"Heh heh. A mere human—where could you possibly escape to, even if I let you leave?" Livimara stared at Wu Heng with eyes filled with black voids, letting out a contemptuous laugh.
"So you're advising me to destroy this thing outright?" Wu Heng asked.
"Uh!"
Livimara's eyes turned slightly cold as he rasped, "I'm advising you to put down what you're holding and join us."
"With your intelligence, as long as you can continuously create things similar to Marrow Rot and the Flesh-Weaving Machine..."
"Perhaps one day, you too can become a great evil spirit like us."
"You can become the ruler of countless evil spirits."
"Look at these creatures around us. Each of them could easily kill a group of people, yet to me, they are nothing more than ants—ants that must obey orders."
"Your so-called title of Progenitor of the Marrow Eaters may sound impressive, but in truth, it limits your potential and constrains your perspective."
"As an evil spirit, you can possess eternal life and immense power."
"The reason humans fear becoming evil spirits..."
"Is simply because they fear death and fear losing their sense of self. If they were truly given an opportunity—an opportunity to become evil spirits while ensuring their consciousness would not be destroyed..."
"To become beings that could gather and disperse without form, do as they pleased, remain untouched by illness and pain, possess long lives, and roam freely between heaven and earth..."
"I dare guarantee it."
"All humans would willingly discard their flesh and choose to become evil spirits."
Livimara's hollow gaze swept over the Marrow Eaters around Wu Heng. He extended a withered black finger, like a dead branch, and pointed at them. "If you don't believe me, ask them."
"Is their resistance born of fear of death, hatred over the