"Life is a journey with no turning back—unpredictable and irreversible. Sometimes, the smallest gesture you make can affect the paths of countless people."
"Death is the root of everything. No matter what kind of existence one is, no one can escape it. What people fear is not death itself, but the emptiness and unknown represented by death. That is why they fear it."
The Fierce Tiger calmly recounted his views on human life and death.
"Then what is Samsara?"
Shi Lan's pupils had been completely overtaken by purple. At some point, the winds and clouds in the sky had changed color, and strands of lightning flickered among the clouds, yet they could never gather into shape.
"The sun and moon alternate in the heavens, and the four seasons change with time. The entire world is caught in Samsara."
As he said this, the Fierce Tiger's gaze dimmed slightly.
"Samsara also needs energy to sustain it. When that energy is exhausted, the world will reach its end as well."
"Samsara isn't the true end, is it..."
"That's one way to understand it."
The Fierce Tiger's gaze returned to calm. He raised his head and glanced at the faint dark clouds in the sky, his expression complicated.
Shi Lan fell silent for a moment before speaking again:
"Is there true immortality in this world?"
"It doesn't exist."
The Fierce Tiger's tone was certain.
"How can you be sure?"
Shi Lan's brow furrowed slightly, and an eerie flame-mark flickered into view. On the sea not far away, where the waters had been surging, an invisible hand gently smoothed the surface. In an instant, the wind and waves fell still.
"Even if your might were enough to reverse the flow of time throughout the entire universe and overturn Heaven and Earth, that would still