Long Chen shook his head. He had always thought that the Heavenly Daos were targeting him and trying to get him killed. As for why, he really couldn’t say.

“The heavens place great responsibility on people. But those people must first be tested. Their muscles might break, their stomachs are empty, and they turn into nothing but skin and bones. This struggle is what turns them into people capable of great power. All true experts have gone through their own struggles. For the Heavenly Daos to reject you, for the Human Dao to bully you, it is the storm that rages across the plain, leaving only the tough grass. It is the fire that leaves behind only the true gold. The moment I saw you, I could sense that brutality deep in your inner heart. Although your eyes have been...