Divergent Path

For a man like Zhuang Chenggan, no matter how much he admired Jiang Wang, no matter how惨endly Jiang Wang died—even if his soul and spirit were utterly annihilated—it was all beside the point.

But what truly moved him was...

The story he had designed had changed at the final moment.

Jiang Wang had already destroyed his own soul. He had to face the Life-Ending Tribulation alone!

And he couldn't do it!

Death was the hardest of all things since ancient times; when life reached its end, one could only beg Heaven for mercy.

If he could have resisted the Life-Ending Tribulation, he wouldn't have died back then. If he could have resisted it, he wouldn't have hidden inside the Underworld Candle, watching helplessly as his son was killed. If he could have resisted it, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to make Jiang Wang take his place in the tribulation.

The Life-Ending Tribulation was a terrifying divine art unleashed by the White Bone Venerable God from the Divine Source. It could not be used lightly, and once unleashed, it determined the time of death. It could even be called the foundation of a divine throne.

He couldn't face it alone.

No matter what he did, all he had managed was to delay the day of the tribulation until now.

Jiang Wang had been right about one thing: he couldn't always control everything.

He did indeed possess the ability to influence other people's choices to a certain extent, but he couldn't succeed forever.

For instance, when the White Bone Venerable God had brazenly descended into the White Bone Divine Aspect and used the Life-Ending Tribulation to set his date of death.

For instance, when Jiang Wang discovered his presence in Green Sheep Town and forced him to reveal himself.

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