He knew better than anyone just how wondrous the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram was. For its sake, he had not hesitated to betray the Devil Race and steal it away. Although the Devil Race's later defeat could not be said to have been caused by this alone, it had undoubtedly been one of the most important reasons.
Even when he had later been found by experts of the various races and ultimately suppressed within this forbidden land, he had never regretted it!
What did it matter if he had no physical body? He did not care in the slightest. He wanted to see through that final step, peer beyond life and death, truly walk between life and death, sever his own fate, and henceforth transcend the Three Realms, beyond the Five Elements, just like those legendary figures.
But he could never accomplish that by himself. Only with the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram could he do so. It contained the mysteries of life and death; if he could comprehend them, he could truly enter the realm of immortality and eternal life. That was what he cared about most. Everything else meant nothing—reputation meant nothing, the Devil Race meant nothing. So long as he could become undying, who would dare look down on him?
Unfortunately, after all these years of being sealed within, even his physical body had rotted away. Though a wisp of his Primordial Spirit had been preserved, he could no longer continue comprehending the secrets of immortality. In the ocean leading toward the far shore of eternal life, the physical body was the boat. The stronger and sturdier that boat was, the greater their chances of crossing over.
Yet his body had completely decayed over the hundreds of millions of years and turned to flying ash. Without a body, it was