Ves underestimated the mystery behind systematic cultivation.
He thought that it operated on logic, structure and rules.
He assumed that even if he had somehow become a mech designer and phase lord at the same time, there was no need for concern as neither cultivation methods overlapped with each other.
Ves was too simple.
He especially deserved guilt for looking down on phase lord body cultivation. He overlooked its potential risks and arrogantly dismissed the possibility that there was a hidden depth behind its relatively simple surface elements.
The unexpected tribulation served as his reckoning. It had put him in a cage and forced him to make a choice between two undesirable choices.
In truth, there was only one viable option he could select from. One of them would let him live, though he would have to sacrifice one of the core principles of a mech designer.
This might not sound like a big deal considering that people lie and break the rules all of the time.
