After hearing Slaughter's origins, Zhang Yang felt another weight lift from his heart.
No matter what, Slaughter should have no karmic ties to this world.
If Slaughter truly was someone wholly devoted to slaughter, then many worlds in the Void would likely have perished because of him.
But Slaughter had clearly not done that.
He was merely taking revenge.
If that was truly the case, then the existence of the Great Dao Treasure Mirror might instead become a problem.
What if Slaughter saw the Great Dao Treasure Mirror and assumed this world was connected to the End Realm?
"Is Firebearer—Ling connected to the End Realm? How did he come to possess the Great Dao Treasure Mirror?" Zhang Yang asked in confusion. "And why do so many people also call 'Shadow' a Firebearer?"
From Shadow's description, Shadow was a supreme being, clearly not a Firebearer.
"Although 'Shadow' searches for and observes the worlds throughout the Void, whenever he encounters certain unique existences, he and his Shadow Clones also impart the Dao and offer guidance, much as we are discussing the Dao now. It was precisely because of such actions that countless worlds mistook him for a Firebearer."
Shadow explained the origin of the Firebearer title, then continued, "Ling is connected to the End Realm.
He is a remnant soul left behind after the End Realm was destroyed.
Didn't Shadow return to the End Realm when it was destroyed?
It was there that he encountered Ling.
Ling was a powerhouse formed from a remnant soul cultivating Soul Power. However, even Shadow probably never imagined that the Great Dao Treasure Mirror would be in Ling's hands. Or perhaps Shadow did know, but simply did not care."
As before, he was Shadow, but Shadow was not him.
"The Dao Utterance I had you deliver