The two choices weren't mutually exclusive, after all.

"However, it seems like most people think of this as a pointless waste of time."

Tianming wanted to challenge his limits. That way, not only would he have a second option to make his progress easier, but he wouldn't have to give up on reaching peak power either. And the source of his confidence came from his Aeonic Grandbane. While most people would think that taking both paths would make it slower than the path of focusing on a single will, Tianming believed it would make him more stable and his progress quicker.

"With what I have, I don't have to be conservative about my choices." At the very least, he had long decided on what to...