In all fairness.
Zhang Yuan had only stayed with the Chu Family for a while. He had barely known its members, and the karmic ties involved were slight.
The Chu Family had been wiped out because [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts] had plotted against him. He had first destroyed the Shang Family, then pursued Lu Chaosheng to the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect. Once he returned to the Central Land, he would kill Lu Chaosheng. With that, two of the Chu Family's overt enemies would be gone, leaving only [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts], the mastermind behind it all.
Having gone this far, he had already done all that kindness and duty demanded. Even facing Chu Qingyuan, who was still alive, his conscience could remain clear.
That was what he thought, at least. But when he actually saw Chu Qingyuan's empty eye sockets, saw that she had been reduced to blindness, he still felt something clogging his chest.
It was like reading a story that ended in tragedy: resenting the ending, pitying the tragic characters, and knowing that even though he was part of the story, he still could not change its ending. That was what frustrated him most, what made him hate [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts] most deeply.
Chu Qingyuan's eyes had left a deep impression on Zhang Yuan. He remembered how they had always held the clarity of autumn waters, how her every glance had shone. They had never been the two empty hollows before him now.
That was the evil of [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts]. His schemes struck at the heart without even needing to entangle someone in much karma. Zhang Yuan even suspected that Chu Qingyuan's survival, her blindness, and her appearance before him had all been deliberately arranged by