Ascending is stupid

"I get what you mean, but what's the point of doing so in the first place?"

Saying those words, I alternated my sight between the two sisters, as if I was unable to find any good reason to struggle beyond the sage realm.

"I mean, I understand that some people are just allured by the power itself, but seeing the entire buildup to the point of advancing further to the immortal stage or even this grand sage, I can guess that doing so is not the type of walk-in-the-part as the normal cultivation all the way to the peak of the sage realm is. My question is, what's the point?"