"Now, it was time to settle things between us."
Su Bai raised his eyes, and a light capable of illuminating the Epoch's endless night burned in their depths.
"Your Dao seeks the Transcendence of one, treating all things as stepping stones."
"My Dao protects the lamps of All Beings and seeks to defy heaven and change fate."
"Who is right and who is wrong needs no debate."
"Only through battle can the truth be revealed."
Su Bai took a step forward.
Behind him, the scroll that had once reflected civilization's undying flame emerged once more. But this time, countless figures within it raised their heads in unison, their gazes piercing through the void and falling upon Su Bai.
As he stepped forward, the scroll radiated an even more intense light than before.
It was as though the Fortune and faith of the entire Epoch were gathering within him at this very moment.
The First Immortal King's expression gradually turned cold. Purple qi condensed anew, Chaos churned within his Double Pupils, and for the first time, his killing intent erupted without reservation.
"Even if you deceived the Cleansing and saved these ants... so what?"
"This place has already returned to nothingness, the Epoch has ended, and those you saved are merely duckweed without roots, trapped within the cage of your palm!"
"To heaven and earth, they are people who have already died. They possess neither Destiny Patterns nor a Fated Destiny of any future."
"You cannot bring them into the future. You cannot return them to the world!"
"Because they no longer have a future!"
The First Immortal King stepped forward.
Purple qi swept forth from his body, pressing down upon Su Bai.
He was right.
Though Su Bai had used a clever method to substitute death for these countless All