However, after all was said and done, Qing Qing Cang had still softened by half a measure.
If Qing Qing Cang's heart had not softened,
he would have had ten thousand ways to tear apart Qing Yan Jing's plan.
To put it realistically,
the most direct method would have been to sever their father-daughter relationship.
One had to know that the Myriad Heavens differed from the modern world. Its laws were built entirely upon strength. Though theoretically, there seemed to be no difference, because the laws of the modern world were likewise built upon strength. Without strength as their foundation, laws could never inspire fear. After all, the price of obeying the law ultimately pointed toward a single method: violent enforcement. Take those sentenced to death, for example. Fundamentally, no one wished to accept death, so resistance was nearly inevitable. To execute them, violent means had to be employed. Whether tying them down and administering a lethal injection or directly destroying their bodies—what was known as execution by firing squad—both were ultimately manifestations of violence.
In short, there was certainly no way to talk someone into dying.
Thus, an interesting question arose.
In theory, no one possessed the right to deprive Others of Life.
Then what was the death penalty?
And what were those responsible for carrying it out?
Perhaps someone would answer,
that the law decided whether a criminal received the death penalty.
In that process, whether judges or those escorting prisoners to the execution ground, they were merely tools for upholding the law. The law remained the subjective party. It was this lifeless thing that decided the prisoner's life or death, and the prisoner should not blame any individual for their death.
Then another question emerged.
If judges and executioners were tools,
how could tools possibly determine the