A Colossal Occasion

"All right, let's leave that aside for now and talk about what to do with He Qiandao. He's been trying to improve himself this whole time, but he still hasn't reached the level we need."

Qi Lei could tell from Jiang Zhen's expression that he was clearly concerned.

"I've fought him so many times, and the results are right there in front of us. This isn't something I can decide on my own."

They had truly run out of options. Otherwise, why would he have wasted so much time?

"Forget it. I feel like I can't get anywhere arguing with you. Since you've already reached this conclusion, I'll tell you what we decided, too. We can't resolve this. The only option is to seal him, strip away his power, and scatter his soul. It's cruel, but for us, it's the best outcome."

Qi Lei had asked the Soul Reaping Elder, and that was the answer he'd received.

Jiang Zhen thought their plan was far too cruel.

In the end, He Qiandao had only been helping the wicked. It wasn't as if things had reached the point where they had to kill him.

Yet they insisted on doing it, and from the looks of it, they'd already made up their minds.

After hearing Jiang Zhen out, the two fell silent for a brief moment.

"So you're saying that all the wicked things he did to help the bad guys weren't actually bad?"

Before this, they'd been willing to trust that Jiang Zhen knew there were gentler options and wouldn't let things get out of hand.

But this time, he felt as though something had gone wrong between them.

"I never said that. Don't put words in my mouth. And from the very beginning, what did we say was the reason?"

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