"For that reason, once I learned the truth, I endured it in silence! I waited for my master to reincarnate, then secretly made my plans. I would sacrifice the emperors and forge the World Cauldron so I could become an immortal! I failed, but after faking my death and cultivating painstakingly, I discovered the Immortal Domain was nothing special. So I decided to continue forging the World Cauldron, become the strongest in the Immortal Domain, fight my way into the Heavens Above, and challenge the Desolate Emperor! I want to walk my own path and live my own life! And I want to tell my master that I am myself, not a copy of someone else!"
At that moment, everyone understood the resentment in Emperor Zun's heart.
Hatred never came from nowhere, and neither did love. Everything had its source.
Emperor Zun wanted to forge the entire world into the World Cauldron so he could contain a world within himself and become the strongest in the Immortal Domain. Why did he need to be the strongest? To surpass the Desolate Emperor. But no one had known why he wanted to surpass him.
Now they finally understood. It was all because of Duan De! Emperor Zun was Duan De's disciple, and the two had been as much friends as master and disciple. It was much like Duan De's relationship with the Desolate Emperor.
Or rather, Duan De had seen something of the Desolate Emperor he remembered in Emperor Zun. Out of longing for his old friend, he had raised Emperor Zun and led him down the Desolate Emperor's path. Whatever the Desolate Emperor had once done, Duan De taught Emperor Zun to do. Emperor Zun had been an actor Duan De found to play the Desolate Emperor, reenacting his life as