The Brush of All Living Beings looked at the countless Remnant Bones turning to ash inside the spirit ring in Su Mo's hand and fell silent.
At this moment, it finally understood what all those things Su Mo spoke of losing were.
It finally knew why they had encountered no danger all along the Ascend to Immortality Ancient Road.
And it finally understood what that vanished consciousness on the Immortal Path had been...
"That consciousness was actually..."
Su Mo looked back at the vast Immortal Path he had traveled, dazed and at a loss.
"...the lingering obsessions of countless people who died on the Immortal Path, unwilling to leave!"
The Immortal Path was bleak; they wanted to see the Immortal Domain.
They had heard the Immortal Domain was dull, yet reaching it remained their obsession.
He did not even know them...
Su Mo had said: the Immortal Path was too cold and lonely; he wanted to bring them to the Immortal Domain.
And so they had cleared every danger from the road ahead for Su Mo...
Su Mo had said: for now, he had no better way to face the Three Pure Ones' death trap.
And so they had given him a better way to face the Three Pure Ones...
The life-substitution technique!
With the unwilling obsessions gathered from countless predecessors who had died on the Immortal Path, they had gone to "die in Su Mo's place"!
Yes, this was the best way.
As long as "Su Eternal Life" died before the Three Pure Ones, his true self could do what he wanted in the Immortal Domain.
Otherwise, leaving aside whether Su Mo could escape the Three Pure Ones' killing blow at the end of the Immortal Path, even if he escaped, how could he face their endless pursuit in