Su Adept was stunned when he heard that.
He had wanted to kill himself not merely because he could not bear the humiliation and possible coercion from the other side, but also to preserve the Su Family line.
It was not that he believed they would go back on their word after saying they would spare him. What worried him most was that once his identity was exposed, the Su Family would suffer alongside him—after all, this was the Hunting Alliance, and he had made far too many enemies.
He himself might be fine. Tiantong had stepped in to protect him, and no one could easily touch a Golden Core cultivator. But they could vent their anger on the Su Family, couldn't they? In the end, the Su Family only had a newly advanced Second-Level Golden Core.
As for how powerful his possible enemies might be? There was no need to mention anyone else. One force alone was enough—the Rogue Cultivators Alliance!
So Su Adept knew very well that only his death could give the Su Family a chance to remain safe.
This plane had no concept of debts dying with the debtor, but if he killed himself before these people, it would count as showing them respect. Among the four great powers before him... or rather, five great powers, as long as one believed he had paid for his sins, who would dare go after the Su Family again?
That was why he believed he had to die. Whether they were willing to spare him had very little to do with it.
He did not regret it either. To die for his clan, for his descendants, was worthwhile.
Yet fearing death and longing for life were human nature. If one could avoid death, who would not want to live?