"You've become stronger than before." Losing to Jiang Li, the First Emperor didn't show much disappointment.
He knew this outcome all along.
Although he had trained hard for the past ten years, the other man had been training too, and the gap between them persisted, impossible to level out.
The First Emperor had even considered training in other worlds where time flows differently, but it was to no avail.
He was too strong, with a self-sustaining cycle within him, impervious to time changes in the outside world.
The same was true for Jiang Li.
With his hands behind his back, Jiang Li strolled through the void, "Before seeing you, I went to Nine Provinces first. Whether I should say you did well, or you did terribly, I can't tell."
"What I want to say is, you're no longer the Jiang Li of the Blue Star."
"You're immersed in power, influenced by your past life, assimilated by the law of the jungle, no longer confiding in anyone, and no one is your friend."
