"How can you make the enemy submit without slaughter?" Hei Ling stared fixedly at Jiang Chen, arguing his case: "Instilling fear is far more stable than instilling love."
At these words, Jiang Chen burst into laughter. He had never expected that someone as dense as Hei Ling could utter something so profound. However, fear only produces temporary submission; eventually, there will be resistance. Consider the Immortal Abode of the past, the Dark World, the Evil God, the world's number one sect, the Taiji, the Five Great Emperors, and even Wuji, the Sacred Sect, and the Dao Sect. They had all run rampant in their respective domains, striking fear into the hearts of others, yet in the end, they all returned to dust.
The Dao is change, but this change requires order, laws, and a heart of inclusion that transcends the Dao itself. Jiang Chen did not want to talk about benevolence or parade morality, but he understood clearly that any living being pushed to the brink will eventually rebound. Furthermore, the harder the suppression, the more violent the rebound; in the end, not only does it fail to achieve harmony, but it may lead to total destruction. Therefore, slaughter and inclusion must go hand in hand; one must strike the right balance, or else one will go too far.
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