"Even if you kill me today, how many years will you have left to live?"
"Even if you can live another sixty years, burdened with two soul imprints this powerful, what future will you have on the path of cultivation?"
"Xu Taiping, believe me."
"No one in this Shangqing Realm will thank you for what you've done today. They will only count themselves fortunate-fortunate that it was you who faced me, not them!"
"Your life, your death, your future-none of it has anything to do with them!"
The Heartless Demon Emperor continued to beguile him as he resisted that enormous pale hand.
"Xu Taiping, something you just said was wrong."
At this point, he suddenly raised a hand toward Xu Taiping, then continued with a look of utter sincerity:
"You, Xu Taiping, are no nameless nobody!"
"How could someone capable of trading his life for mine, someone who dares to trade his life for mine, be a nameless nobody?"
"Xu Taiping, as long as you're willing, our earlier bargain still stands!"
"Our paths to the Great Dao should not end here!"
As he spoke those final words, there was no longer a trace of beguilement in the Heartless Demon Emperor's voice. It was as though he were speaking heart to heart with a friend.
And in fact, as far as Xu Taiping himself was concerned, the Heartless Demon Emperor was not wrong. Giving up his chance to reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao for a promise was an unwise choice, no matter how one looked at it.
Thus, after hearing the Heartless Demon Emperor's words, everyone watching before the Spirit Mirror began to look at Xu Taiping warily.
Putting themselves in his shoes, if they were the ones standing atop the Mysterious Wasteland Tower at this moment, they would