A free spirit in white scholar's robes, standing in the cold night, envying the spring breeze

"What am I going to do?"

"Going to do..."

"Heh."

The smile gradually faded from Ji Hong's face. His whole body was drenched in blood, looking especially terrifying.

Only his eyes remained clear and bright, piercing straight into the heart.

"What I seek to do, I shall ride the rising wind and tread across mountains and rivers!"

"I shall soar straight into the sky!"

"I shall..."

"Remember them..."

Ji Hong's voice was loud at first, but as he spoke, it grew quieter. He became slightly lost in thought, looking somewhat forlorn.

From beginning to end, Old White Ape stood less than ten meters beside him.

It could be said that Old White Ape only needed to twitch a finger to stop everything Ji Hong was doing.

Yet Old White Ape remained where he was, utterly motionless.

As for Yu Sheng, a chain formed from rules had appeared around him at some unknown point, binding him so he could not move.

"Thank you..."

Suddenly, Ji Hong looked into the void and spoke softly.

Although he was looking in the opposite direction from Old White Ape, Old White Ape knew those words were meant for him.

"So you were gambling too, gambling on whether even one ten-thousandth of what I told you was true..."

"So... you once trusted me..."

"You really did trust me..."

They were only two softly spoken words, yet Old White Ape froze, somewhat distracted, his thoughts unknown.

By the time he came back to himself, Ji Hong was standing in midair again.

He stood atop the mountain peak he had created.

The surrounding earth kept splitting open, exposing the earth veins.

"Human Race!"

"Fourth Generation!!!"

"Su Feng, Qin Cangqiong, Eternity, Chu Ziyang..."

Ji Hong's voice echoed throughout the void. With every name he spoke, another fissure split the