Li Qingxian looked at the aged Emperor Taining, listening to him ramble on for a good while before slowly asking, "By what right do you presume that the verdict you passed on all under heaven remains correct when looked back upon across ten thousand generations?"
"A verdict is always better than hesitation. The Human Race is spineless, scheming against one another and refusing to repent of their sins; they are bound to perish to the last man and be reduced to the Death Realm. Rather than that, they might as well turn to demonhood on the spot and end it all once and for all..." Emperor Taining's eyes were murky, but his tone was firm.
"Until now, you still don't know what Heaven's Mandate is, nor what a human life is. A human life is the life of a single person, while Heaven's Mandate is the life of ten thousand times ten thousand people. Every single person makes a verdict at every instant, and ten thousand times ten thousand people make verdicts at every breath."
"Then if Heaven's Mandate points toward destruction and all living beings perish to the last, in the end wouldn't I be the right one?"
"Do you know why you think all living beings will die out and Heaven's Mandate will perish?"
Emperor Taining raised his head to look at Li Qingxian, his pale hair veiling his face and blocking his two murky eyes.
"Because not only are you foolish and ignorant, you are also short-sighted. Do you still remember watching Heaven's Mandate just a moment ago?"
Emperor Taining's eyes peered through his draped white hair, staring at Li Qingxian.
Li Qingxian's eyes likewise pierced through his white hair, going straight into his pupils.
"In the beginning, when stars collided and galaxies were born and extinguished,