A Thousand-Person Ruler's Perspective Chapter 654

Danshu fell silent.

After a long while, she said leisurely, "Danshu once felt hatred, too—hated Yaoshi for giving me this blind body for which there was no cure, hated the Reignbow for taking away the only light of my life, for taking my Yufei. But now I have figured it out. Yaoshi responding to prayers is not wrong; what is wrong are mortals who cannot bear the weight and act recklessly. The Reignbow's crusades are not wrong either; they make up for the regulatory duty Yaoshi cannot fulfill. From that perspective, the Reignbow is not Yaoshi's enemy, but Yaoshi's collaborator."

The root of everything lay in uncontrolled longevity.

Everlasting life is a mist I do not seek; to live on idly shames my aging cheek. I only wish I could go a step further and take back the longevity that ought not to have been granted on Yaoshi's behalf. I wish to stem the scourge of longevity and leave behind only its blessings. If that can be done, perhaps Abundance will no longer be a disaster, but a true, merciful grace that benefits all people. And the Reignbow, too, may rest its thunder for a time, no longer implicating the innocent.

This is my sole remaining wish in this life, and I have no regrets.

As Danshu's voice fell, she seemed like a saint radiating ten thousand zhang of light, and her past deeds completely changed appearance in the eyes of the three of them.

A great, compassionate being who spared no thought for herself—was she truly the one in the wrong, or was it the stubbornly conservative Xianzhou?

Unconsciously, that exact thought arose in all three of them.

At the same instant, a towering power that the Xianzhou people had not felt in a long time crashed down with