Lassim felt the weight of Elder Taltos' words pressing heavily on his shoulders. The realization that his cultivation journey might have reached a dead end left him feeling hollow.
Elder Taltos, seeing Lassim's despair, his own expression softened with sympathy. Taltos offered a suggestion, "Though it would truly be difficult… I'd say all hope is not yet lost. If you can find yourself a divine artifact or an equally powerful item to weaken the crystal, perhaps soften it or make it more brittle in some way, you may still be able to advance by shattering your soul crystal. However, finding such an item would be like searching for a needle in a haystack the size of the entire world. You'd need to enter a God's trial ground for any luck at such a thing."
