The Wisdom King lowered his head and looked at his hands.
Back then, he could have ended Yama's life outright, but at that moment of life and death, he had still hesitated.
After all, that was his child, the Demon Womb he had carried himself.
He had set a precedent unprecedented in the Demon Cult's history.
Even across the whole world, a man capable of giving birth to a Demon Womb was something utterly explosive.
The Wisdom King had always believed he was a man who could make history. In fact, for a time, he had.
If everything had gone according to his plan, he would have become the Buddha Mother.
And the Demon Womb he bore would have become Maitreya, uniting the Buddhist Order and reigning supreme over the world.
Legend would have stepped into reality, and he would have ushered in a new history.
Unfortunately.
Brats never listened.
Having never given birth before, the Wisdom King had thought childbirth was the hardest part.
Only after giving birth had he realized that raising a child was even harder.
Especially once the brat entered his rebellious phase.
If he said east, Yama would insist on going west.
He had wanted to groom Yama into the Demon Cult's successor, only for Yama to turn around and join Nine Heavens, winning over the Heavenly Physician with his unparalleled talent and nearly maneuvering his way into becoming the next Heavenly Physician.
What the Wisdom King found most unacceptable was that he had clearly hinted to the Heavenly Physician that Jiang Ping'an had ties to the Demon Cult, yet the Heavenly Physician had kept playing dumb.
He had allowed Yama's Calling Card and the Peace Charm to shine alongside one another, becoming two rising stars whom the world had even considered sworn rivals for