In the Mountain and Sea Realm, every peerless powerhouse seeks to forge their own path.
Fuxi could have become the Martial God worshipped by the myriad martial cultivators of the realm, but instead of choosing to become a Divine Lord, he remained with the Great Xia Dynasty to share the fate of his people. Zhong Nantian could have been the Sword God of the age, revered by all sword cultivators, yet he chose to seclude himself for a thousand years to forge the Indestructible Divine Sword, hoping to sever all calamities for the sake of the world.
That they chose not to ascend does not mean they were wrong, nor does the emergence of the "Path of Indulgence" render the "Path of Emotionless Sword" that Zhong Nantian pioneered a mistake. It is simply that Dugu Ye’s choices differed from theirs. Throughout his life, Dugu Ye detested the phrase "the Great Dao is heartless," yet it remained the supreme truth of the Mountain and Sea Realm—a truth no cultivator, including Zhong Nantian, could alter.
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