The sages once said, "When the heavens are about to place great responsibility on a great person, they always first frustrate their spirit and will, and exhaust their muscles and bones.[1]"2

Wei Bo traveled to Downtrodden Mountain almost every single day, bringing Chen Ping'an extremely valuable medicinal ingredients from Cloth Wrapper Shop.0

Even though Wei Bo couldn't entirely empathize with Chen Ping'an's suffering these past 20 days, he was indeed astonished by Chen Ping'an's resilience as well as the disheveled old man's brutality.1

Just how great a responsibility did the heavens want to place on Chen Ping'an to have him suffer such inhumane punishment? When chaos took over the world and bad news traveled over from Stalactite Mountain, they surely weren't going to ask Chen Ping'an, this young boy, to charge over and stop a million enemies with a single sword, right?12

When this thought surfaced in Wei Bo's mind, even he couldn't help but think that it was preposterous.0

Just how vast was the heaven? Just how boundless was the earth? One had to realize that Eastern Treasured Vial Continent was only the smallest of the nine continents in the Majestic World. Indeed, the large continent that was closest to Stalactite Mountain was none other than the Southern Whirl Continent which was brimming with prodigies and powerful beings. 0

There were supreme talents Cao Xi, someone who was an extremely powerful terrestrial sword immortal. Even so, he still couldn't be regarded as one of the most powerful cultivators in Southern Whirl Continent. Those who genuinely stood at the peak of the continent were people like the old ancestor of the Yingyin Chen Clan.4

Some time during the past 20 days, Song Yuzhang, the mountain god of Downtrodden Mountain, had visited and asked to speak to Wei Bo. However, Wei Bo had simply had a short and indifferent conversation with him. He had been far less welcoming and hospitable than the first time. Both parties were well aware of the reason...0