"Still, I think I ought to count as a good person." Xie Xiyi smiled as he said, "All living beings sheltered by heaven and earth look up to supreme benevolence; all things brought into being attain goodness. I kill highly cultivated cultivators, taking their lives to further my path of slaughter, but the spiritual energy their bodies turn into after death belongs to heaven and earth. It actually enriches the spiritual energy and allows all things in nature to revive."
"Tell me, how is that not an act of benevolence?"
Chi Yu was dumbfounded. "..."
"What? Do you think I'm making excuses?" Xie Xiyi had his own logic for how he acted. "Purity comes from filth, and light is born from darkness. Slaughter and destruction naturally bring hope and new life with them. Just as water overflows when full, the moon wanes after waxing, prosperity inevitably declines, and extremes turn into their opposites, these are all immutable laws of the Heavenly Dao.
"I kill these cultivators who absorb the Haoyuan Realm's spiritual energy to cultivate, and the spiritual energy purified by their bodies returns to heaven and earth to nourish natural treasures. Cultivators then plunder those treasures to improve their cultivation, only to be killed by me because their cultivation has risen. The cycle repeats, just like the unchanging cycle of the mortal world's four seasons. These are all patterns and laws."
"Though I follow the path of slaughter, I still abide by the laws. I'm someone who follows the rules, too," Xie Xiyi said in his pleasing voice.
"No, no, no." Chi Yu couldn't help pressing a hand to his forehead. "Senior Brother Xuanji, you don't need to tell me all this. I wasn't criticizing you. I was only worried that killing too much would deepen your karmic burdens