There was clearly a faster way!
In the past, Hong Fei could scheme against Earth and the Nine Realms to increase his strength, even at the cost of sacrificing humanity.
Perhaps even then, he had admitted that he was acting against his heart, controlled in reverse by power.
But that did not mean Hong Fei would have to hold back from then on.
He had never forgotten that he was a bad person.
Bad people had to do the things bad people did.
If you had never even destroyed a universe, what nerve did you have to call yourself a bad person?
Of course, being a bad person was not the original goal.
The true goal was to grow stronger quickly.
All that nonsense about Eternity having his back was just bullshit!
What a joke. He was not The Ancient One.
Eternity might protect you today, but Eternity could kill you tomorrow.
Entrusting your survival and development to an unknown entity was, in itself, an extremely foolish thing.
So Hong Fei had never intended to rely on Eternity, nor had he ever believed in Eternity.
Because he and Eternity could never, by nature, stand on the same side.
Not even Vishanti and Sithos personally paying him a respectful visit had shaken his resolve.
Eternity let out a faint sigh. "You have disappointed me deeply."
"Then I'm truly sorry."
"You should pay the price for what you have done." As he spoke, Eternity's gaze shifted, and an intense pressure surged toward Hong Fei from every direction.
Yet Hong Fei neither dodged nor evaded. A flash of light vanished in an instant, and Eternity's attack swept past him like a gentle breeze, causing him no harm at all!
Eternity froze for a moment, then his gaze sharpened.
That was the concept of