"The scourge of the human heart..."
Hearing Di Yi's murmuring, the three beings on the altar were moved as well.
"Yes, in truth, everything arose from the human heart. If not for those ninety percent of kings who sought fortune within the darkness, this world would never have been plagued by calamities everywhere."
"Rather than Dark Turmoil, it would be better called the scourge of kings. Perhaps even those beings who went to quell the turmoil would ultimately lose their original hearts."
"Darkness has never ceased since ancient times, but the scourge of the human heart is more terrifying still."
In their view, to a certain extent, the turmoil sparked by conflicts between kings was greater and more dangerous than the localized calamities of darkness.
Though darkness corroded the true self and extinguished the true spirit, what sort of harm did that really count as? There were far too many methods like that throughout the worlds.
Moreover, there had been cases of beings recovering their selves and true spirits from the darkness. After undergoing such a journey, they could even become stronger, their primordial spirits firm and their true spirits imperishable.
If darkness's "place" was determined solely by its negative effects, then how were the influences of certain "Divine Saints" in the world, such as the Ancient Monk lineage's power of conversion, not another form of darkness?
After all, in terms of the result, both extinguished the self. It was merely that this power looked "sacred."
And methods like this were by no means rare throughout the worlds.
"Perhaps we were wrong from the very beginning. Darkness is not the source of turmoil. The true source is those beings who use darkness to wreak havoc upon the world."
In a moment of hazy realization, the three beings on the altar