Evolutionary Divergence

Rui had become a Martial Sage.

From the very moment he gained Enlightenment of Self, he had discovered his Martial Soul.

One moment, he was on the very verge of death as the Gu poison consumed his life.

The very next, he had ascended.

He had ascended to a higher Realm of power.

He had gained an otherworldly level of awareness.

He had gained an extraordinary amount of cognition.

All of heaven and earth seemed to bend under the weight of his being while his existence weighed down on the fabric of space and time.

He had gained power.

He had gained the power needed to challenge Death.

Time slowed down to an astronomically slow crawl as he studied the state of his being.

He was consumed by the Gu poison.

It had spread across his entire Body.

It had spread across every system.

Every organ.

Every cell.

He was moments away from death.

And yet, he was decades away from it as well.