Ma Yi Shangren stared at that White Figure.
He had long guessed it was him, but seeing him with his own eyes now still left him unable to suppress his shock.
Yang.
Even though he was merely formed from a wisp of remnant soul will, he still felt impossibly distant.
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Ma Yi Shangren looked at Yang.
"Take back what belongs to me," Yang said blandly.
"All things in the universe undergo their own cycles of renewal. How many eras has it been..."
Ma Yi Shangren paused, then sighed. "Still unwilling to let go?"
Yang smiled faintly. "Some things have nothing to do with how much time has passed."
Ma Yi Shangren's voice sank a little. "Do you truly intend to destroy every living being in this plane?"
Yang glanced at Ma Yi Shangren but did not answer.
After a moment, he turned and walked toward the Void Deep.
Ma Yi Shangren stood where he was, watching Yang walk farther and farther away, his expression complicated.
"For the sake of your ancestral bloodline, leave this place."
A detached voice drifted over, and Yang's figure vanished completely.
After Yang left, Ma Yi Shangren glanced toward the Myriad Monster Heavenly Palace and shook his head with a murmur. "Fate against fate. In this battle of reincarnation, this old man does hope you will be the one standing at the end."
Back then, Yang had gone from cherishing all living beings to being cold and merciless. He did not know why Yang had undergone such a drastic change in temperament and turned to cultivate the Dao of Ruthlessness.
After countless eras, the new Chaos Body, Qin Guan, had emerged, and Yang had appeared alongside him. It was as though he had