After hearing Chen Changsheng's words, Dugu fell silent for a long time.
"You're forcing me to accept your goodwill. You know I don't want to accept such an arrangement."
"The Great Trend of the World rarely shifts according to an individual's wishes. Having this choice today is something you should be grateful for."
"I worked so hard for so long and wrought so much slaughter in the Chang Sheng Epoch—wasn't it all so that everyone in the world could have a chance to choose?"
"If you draw your sword against Dream, your heart will naturally feel incomparably unburdened."
"But have you considered what the Pill Epoch will become if you do?"
Receiving this answer, Dugu said, "If I do not draw my sword, then won't everything I have pursued in this life vanish into thin air?"
"I'm only telling you not to draw it now. I never told you not to draw it forever."
"Dream will not die anytime soon, and neither will you."
"Must everyone fall into the mire with you just because of a moment's anger?"
Faced with Chen Changsheng's questioning, Dugu slowly turned to look at him.
"The Cultivation World was not like this in the past."
"I know. That is because the era is changing. That is the meaning of everything I have done."
"If you do not accept this era, then you may draw your sword and destroy everything."
As his words fell, the two sank into a long silence.
After an unknown amount of time, Dugu said softly, "I have never known defeat in my life, yet before this sword of yours, there was nowhere for me to evade, nowhere for me to hide."
"After thinking it over and over, I have ultimately lost to you by half a move."
"Since that is the