"Good, good, very good, Shuying has really made something of herself." Tears welled up in Liu Tianxin's eyes unbidden. His daughter's ascension brought him both worry and joy. The joy came from knowing that she had achieved immortality, making him the father of an immortal. When he was young, he had yearned for immortals with all his heart, convinced that he was the protagonist of this world and that one day he too would ascend.
Later on, however, reality dealt him a crushing blow. His cultivation stagnated, and as clan head, an ever-growing mountain of trivial matters fell upon his shoulders, leaving him almost no time to cultivate. Now in his forties, his cultivation level had long since plateaued, and natural talent was something he simply lacked.
Becoming an immortal was nothing more than a pipe dream for him, an extravagance he no longer dared to hope for.
Chapter 163