Sky-Tearing Great Venerable nodded lightly and said with a smile, "I can understand why you killed the Black Monarch, but why did you have to risk your life to save the people of those dozen-odd cities? Though those people number in the hundreds of millions, compared to the countless living beings across the entire World Heart Continent, they are pitifully few. So long as it doesn't affect the propagation of life throughout the World Heart Continent, there is no need to go all out. This time, for instance... after killing the Black Monarch, you still took the risk of going to save them, only to be intercepted by the Eternal Night Ancestor. Fortunately, your avatar dissipated quickly. If he had captured and sealed you alive, your identity would have been exposed. If you fought the Eternal Night Ancestor head-on, were you confident you could keep the 'Void Fire Lotus' safe?"
Preserving one's life and preserving one's weapon were two entirely different con...