Yaya didn't hold back.
"Big brother, you know your constitution is special. You have the Ancient Sacred Body. But the energy needed to evolve that body no longer exists in this world. Your physical strength can keep increasing, but your rank itself will remain at the mortal level forever."
Ethan stared at her for a second before abruptly cutting in.
"Wait, what? Then what am I supposed to do?"
The answer hit him harder than he expected. So this was the reason.
Looking back, everything suddenly made sense. He had always felt himself getting stronger. He could already fight people at Uncle Jed's level, and after surviving the Heavenly Tribulation, his body had toughened to an absurd degree. Supersonic flight no longer tore him apart like before. Every part of him had improved.
Except his rank.
No matter what happened, he remained stuck at mortal level.
There had always been a missing piece, something he couldn't explain no matter how much stronger he became physically.
