With the Five Elements Grotto-Heavens as his foundation, even if the Heavenly Marrow Hongxi extracted upon achieving Spirit Transformation had been utterly unremarkable, his accomplishments would still have far surpassed what he'd achieved today.

Was it that he didn't want more?

He simply couldn't get it.

Through sheer effort, one might strive for superior Curios of heaven and earth, or stronger laws of heaven and earth.

But once a cultivator reached the Nascent Soul or Spirit Transformation realm, hoping to obtain a powerful, rare grotto-heaven world or Heavenly Marrow through diligence alone was useless. Without family backing and resources, without sufficient personal fortune, how could one possibly compete with other cultivators?

For an ordinary cultivator, simply finding an opportunity and advancing successfully...