"It's not that I'm unafraid of death."
A bitter smile appeared on the young man's face. "Rather, if these days keep dragging on, I might as well seek a swift release."
Ye Xiu frowned and said nothing, while the young man continued of his own accord.
"It had been an exceedingly long time since Heaven suppressed the divine beasts. It had done so because beneath the Dao Laws, everything had been too easy—so easy that the creatures below had advanced along the path of ascension with far too little struggle."
"In that era, Heaven had bestowed every Dao Law it could offer, hoping that the creatures across the land would devour the chaos of the past through long ages of action, thereby ushering in its greater expansion."
"There was no need to say much about what happened afterward. You should already know. Though that judgment sounded like an instant, by your measure of time, it lasted for more than a thousand years."
Fear flickered in the white-haired youth's eyes.
"You cannot know what that felt like. All five senses were gone, yet consciousness remained. Heaven used such methods to grind away at your will, preventing the gathered Dao Laws from rebounding and breaking free."
"That was the most spine-chilling torment in this world. You simply cannot imagine what kind of pain it was..."
Seeing the man's mental state on the verge of collapse, Ye Xiu hurriedly interrupted him.
"But that has already passed."
"Yes. Thankfully, the arrival of the spiritual energy tide brought all of it to a complete end."
The youth let out a long breath, but the sorrow on his face did not lessen in the slightest.
"Those who could not endure the torment and died outright need not be mentioned. But beings like us, who developed new