From Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets, Section 744

Don't think that cultivators bear no burdens in their hearts after fighting and killing.

There were countless cultivators whose minds were eventually devoured by baleful energy because they had killed too much.

If they could not escape the erosion of their minds by baleful energy, their Dao Hearts would be damaged at best, or they would suffer cultivation deviation at worst.

If mortal soldiers could develop battlefield syndrome, cultivators could not avoid the aftereffects of killing either.

In truth, no intelligent life could avoid being affected by killing.

It was merely that cultivators could endure far more than mortals.

That did not mean they had no limit to what they could bear.

Even truly bloodthirsty fiends would sometimes feel disgusted by killing after they had gone too far.

This had nothing to do with the Cultivation Method they practiced, nor with whether their Dao Hearts were firm. It originated from life's most instinctive respect for life.

Even Immortal Emperors were no exception.

The reason the Boundary Sea suffered one dark tide after another and one Great Reckoning after another was none other than that Immortal Emperor eroded by darkness wanted to live with dignity.

However, as a Path's End Level lifeform, the Immortal Emperor represented the end of the Great Dao, and every one of his actions had far-reaching effects.

Even his merely instinctive inhalation and exhalation of Heaven and Earth Essence had created the wonder known as the Boundary Sea.

It could even be said that the Boundary Sea was born because of him, and the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds moved because of him.

The Immortal Emperor's renewal of his essence had created the current structure of the world. This was undoubtedly a truth beyond everyone's expectations.

But then again, what did this have to do with Li