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    1. Seph
      Apr 16, '25 at 10:20 pm

      You know for a second there I thought ā€œpurple alreadyā€, then I realized it’s been around 100+ chapters since he got to black and everything he’s been through as a black rank, the rank he spent the most time in in desolate fortress. The martial alliance, the zonghan disaster and everything there, the yellow demon guy that created the 4th sword form, the mountain to get the ginseng, the undercover mission, fighting zhuge clan head and yan fist, then his journey to find slaughter sect with the monk and daughter…really has been so much in so little time huh

      1. myth
        @SephApr 17, '25 at 1:41 am

        Still less than half-way through the novel though (if NovelUpdates is correct, which I’ve never know it not to be). I had some concerns earlier with the speed at which JYS made black-rank, but it felt as though we had reached a rhythm in black. Not sure about a power spike now, but I’ll trust the process.

        1. NoNameBro
          @mythMay 16, '25 at 7:39 am

          Same. I thought MC reached black rank way too fast, but the pacing right now is appropriate. The latter half of the novel will be him reaching peak of purple rank and the world’s strongest probably

    2. MayoMaster
      Apr 16, '25 at 11:47 pm

      In that moment, Jeong Yeon-shin felt a certain standard. It seemed like something his grandfather had mentioned when feeding him a piece of the Heaven-Reaching World Tree’s fruit.

      But it was the Fortress Lord who gave him the piece of fruit, right?

      1. Devil Kira
        @MayoMasterApr 27, '25 at 3:00 pm

        I was also confused by this because the grandfather would not have the authority to do this and the one who did it was the lord of the fortress. Possibly a mistake

      2. Hellfreek
        @MayoMasterJun 2, '25 at 8:20 pm

        Exactly, I think he means the fortress master/leader who fed him the fruit piece

    3. Brochacho
      Apr 17, '25 at 2:09 am

      Bro really thought he could get passed MC’s grandpa lmao

    4. ankit
      May 29, '25 at 12:04 pm

      he couldnt eat the world tree fruit because he wasnt at three flower gathering at the crown, how did he eat the fruit now???????

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