"Should this method truly fall into this poor monk's hands someday, I would also intend to seal it away forever, never to let it spread and harm others again."
He looked as though he wanted to say something but hesitated. He glanced at Jiang Tian, then finally shook his head with a bitter smile. "Come to think of it, I need not fear Your Excellency's laughter. Back then, Mount Sumeru was a perfectly fine sacred Buddhist land. The reason it ultimately split apart and became today's Thunderclap Temple and that strange Pure World Mountain was, at its root, because of this [Treasure Vase True Self Aspect]."
"Venerable, rest assured." Jiang Tian's gaze was calm. "Since I dared ask for it, I naturally have my preparations. I am not acting on a momentary impulse."
Dragon-Tiger Venerable fell silent for a breath, his eyes lingering on Jiang Tian's face for a long while, as though he wished to see through his true thoughts.
At last, he slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they were filled with clarity and resolve.
"Good."
He nodded solemnly, then an immensely complicated look of emotion appeared on his face.
"If this [Treasure Vase True Self Aspect] can truly cast off its demonic obstruction in Your Excellency's hands, flourish anew, and restore the supreme might and merciful true meaning it was meant to possess... then it may be considered the fulfillment of a long-cherished wish for this poor monk, and for the successive patriarchs of Mount Sumeru."
Though Dragon-Tiger Venerable had made the [Treasure Vase True Self Aspect] sound so sinister, Jiang Tian showed not the slightest trace of fear.
Somewhere deep within, he had an extraordinarily strong premonition.
The core nature of his [Asura Yama Aspect] was devouring and dominion.
If he could combine