Shang Xia remembered clearly the first time Kou Chongxue had spoken to him about reaching a bottleneck in his cultivation, a state where he had touched the limits of his innate talent, where he could no longer progress.0

He could still picture the shock on his face when he heard it.0

In his memory, Kou Chongxue had always been the chosen son of the Essence Luxuriant World. Not only had his personal cultivation and combat power soared continuously, but the Tongyou Institution, founded by his hands, had risen from a struggling minor force on the brink of extinction to a colossal power dominating the Essence Luxuriant...0