This battle showed Long Chen what a true expert was and highlighted the gap between him and these powerful figures.5

Despite the crushing defeat, Long Chen didn’t resent the Silver Hair Void Crusher for using his higher cultivation base to bully him. After all, in the cultivation world, fairness didn’t exist. Survival depended on using whatever means necessary to defeat an enemy. 0

Perhaps someone else would not be able to recover from this loss. Perhaps their Dao-heart would crumble and they would never be able to rise again, but Long Chen wouldn’t. Defeat only fueled his fighting spirit. The stronger his opponents became, the more determined he grew to surpass them.11

Even though the Silver Hair Void Crusher...3