"Unforgivable? Just as I expected! Given Lord Yama's temper, there was no way he could forgive a traitor like me!"
"Lord Yama will never forgive me! What meaning is there in staying alive?"
Hui Youhui looked grief-stricken, tears welling in his clouded old eyes.
"Little Grey, when Lord Yama was truly lonely, standing high above all others, feared and revered by ten thousand, without even a single person to talk to, thankfully you stayed by my side!"
"Little Grey, you had followed me ever since you were born, keeping me company day and night. Though the Netherworld was vast, only you could be called my friend!"
"Little Grey, why? When I was at my most desperate, why was the first one to betray me you?"
The past turned to drifting clouds and smoke, scene after scene flashing through Snake Ancestor's mind like a galloping horse viewing flowers.
Those ancient memories, sealed away for so long, surfaced once more.
Like Heavenly Blades, they stabbed into Snake Ancestor's heart.
Lord Yama had been proud.
He stood above all living beings.
Yet he alone had regarded him as a kindred spirit.
No matter what heaven-and-earth treasure it was.
Liu Sansheng would always give him a share.
Originally, he had merely been an unusual snake with passable bloodline.
Later, Liu Sansheng had forcibly fed him all manner of rare spiritual treasures until he became a god!
Thinking back on the past.
Though he and Lord Yama had been master and servant.
They had truly been brothers.
Yet because he feared the Martial God Hall and had been tempted by profit, he had betrayed the Netherworld!
Now that he thought about it.
He deserved to die a death of a thousand cuts!
"Since Lord Yama refuses to forgive me, there is no meaning in my