If it weren't for the loved ones relying on him back home, he would do whatever he pleased if he were alone, going wherever he wanted, and running away from powerful enemies whenever he had the ability to do so.
What was pride worth?
Today things were different. He had too many attachments in his heart; he could not achieve the detachment from the mortal world and the severing of all earthly ties that ordinary cultivators pursued.
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