Soul Searching Has Great Uses

Demon Cultivators were, above all, creatures of natural instinct.

And their greatest instinct was survival.

From the very beginning, no matter what kind of life it was, the instinct to survive had been rooted deep in its marrow, immensely powerful. In other words, for the sake of survival, any living being would exhaust every possible means. Even after becoming Demon Cultivators, they would often do anything imaginable.

Propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame did not exist for them.

So long as it could buy them a chance to survive, Demon Cultivators were often willing to pay any price.

This was displayed in full upon Lady Silken Web. Once she realized the advantage her beauty gave her, she changed her cultivation methods as well. Time and again, she made full use of that strength, seducing others with her looks and earning herself a better life.

Was she wrong for doing that?

In Ning Zhuo's view: without life, what reason was there left to speak of? Survival had nothing to do with right or wrong!

As for sacrificing one's life for righteousness?

Ning Zhuo had recently been studying Confucianism and knew of it, yet deep in his bones, he could not wholly agree.

For Mother and Big Brother, I could absolutely sacrifice myself. But for anyone else, or for any other reason, nothing would be enough to make me do so.

Without life, how could one seek the Dao?

Only with life could one have everything.

The greatest reason of all was to stay alive!

Therefore, Ning Zhuo felt no disgust toward Lady Silken Web's shift from arrogance to deference. He readily accepted the change in her attitude.

My cultivation and age are not enough to earn others' respect.

*If my battle record were exposed, the world would no longer judge me by