"People change. Who could guarantee they would spend their entire life being a good person? A peak Sovereign shouting every day about saving the world—that in itself is something terrifying," Elder Sun said blandly.
"Terrifying?" Victoria frowned.
Elder Sun gave a derisive snort. "Aren't obsessive people terrifying?"
He swayed back and forth with the rocking chair. Amid its creaks, the light gradually faded from his eyes.
Gazing at the sky, Elder Sun's eyes lost focus as he sank into distant memories:
"Among Taiyi Sect's elders, Everlasting Rivers and Mountains had the best relationship with Ling Tuo. He was a Spirit Realm Walker from the end of the Republican era, born during the wartime years when the nation was broken and families destroyed. That was why he greatly admired Ling Tuo's ideals of saving the world.
"But in the eyes of the other elders, this Seventeenth Young Master seemed rather childish. Well, there wasn't yet a term like 'chuunibyou' back then. Though his talent was exceptional, as the Sect Master's son, such behavior was far too unsteady. He didn't seem capable of shouldering great responsibility. Managing an official organization was different from fighting and killing.
"However, Ling Tuo's focus wasn't on Taiyi Sect either. He secretly joined an organization called Carefree Organization and became one of the Shadow Twins. Together with four so-called like-minded friends, he hunted Evil Professions and safeguarded world peace.
"Taiyi Sect disciples were forbidden from joining other organizations, but those four young men had fairly good results, so we kept pretending not to know. Besides, opposing them would have been useless. The four of them together could challenge a whole group of old fellows like us.
"Until that year, when the Carefree Organization joined the former Marshal in fighting for the Light Compass. The Marshal perished, while