"Favors are not so easily owed!"
In the Luo Tian World, Li Yu had always done everything possible to settle karmic debts. How could he dare casually accept others' "benefits" and owe them karma?
These eight paths, these eight gates, now looked like "opportunities," like "benefits," with no ill intent whatsoever.
But... when lending you money, they treated you like a lord. When collecting the debt, they treated you like a grandson.
The methods of these eight experts of the Second Step of Chaos surely would not be any gentler than loan sharks'.
"If I do not walk their paths or pass through their gates, how can I enter the 'Primordial World'?"
Li Yu looked toward the center of the altar, at the Chaos Turbulence emanating endless annihilating energy, and frowned deeply.
"Walking your path means a smooth road ahead. Refusing it means a dead end. Is that what you mean by placing this altar here?"
Li Yu raised his eyes toward the heavens and the void, determination appearing on his face.
"Be it Buddha, Dao, creation, or dominion, all are my dao, yet none are my dao. My dao is the root of all things, encompassing everything. How could I walk your paths?"
With a sweep of his sleeve, Li Yu strode toward the center of the altar, toward the black hole filled with danger and Chaos Turbulence.
"Did you set all this out for me to choose? One side is the broad road of the Great Dao, while the other is incomparably perilous, but..."
With a beckoning gesture, the Profound Yellow Sword fell into his hand.
"But why should I listen to you? Why should I let you manipulate me?"
The Profound Yellow Sword rose high, and Chaos Qi that annihilated all things surged forth.
"I have always