"What you fear is not power itself, but the darkness deep within your heart." Like a Wise Man who saw through everything, the Heart of the World spoke in a distant, ethereal tone. Lu Chen abruptly raised his head, staring in astonishment at the dazzling ball of light before him.
Before he could ask, the scene before him suddenly changed. Familiar memories flashed past one by one: the loneliness of being mocked by companions in childhood, the helplessness of being ostracized when he first entered the workforce, and... in a certain timeline, his despair at being unable to stop a catastrophe and watching helplessly as Huo Yao perished.
Those painful memories he had deliberately forgotten were now as vivid as if stained with fresh blood, replaying frame by frame before his eyes. He wanted to escape, but found himself imprisoned in place, forced to watch as those unbearable past events tore apart his feigned strength and exposed the most vulnerable parts of his heart entirely.
Chapter 90