He had always been able to see hope, yet had never been able to attain it.
Upon hearing Heavenly Lord Zhou Ye's words, an absurd image inexplicably surfaced in Su Yi's mind—
A man rode a donkey. To keep the donkey moving, he tied a carrot to a bamboo pole and dangled it before the donkey.
To eat the carrot, the donkey kept walking forward.
Unable to eat it, it kept walking...
Naturally, that image was absurd.
The logic behind it was also simple.
Yet it had to be said that Heavenly Lord Zhou Ye, who had spent his entire life and all his time seeking the power of the Divine Flame of Great Beginning, was that "donkey."
It might seem that he was too close to see clearly, but in truth, his obsession was simply too resolute.
At the root of it all, Heavenly Lord Zhou Ye was not a "donkey."
Nor was the Divine Flame of Great Beginning a "carrot."
Anyone of Heavenly Lord Zhou Ye's caliber was destined not to give up the Divine Flame of Great Beginning so easily.
Because, to them, this was another pursuit of the Dao!
It was to place their other foot into the River of Destiny and thus prove the Eternal Dao!
For eternity's sake, who could lightly speak of giving up?
"Actually, after suffering the Great Beginning Cataclysm, I had already understood that I was destined to have no affinity with the Divine Flame of Great Beginning in this life."
Wearing a Daoist crown and bearing an aged face, Heavenly Lord Zhou Ye sighed softly, his loneliness and melancholy laid bare.
"But you were ultimately unwilling to accept it."
Su Yi said, "Even if you could not obtain it yourself, you would not allow anyone else to snatch such an