The Heaven-Burning Immortal King stood there in a daze for a long while before looking at Zhang Yang and asking bitterly, "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because of your father!" Zhang Yang said flatly. "The Heaven-Burning Immortal Emperor went Beyond Heaven and fought the Otherworld Emperor Dao with his life on the line. In the end, he fought his way back to the Void beyond the Monster Realm, where he ultimately perished together with the Otherworld Emperor Dao!
The Heaven-Burning Immortal Emperor's heroic deed deserved to be remembered by all living beings beneath heaven and earth.
Therefore, his descendants deserved preferential treatment!
That was why, after arriving in the Immortal Realm, I chose to visit your Flame Mountain first!"
After a pause, Zhang Yang continued blandly, "Although I am deeply displeased with what you have done, it is not entirely your fault. The problem lies with this age.
Besides, I am not afraid of telling you these secrets in advance.
Search your own heart—could you bear to kill those thirty-odd people who have comprehended Willpower and possess the potential to become Immortal Kings?"
The Heaven-Burning Immortal King felt as though his heart had suddenly been gripped, leaving him unable to breathe.
Those thirty-odd people were Flame Mountain's future.
Could he kill them?
If he killed them, he would be personally extinguishing Flame Mountain's future.
What if the other Lineages underwent reform?
If dozens of Immortal Kings emerged from the other Lineages, would Flame Mountain not be doomed as well?
Therefore, after Zhang Yang's lecture, Flame Mountain had only two choices left. One was to reform thoroughly; the other was to wait for death!
Because if it did not reform completely, Flame Mountain would inevitably suffer a massive internal schism.
If it truly came to that, it would merely be