Li Dai merely glanced at the fierce battle raging in the sky and paid it no further attention. The sickly-looking man in green, however, watched the continuous booming clashes in the air as if debating which side to assist, the expression on his face clearly revealing an urge to intervene.
Knowing that he cultivated the Dao of Benevolence, Li Dai was hardly surprised by his constant impulse to save people and showed no great astonishment. Instead, she asked in an exceptionally calm tone, "Are you trying to figure out which side represents good and which side represents evil?" Although both involved saving people, the outcomes of saving a good person versus a bad person were vastly different. If one saved a villain, though it aligned with the essence of the Dao of Benevolence and could yield a certain degree of enlightenment and growth, the villain would survive because of this intervention; consequently, for a certain period of time, the karmic burden of the villain's subsequent sins would truly be reckoned against the rescuer. Thus, while saving a villain brought benefits, the drawbacks were equally obvious.
The drawbacks Li Dai knew of were naturally clear to the sickly man in green as well. However, practicing against the heavens meant that if he only saved those whose inherent nature was purely good, his cultivation might advance by leaps and bounds, yet his state of mind would always feel lacking in tempering. Therefore, he chose to go against the grain and take action…
Chapter 722