The Reader and the Gardener

The reason why even a person in the same level as him could not beat him is simply because he is someone who walked the Perfection Path. 

The reason he always reminds himself that he is a Perfection Path is always the same, to urge himself to work hard

And he always tries to think of ways of finding energy.

He knows as he grows stronger, the harder it is for him to go forward. It is almost a miracle that he could keep breaking through

The last time, he even went to a black hole to try to breakthrough. It is a fortunate event that there is a hidden blessing of injuring himself.

He tried to break tough but he failed

But, he could not always hope in fortunate event saving him. 

he believes that if could spend only a few seconds on the Garden, he could have enough energy, a pure powerful energy that would enable him to quickly break through to Essence Creation.