Controlling the Black Gourd

He would reflect upon every failure before trying once again. After comprehending a variation which he was confident of, he would attempt to control the Black Gourd. In the end, the Black Gourd remained unmoving. The terrifying flames within the gourd had burned the energy he sent through. He failed time after time–and it had been a few thousand failures already. Even Xue Ying with his heart realm was starting to feel frustrated.

He attempted all kinds of different ways and had even summarized his experiences while trying them out. He used a random strategy–whatever laws he comprehended would be taken as the base. He would ponder over it madly before attempting to 'deceive' the gourd. Who knew if he might be right? He spent three months comprehending more than 2,000 variations of cultivation techniques, yet no matter how random the permutation was, they all failed in the end.

"Hu."