The brave are forever taking on challenges; the timid, too, have the right to live.
Though this was a cruel world, there should not be only one way to face it.
June of Dao Calendar 3932 was unbearably hot.
The Great Void Illusion Realm reflected the season perfectly, even recreating the clamorous chirping of insects and the irritating sultriness.
"Fuck, they really built themselves a prison. These shriveled bastards have to stick their noses into everything."
Half-squatting by the roadside, Zhao Tiezhu cursed under his breath. Looking at the old trees beyond the high walls, their bark deeply wrinkled like the cracks that had spread through people's hearts over the years... he felt a wave of inexplicable irritation.
He had kept the habit of venting his emotions in the Great Void Illusion Realm, but no matter how he cursed, he could no longer summon that unrestrained recklessness of his low-class youth. After all, "many mouths" had become a "solo act," and the years had added more than just age.
Time had taught him lessons too deep.
He could no longer find much pleasure in furious abuse, and had grown more accustomed to silent endurance.
But today was a special day. He had arrived early, letting the blazing light grind away at his mood.
As the Great Void Illusion Realm developed, all manner of problems had come flooding in. Every problem that existed among humanity still existed within the Great Void Illusion Realm, and its unique nature magnified many flaws of human nature.
Though the Great Void Dao Lord possessed unimaginable transcendent power and could observe every corner of the Great Void Illusion Realm, devoting all that power to managing its trivial affairs would be rather wasteful.
Its boundless strength ought to be reserved for an infinite future.
The overall evolution