houyi race. Her skin seemed to glimmer with a faint, nearly imperceptible traces of sunlight emissions. The Houyi race was known for being able to absorb sunlight into their bodies and souls, capable of obtaining the race solar attribute for any path they decide to partake.
”Physique Grade - Third, Physique POTENTIAL - Five, Energy Compatibility - AVERAGE, Essence Compatibility - BELOW AVERAGE. Projected MAXIMUM Potential in Energy & Essence Path: General-Class!”
”...” The crowd was silent.