Madam Qian fell silent.
She seemed to understand Morgan's thoughts now.
Morgan was a very proud man, so proud that he had never deigned to explain himself to anyone. Even when he had been taken hostage and used as a sacrifice; even when he had clawed his way back from death and created a heaven on earth... And before all of that, he had defied the world by entering into a contract with beings from the spirit realm.
He had always walked the path he had planned for himself.
Even after crossing deep valleys and passing through shadows, he had never wavered.
He had accomplished his goal.
He had truly purged humanity of its inherent flaws and created the "heaven on earth" of his dreams.
Unfortunately,
the outcome of bargaining with a tiger was rarely a good one.
He was an enemy,
but he should never have been someone people despised.
Nor had he ever concealed the despicable methods he used to achieve his goals.
A person like that...
He was rather pitiful. Did he ever feel lonely, even occasionally?
Madam Qian lowered her eyes. She did not even have the heart to argue anymore. Philosophical concepts such as the meaning of humanity's existence and the essence of human civilization's continuation were meaningless to discuss now.
Everyone had something they upheld, and so,
as they walked different paths guided by those beliefs, they would sometimes draw close or even travel together, only to part ways at some point, perhaps even blocking one another's path.
Before reaching the end, no one could say who was wrong.
Even now, Morgan did not think he was wrong. He only thought he was too weak.
If he had possessed the power to overturn the chessboard, then the beings of the spirit realm would have