Fantasy: I'm Really Not A Supreme Master!

On the sixth Dao Platform, he sat in silence for three years!

On the seventh Dao Platform, he waited eleven years before finally breaking through.

...

In his 312th year, he finally ascended to the eleventh Dao Platform.

From the eleventh Dao Platform to the nineteenth, it took him five thousand years.

Throughout those five thousand years, his pace grew slower and slower, and the Book of Dao he encountered became increasingly difficult to comprehend and understand. Due to overexerting his mind, his hair grew increasingly thin.

After reaching the nineteenth Dao Platform, he sat motionless for another two thousand years.

During that time, he awoke countless times, coughing up blood and his face growing pale.

He attempted again and again!

"No… This nineteenth Dao Platform already touches upon the Supreme Path above the Heavenly Emperor's Realm. It's too difficult… These Dao Mysteries are utterly unsolvable…"

His complexion darkened.

Below the Heavenly Emperor Realm, though the challenges were great, he could gradually digest them. Even the book on the Heavenly Emperor's Dao on the eighteenth Dao Platform, after two thousand years, he managed to comprehend.

—That was already an unbelievable fortune. If he had to rely on himself to comprehend the Heavenly Emperor's Dao, he estimated that it would take hundreds of thousands of years.

But now, someone had already written the Dao in its entirety, laying it out like a textbook for him to study—he only needed to comprehend it.

Yet beyond the Heavenly Emperor's Realm, he felt… completely lost!

Even though it was already written down, it felt… like celestial scripture!

He could understand each individual character in the Dao writings, but when they came together, it was utterly incomprehensible…

Two thousand years had passed, and he still had absolutely no clue!

"I refuse to accept this… Can it be that my talent is limited to only touching upon the Heavenly Emperor's Dao?"

He trembled, gritting his teeth, and couldn't help but think of the legendary End of Myriad Paths...

That woman, according to legend, had taken only 7,900 years to master all the knowledge within the Ten Thousand Dao Gate, comprehending it entirely, forging all paths into one.

Only now did he understand just how extraordinary that woman had been…

Was her brain even human? He couldn't help but doubt.

After all, just these nineteen Dao Platforms had already consumed 7,100 years of his time!

And even now, the Book of Dao on the nineteenth Dao Platform still left him completely clueless.

"I can do it. I don't believe in fate. I don't believe my aptitude is so poor that I can't even get past the nineteenth Dao Platform!"

Clenching his teeth, he summoned every ounce of his strength!

In the years that followed, the changes in his form became especially evident!

His skin grew wrinkled, aged, his flesh shriveled, all his hair fell out, and even his eyebrows whitened!

His life… was being entirely consumed!

—The road to seeking knowledge is never simple. Once one becomes trapped within the quagmire of unsolvable knowledge with no way out, it becomes a tremendous torment, draining one's vitality entirely!

In a mere hundred years… the toll on his life force surpassed that of the previous 7,000 years!

"Ah…"

Finally, after 120 years, he once again coughed up blood and awoke!

At this moment, he was frail and decrepit, his body trembling.

"Is this truly an unsolvable problem? Have I only barely touched upon the Supreme, and it's already this difficult..."

Despair all but engulfed his aged eyes.

He truly couldn't do it!

Using every bit of his strength, even burning his life essence—he still couldn't!

"Huh… Great Emperor, why have you grown so old?"

At this moment, a tender and curious voice suddenly reached his ears.

Startled, he instinctively turned his head, only to see Xinning. At some unknown point, she had already ascended the nineteenth Dao Platform, her large bookcase slung over her back, curiously looking at Mo Zhi.

Seeing Xinning, Mo Zhi couldn't help but be taken aback. This… this little girl—who was she…

For over 7,000 years, he had been immersed in the sea of knowledge, long since forgetting about Xinning. For a moment, he didn't even remember her.

"Wait… weren't you still at the base of the first Dao Platform? How did you get up here?"

He finally remembered and asked in surprise.

Moreover, looking at Xinning, she hadn't changed at all, remaining full of vitality, her spirit radiant.

Didn't she feel mental fatigue?

Xinning replied, "I finished reading the books Big Brother gave me, so I came up."

This answer left Mo Zhi slightly stunned.

Could it be that her reference books… actually worked?

"Great Emperor, you look… kind of like how the books describe the 'Heart Fire' syndrome—when one is stuck at an impassable obstacle yet refuses to give up, forcing onward, leading to soul power damage and the draining of vitality... Heart Fire is the Life Karma Fire."

Xinning continued, "Great Emperor, you should… give up sooner rather than later."

Hearing this, Mo Zhi's expression became extremely grim, filled with a mix of shame and rage, as he replied:

"Ignorant child, what do you know!?"

"This book is difficult, touching upon the Supreme Path, but I have already found some clues. Within another 5,000 years at most, I'll surely understand it!"

But his voice trembled slightly!

Truthfully, he had no confidence… Five thousand years, even fifty thousand years—it might not be enough…

Xinning fell silent for a moment after hearing his response, then said:

"Oh."

"Then, please step aside."

With that, she walked onto the nineteenth Dao Platform.

And then, with a wave of her hand.

In that instant, on her hand, countless laws began to transform, manifesting as one Dao Flower after another. Eventually, the Dao Flowers withered and dissolved into nothingness.

The twentieth Dao Platform… had already opened for Xinning.