"So what?"
"Do you know what Self-Enlightenment Kill is?"
"I know, and yet I don't."
"Self-Enlightenment Kill means that if you understand and act, you may gain new life. If you understand but do not act, stubbornly refusing to change, then death is certain. What I just said is also part of the Self-Enlightenment Kill incantation, because Heaven never bars every path, and Self-Enlightenment Kill does not kill those who repent," Li Qingxian said.
"You Fate Arts people really are different. I think I understand now, but I can't change."
"You'd rather die than try?"
"I tried. I failed," Lu Han said.
Li Qingxian pointed a finger.
Before Lu Han's eyes, his already hazy memories suddenly became clear.
He saw himself as a baby, reaching for a sachet and failing because it was too far away.
He reached again, stretched too far, and missed.
He kept reaching, but grabbed wide.
He tried again, but could not hold it; his hand was too weak.
He kept grabbing...
He stared blankly at that infant self, who had practiced "grabbing" more than ten thousand times before, several years later, he could accurately grasp things every time.
Then, memories of himself learning to walk appeared before him.
At first, forget walking—he could not even sit up.
He watched his infant self try thousands upon thousands of times before finally managing to sit up.
Then, after thousands upon thousands more attempts, he finally crawled with both hands and legs.
Next, after thousands, even tens of thousands, of repeated attempts, he finally stood up, swaying unsteadily.
At last, after practicing an unknown number of thousands or tens of thousands of times, he could ensure that every step was firm and steady, without falling.
More scenes of the infant Ye Han flickered before him.
Learning to chew,