Guanyin's Discourse (Part 2)

"I knew that everything I had done these past years was wrong."

"Including the moment I came to realize it."

"I knew I had to save people. I wanted to drive away the darkness in this sky, because this darkness was too oppressive—so oppressive that it was suffocating."

"Because I was once part of that darkness."

Guanyin did not wait for Wang Ye to speak. Or rather, from the very beginning, she had merely wanted to speak her mind.

"But I was still unwilling to accept it."

"The sea of fire that burned my parents has always been branded into my mind."

"That scene was too painful."

"If the world treated me with darkness, why could I not treat others with darkness?"

"Indeed, I was wrong, yet deep down, I did not believe I was wrong. It might sound contradictory, but that was the truth."

"Even though I decided that, from that moment onward, I would save all living beings until the day I died, but..."

"What about my parents?"

"Were the people of this world truly innocent?"

"In the end, there was still a knot in my heart."

Guanyin sighed, her voice gradually calming. "Until I came to Yongning City."

"I discovered that people nowadays seemed... seemed somewhat different."

"They had actually begun to learn how to protect others. They would actually sacrifice themselves for someone else."

"Back then... only a few dozen people like A Nian had been willing to do that."

"Now... there were thousands upon thousands."

"Only then did I realize that A Nian had been right. Although she chose a path that seemed the stupidest, the clumsiest, she persevered."

"While from beginning to end, I had seemed so laughable."

"How laughable, thinking that the three of us could bring light into this darkness."

"How laughable,