Three Outcomes

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes at the Tainted Crystal Dagger in Ding Moluo's hand, sensing the bizarre seven-colored radiance it emitted from within, before letting out a cold sneer at him.

"Heh."

"You took such a huge detour, even dragging in all sorts of utterly abstruse concepts like 'past lives,' 'memories,' and 'reality.' I was wondering what exactly you were trying to say."

"But in the end, you're actually trying to tempt me into using your Tainted Crystal Dagger?"

"Your crooked heretical logic really ties together from beginning to end, flowing as smoothly as clouds and water. I'd wager you've successfully fooled quite a few people with it already, haven't you?"

"I've personally seen what happens to people harmed by Tainted Crystals. In mild cases, they lose their minds; in severe ones, they die on the spot. And now you're telling me this is a shortcut to gaining power? What kind of joke is that?"

"If that were really the case, then why are you the only Clown in Delight Theater who has mastered the 'Spirit Realm'? Don't all of you treat the Tainted Crystal Dagger as part of your initiation ceremony? The others should have encountered your so-called 'reality' long ago too, shouldn't they? Then where did their power go? Why is it that all I can see in them is hopeless madness?"

Faced with Ye Chen's barrage of well-reasoned questions, Ding Moluo kept smiling and explained without the slightest panic.

"Hehehe, didn't I already say that those who possess past lives are extremely rare, and among them, those whose past lives were powerful are rarer still?"

"The spiritual stimulation method I offered you is, at its root, merely a way to quickly test whether you qualify for the 'Spirit Realm.' Compared with waiting slowly for things to fall