Xu Xiaoshou rose into the air, flung his sleeves wide, and sent spittle flying. "Heaven and earth are heartless, treating all things as straw dogs!"
"But while the Dao may be emotionless, when living beings cultivate to cast off the suffering of the self, they are not casting off emotion—they are cultivating the utmost emotion!"
"The emotion of utmost emotion is absolutely not heartlessness."
Nearly unable to catch his breath, the Second True Body paused to recover, giving his thoughts time to settle as well.
His gaze returned from Yan Wuse and Rao Yaoyao's contemplative faces below, and from Demon Emperor Black Dragon's bewildered yet determinedly wise-looking eyes. He let out a long sigh. "The myriad races are born unequal, divided into strong and weak..."
"If dragons were heartless, why bother granting every race a home of its own?"
"At the end of the day, this follows one's true self—'Xin'—promising the world true peace and all beings true equality. Only then can one achieve true universal love!"
"Do the Great Dao of heaven and earth and its countless laws decree that a true dragon must act this way?"
"No!"
The Second True Body asked and answered his own question, his emotions beginning to surge. "But it is precisely because this world has not only Dao, but virtue as well!"
"Beyond the Heavenly Dao that unifies the cultivation order of the Spirit Refining Realm, there is also morality, willingly observed by countless living beings. That is what has built this world full of love!"
"This is the power of self-restraint! This is the beautiful moral world founded upon faith and righteousness!"
The Second True Body's eyes brimmed with wistfulness before his expression suddenly turned fervent. His words struck the ground like iron. "Even vows made beneath mountains and seas may be