Chapitre 435: So Jealous I Could Die 10

After the old man's continuous explanations. 

Li Ruoxuan finally understood what the old gentleman Shang meant.

He was implying that… 

Ordinary rank nines can usually only, by chance, procure the key to step into a higher level when on the verge of death which would let them break through if they were lucky.

That was how the seven grand masters did it before. 

They all unintentionally broke through the barrier when they were at a very old age. 

With the Harbinger's existence, however, there was the possibility of rank nines breaking through earlier. 

However, there were no free meals in this world. One even needed to willingly fight at the front lines and become part of the suicide squad just to get a prison meal.

That was why Li Ruoxuan did not believe that Shang Li had shared this with him just out of hopes that he could ascend.