"I hated my own helplessness. I feared that I might hesitate and waver. I wanted to go somewhere I could live alone. This would not affect your so-called grand plan." Ye Yu's voice rang out once more.
The Cauldron Spirit's body jolted violently upon hearing this.
Hatred, fear, desire.
These were precisely the three keys that would eventually evolve into curse, terror, and greed.
Po Jun, Seven Kills, and Tan Lang—he had watched the three of them grow, and they had brought these three powers to their utmost extremes.
Yet these three powers had not begun this way. Like the power of Karma, they had gradually evolved and grown ever stronger.
The path of those who defied fate had never been smooth sailing, Xu Yunxi and Po Jun's group included.
They had to experience betrayal, pain, and struggle, until they finally realized that all of it was merely fate. Only then would they desire even more fiercely to resist it.
Unlike Heaven's Mandate Holders, who enjoyed the favor of fate throughout their lives, those who defied fate had to taste cruelty before they would rise up against it.
It was precisely because of this that Po Jun and the other two had been able to walk the paths they did today.
Yet the love and justice he himself had always believed in had failed to show results for so long. Only Xu Yunxi's appearance had allowed the Cauldron Spirit to see hope, which was why it had chosen to help Xu Yunxi bring about Ye Yu's rebirth.
It was meant to make Xu Yunxi persist along this path.
But now, it seemed that everything was drifting astray. Ye Yu, Xu Yunxi's substitute, was becoming increasingly like a true defier of fate.
An hour passed quickly. The Dry Moon Sect Master