"Alas, I had no regrets in my life. Ending up like this was not something I brought upon myself, but the work of villains. Back then, Emperor Without Heaven committed countless evil deeds and came into conflict with our Duan Kong Sect. Some disciples of the Duan Kong Sect upheld justice and thwarted Emperor Without Heaven's schemes twice, and that was how the enmity between us began. Later, the conflict continued to deepen. Emperor Without Heaven laid a treacherous trap and worked with traitors within our sect to crush us in one fell swoop..."
The old man's soul was unwilling to accept this, rambling on about the past.
" You told me not to repeat your mistakes, but some calamities in this world simply cannot be avoided," the old man later sighed.
"If they cannot be avoided, then grow stronger. As long as you are strong enough, you can crush any calamity. The Duan Kong Sect was destroyed because, in the end, it was not strong enough," Fan Lang said calmly.
"You are right. This is not a matter of good or evil, nor of right or wrong, but of strength and weakness. I only hope that in my next life, I can walk the martial path again and become stronger than I was in this life!"
"Yes, I hope so too. The resentment around you is almost completely dissolved. Say whatever you need to say quickly. I am about to send you into reincarnation."
"You killed Emperor Without Heaven, avenged the Duan Kong Sect, and freed me from the Soul Lamp. Such immense kindness cannot be repaid. Unfortunately, I have nothing left now and nothing with which to repay you. At most, I can only offer you my thanks. I truly feel ashamed."
"It does not matter. I never