Eternal Damnation!!

Hearing Yan Kunlun's words, Third Gentleman's expression turned slightly solemn as well. "Of course."

"Earlier, I sent him a message to warn him."

"As long as he is not greedy, he will not choose that path."

Yan Kunlun sighed upon hearing this. "Looking back on those days, I took one wrong step and delayed myself for more than ten entire epochs."

"If I had chosen the second path from the very beginning, how could that old bastard World Ending Old Man have had the chance to succeed?!"

After placing a chess piece, Third Gentleman slowly replied, "Everyone has their fate, and Heaven has its ordained course."

"Some people spend their entire lives trying to break free from those shackles and that control."

"Some people... take pride in it and willingly become the ghost wielding the butcher's knife."

"They are destined to make different choices. At the final step, sooner or later, they must meet each other in a fight to the death."

"World Ending Old Man made the same choice as us. He did not want to be restrained, but neither did he wish to stake his life."

"He became a Heaven Ascender, yet wanted to cower away in peace. So long as no one threatened him, he would rather give up most of the benefits he had gained."

"But he imagined things far too beautifully."

"Since he became a Heaven Ascender, he could never evade the karma that belonged to him."

Listening to him, Yan Kunlun picked up a white piece from the bowl and placed it on the board. After a long silence, he said, "He is nothing more than a sinister coward."

"He became a Heaven Ascender and still had no guts. He deserved to hide in the shadows for his entire life!"

"Oh, right."

"Earlier, I