Hearing Huang Xiao's words, Xuanyuan Xin nodded. "Probably. They didn't take it that seriously back then and gave the Slaughter Evil Domain some breathing room. If they'd crushed it in one stroke at the time, perhaps the Slaughter Evil Domain that came later would never have existed."
"As long as the Slaughter Evil Lord is alive, this outcome is inevitable," Huo Lian said. "The Ruthlessness Dao as it is now is enough to make countless people in the Jianghu press forward, one wave after another. It can rapidly increase internal power without the threat of aftereffects. Even some experts would probably start cultivating the Ruthlessness Dao anew, wouldn't they?"
"Ha ha!" Leng Guhan laughed. "It seems my choice really was right."
"Could it really have no aftereffects at all?" Huang Xiao asked with a frown.
"Huang Xiao, what is there left for you to doubt?" Leng Guhan glanced at him. "The Slaughter Domain as it is now, and the Slaughter Evil Lord himself, are the best examples."
Huang Xiao shook his head. "You can't put it that way. Think about it. When we were in the Martial World, back when we were still weak, we felt that the Ruthlessness Dao's aftereffects weren't all that deadly. I think you should understand that better than I do."
Seeing Leng Guhan nod, Huang Xiao continued, "Then even though it looks as if the Slaughter Evil Lord has resolved the Ruthlessness Dao's fatal flaw now, who can guarantee that once your strength reaches a higher realm, that fatal flaw won't prove even deadlier?"
Huang Xiao's words made Leng Guhan's expression change.
"Huang Xiao is right," Huo Lian said. "A cultivation method like that can't possibly be free of hidden dangers. All we can say is that the Slaughter Evil Lord has raised the realm