"Fellow Daoist Xia, the dead cannot be brought back to life. It was wrong of me to make you bring up the past, but such a major matter cannot be buried in the earth. It must be brought into the light of day, so that certain sinister villains can be exposed to the sunlight." Zhou Qiping let out a long sigh and shook his head before continuing, "Fellow Daoist Ren Zhi and I had met several times. We hit it off at first sight. Although we occasionally clashed over interests, we could still be considered close friends. Tell me, what else did Fellow Daoist Ren Zhi say? Were there any wishes he had yet to fulfill?"
I looked at Zhou Qiping, feeling a wave of disgust and revulsion. They had already openly fought each other tooth and nail over their rivalry for benefits, yet he was actually staring straight ahead and spouting lies, claiming they had been close friends at first sight! That old bastard had even married his own disciple's disciple's wife. He was utterly shameless. If he had not already committed such vile deeds, I was afraid I would have vomited on the spot.
Tears fell from Xia Ruize's eyes as he recounted, "Master said that the godhead must never fall into the hands of evil people. He told me to lead the Jie Sect well in his place, to seek benefits for the people of the Nine Provinces Realm and all living beings under Heaven, to bring out the godhead's proper use as much as possible, and to become an upright man who could hold up the heavens and stand upon the earth."
"The struggle over the godhead during the Clean Realm War was originally nothing more than a dispute over benefits bestowed by the Great Heaven.