Inside Earth Gate.
Su Yu and the others had only just entered when the Human Sovereign prepared to rope Sky into their plans.
Although Su Yu felt that Sky might not come.
Still, since the Human Sovereign wanted to give it a try, they might as well try.
When the Human Sovereign shut the Heavenly Gate, Su Yu smiled. "Do you think he'll come?"
"I don't know."
The Human Sovereign smiled as well, but he still said, "There's a chance! Sword cultivators aren't really skilled at schemes and plots, nor do they like them. They prefer charging forward without looking back! And in Sky's eyes, race doesn't exist. Eras... don't amount to much to him either! The only thing he cares about is that tiny Sky Dome Mountain!"
The Human Sovereign looked at Su Yu. "If it were you, if you didn't care about race or the era, and only cared about the people around you... if they could survive into the next era, would you still fight for this so-called era?"
What was the meaning of war?
At that moment, Su Yu fell silent.
He said nothing.
However, the Human Sovereign's premise did not hold.
Seeing his silence, the Human Sovereign chuckled. "Actually, when an era is destroyed, not many people care whether it will rise again! What they care about is themselves. The revival of an era is really just a name."
He continued, "Take me, for instance. I still care about this era and this race right now. But when I despair, when I feel there's no chance of victory, when the human race is annihilated... will I still fight for the human race in the next era?"
"The Dao of Responsibility... only bears some responsibility toward certain people of the present."
The Human Sovereign said softly,