"At three I had already stepped in the foundation realm with purple grade pillars, and at seven I was already in the core formation realm with a purple core.
I could have broken through to the palace realm at eight, however, I spent the next five years deciding on which dao to use as my foundation for the palace realm. I already interacted with countless dao from birth and deciding which to use, ended up being harder than I thought, but after five years, I decided to take an unprecedented move and merged 20 Daos into one and used them to take that leap.
My seniors wanted me to use a superior grand dao as my foundation as it would help me travel further in my cultivation with it being the closest to the origin dao, but because of my physique I could already see it, all roads led to the same place. It didn't matter whether it was a superior grand dao, or a regular dao, if you follow the road to the end, they both lead to the same destination.
