"You are not wrong. Who likes to be on the lower ground? Who doesn't want to admire the better scenery?
Desires, just as they help us avoid staying in place and stagnating, they also make us burn ourselves down.
My ancestors glimpsed at what had been beyond the level four that had always stopped the most talented of our lineage. They ascertained the existence of godhood. It was suddenly not a legend anymore but it remained difficult to reach. Even more with the suppression of the imperial family.
So they passed the hope down the line, hoping someday a descendant of theirs would pull off the miracle that would propel them higher, and with the family on toes.
I was that descendant. My talent, the best our blood has ever seen. Resources were pooled on me and I didn't disappoint. I passed the life and death stage and attained the peak that had been allowed at record speed.
