The voice paused briefly before Fan Tianshu changed tack and continued:
"However, the fact that you dare say such things before me means you have some courage after all.
"Still... do you know that without my actions, the souls within the Nine Pillars would have ceased to exist long ago?
"The souls of the cultivators brought here from the Cultivation World over the years may not all have been my doing."
"What the Divine Realm did carries the Divine Realm's own guilt. But you relied on the Divine Realm's power to accomplish your ends—can you truly wash your hands clean of it?"
Su Shi'er calmly countered.
The smile at the corner of Fan Tianshu's lips did not fade.
"Wash my hands clean? I have never denied that the current state of the Immortal Ruins has nothing to do with me. Nor have I ever expected anyone to forgive me."
As his voice fell, Fan Tianshu raised a hand and waved it lightly. The Jizhao Dharma Wheel behind him slowly moved with it.
In an instant.
The nine immortal pillars suspended amid the sea of clouds in all directions suddenly blazed with light.
Countless soul-shadows within them seemed to suffer immense pain in that instant, their bodies convulsing violently.
Outside the main hall, the shrill screams that had just vanished once more rang out across heaven and earth.
"I do not need to wash my hands clean.
"Because the path I have chosen never needed anyone else's approval!"
The shrill screams continued without end.
Su Shi'er's brows furrowed tightly, and the cold light in his eyes grew more intense.
Power surged around Ren Yunzong, and the formation beneath his feet, which had just regained its calm, began to glow with array light once more.
However, before the two of them could