"I was actually defeated by a junior in the Nascent Soul Realm. What a disgrace."
Feeling her body drained to the utmost, Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch gave a self-mocking smile.
She could clearly feel that she was not far from vanishing.
"In the end, I still failed to complete myself. From the moment I was born until now, I've always been just a shadow."
Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch struggled to turn her head and look at Guiyuan, who stood quietly not far away, watching her.
"True self, was I wrong?"
The question surfaced in her heart.
When she had first been copied, her personality had been no different from her original's.
She had been righteous, upheld the law, loved all living beings, and had even tried to resist the Immeasurable Tribulation Venerable.
But later, she learned that the universe had a limit to its total resources, and how terrifying the world beyond the universe was. So she grew despondent, gradually falling into depravity as she governed the Tianluo World.
After all, a new era would eventually arrive. Why should she govern a civilization destined to perish with tireless dedication?
Yet as she neared her end, recalling the things she had done since her birth, Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch realized just how much she had changed from the person she'd once been.
She had indeed been helping a tyrant do evil.
"Hmph. I hope you won't follow my old path, true self."
Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch closed her eyes.
Her stubborn nature meant she never truly yielded, not even at the very end.
After an unknown length of time, the Light Pillar summoned by the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array faded away.
Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch's figure vanished completely. All that remained was a scorched patch where the Light Pillar