"He probably thought he could perfect his Dao Quintessence by absorbing as much knowledge as possible, and the result? He turned a slave to knowledge," Wu Hong thought, sighing deeply.
The pursuit of the Dao is ultimately an act of defying Heaven. Someone might spend countless cycles of trillions of years cultivating, slowly approaching the end of the path, only to realize they had gone astray. What's the correct course of action after reaching such a bypass?
The immediate, easy answer is to start over. However, that's easier said than done. All powerful cultivators have their achievements because of unwavering confidence that borders on delusion; that characteristic has allowed them to survive the darkest of times; that virtue has driven them to keep going no matter the situation.
