There were originally no roads in the world. Paths were formed when people walked over the same route over time. The question was: who was the first person to tread on the path? The answer was: Yu Shangrong.
Even in the red lotus domain, based on what Yu Shangrong knew, there was none who had severed their lotuses to reach the Nine-leaf stage yet. There were no such records in the history books.
Yu Shangrong, the second disciple of the Evil Sky Pavilion, the famous Sword Devil in Great Yan, was the first person to tread on this path.
He could only rely on himself without any external help. He did not believe Xia Changqiu, and hence, he had chosen this isolated and silent place.
The Primal Qi in the red lotus domain was denser. Unfortunately, there were more beasts, and he was more likely to be disturbed… However, these matters did not affect his determination to sprout a leaf. Having come this far, he had his fair of hardships, after all.