He was certain now.
Wu Dao was a complete and utter lunatic.
He treated hardships and tribulations as rewards.
He used the great terror of life and death to pursue the brave warrior's gift that followed suffering.
He could feel it.
As the number of death penalties in the Mud Prison Abyss increased,
Wu Dao's soul...
...was also constantly growing stronger.
Although it wasn't truly killing him, and couldn't compare to true Soul Refining Power,
the true purpose of this Mud Prison Abyss...
...was to negate the very meaning of life!
After overcoming the calamity of the Mud Prison Abyss—a trial more perilous than death itself, one that negated the meaning of life from every conceivable angle—
the resulting increase in willpower and mental fortitude...
...was still strengthening Wu Dao's soul, albeit at an imperceptibly, excruciatingly slow pace, like grains of sand accumulating into a sea.
Though the progress was slow and minimal,
