"...Later, we temporarily went our separate ways, each down a different road... I became close with court officials and obtained an official position... Chen Xingping secretly took control of certain gangs and slowly developed them... Gao Yuzhao, sigh, no one knew what he was doing, drifting through life..."
"...Even after we separated, we would still meet whenever possible each year. Just as we had at Heaven Marrow Academy, we shared what we had learned and gained..."
"...Only then did we realize that no one's path was easy. I schemed and fought in the court, Chen Xingping suffered suppression from all the major powers, while Gao Yuzhao was trapped by love..."
"...Whenever we met, we still bickered and argued, still debated which direction to take, but we always maintained the habits we had formed at Heaven Marrow Academy—learning constantly, sharing constantly, reflecting constantly, improving constantly..."
"...Until one day, we received word of Gao Yuzhao's death..."
"...He was killed by the Devil Sect. His death made no sense. He merely saw an old man being beaten and stepped in to help, offending a Devil Sect disciple. Then he was ambushed and killed... The entire affair was so ordinary, so ordinary that Chen Xingping and I could scarcely believe it. We spent half a year investigating every twist and turn, only to discover that it really was just that..."
"...Afterward, Chen Xingping and I reflected for a long time and suddenly realized that Gao Yuzhao's death was perfectly normal. In this world, countless ordinary people died every day, and countless cultivators died as well. As long as chaos persisted under heaven, as long as the Human Race continued to harbor evil thoughts and commit evil deeds, Gao Yuzhao's death was not the only normal thing. Chen Xingping's death, mine, even everyone's death, would