"No one was born with treachery in their bones. Every rebel was driven to it by circumstance!" Mei Jiu said in a deep voice. "You were born in Azure Abyss and raised there. In your entire life, your feet have never touched the human world. You do not know what Heaven and Dao mean in the hearts of ordinary people. He was born in the Dharma-Degenerate Era. The Heavenly Dao in his heart is simply the safety of his compatriots. Yes, ordinary people may be ants in your eyes, but let me ask you: do they have the right to live?"
His accusation had never been so grave.
His bearing had never been so impassioned.
Zi Xia's expression darkened abruptly. "Senior Brother Mei, do you know who you are? You are Azure Abyss's Ninth Heavenly Dipper, not his attendant or lackey. If you continue spouting such nonsense, do not blame your junior sister for casting aside all sentiment. I will uphold the Elder Council's authority and use you to prove the Dao!"
"Ha!" Mei Jiu threw back his head and laughed. "Do not blame you for casting aside all sentiment? Zi Xia, when in your life have you ever possessed sentiment or loyalty? When has your world ever understood sentiment or loyalty? And now you speak to me of sentiment and loyalty? Is that not laughable to the extreme?"
Zi Xia flew into a rage. "Mei Jiu, you should count yourself fortunate to have been born in this era. Had you been born into the Heaven-and-Human Dao Contention a million years ago, you would already have been sacrificed to the Heavenly Dao as a warning banner!"
The moment those words fell, everyone was stunned.
Because she had mentioned the Heaven-and-Human Dao Contention.
Their dispute just now had, in truth, been