Chapter 667 He Is Not as Perfect as You Imagined Him to Be (1/2)

In the realm of nothingness, the real soul entrusted with Taixu was also in an indecisive state of mind. Never before had Shen Lian felt this feeling of helplessness. When the real soul in the realm of nothingness had a state of mind, it signified that the danger he encountered was already capable of thoroughly wiping him out of the River of Time. There would be a possibility that Shen Lian would no longer exist in the world.

Even if in the future, there existed a person that was similar to him and possessing the same experiences, it would not be him anymore.

For a celestial, the most terrifying thing in the world was not death but the loss of one's existence.

Shen Lian even felt remorse over his stubborn provocation of the Shangqing Daoist Master's prestige and dignity. He was so arrogant as to believe that he was able to sound out the Daoist Master. There was no use in regretting everything and the time to repent had come too late.

The emergence of such thoughts displayed the deep shame he had as of this moment. If it was any other time, it would be absolutely unlikely for him to think that way.

Shen Lian was somewhat angry and humiliated. This demonstrated that his human nature had never disappeared and that there were still traces of inherent weaknesses that remained in him. Even with regards to his characteristics, Shen Lian understood that he has yet to be able to call himself truly and exceedingly outstanding. Having witnessed his own repulsive heart, it was indeed something that was not easily confronted.

There was another matter that was even harder to confront which was Shen Lian did not know how he could get out of his current plight. When he faced many of the impasses in his past, the Mastery of Senses would always be his trump card. The same could not be said now as the trump card was of no use whatsoever. This was the reason for his being stuck in such a predicament.

The pure capabilities of the Four Elements were indeed very terrifying. If his consciousness touched it even in the slightest, the result would be an unimaginable and never-before-felt suffering. One of the advantages of undergoing this suffering was that he could lighten his own anger and humiliation.

The high and mighty deity had not yet concentrated on the petty and low Shen Lian. After the Golden Dipper was struck and broken, the deity no longer made any movements. The wreaking Four Elements also dared not go near the deity.

Instead, the strength of the Four Elements dared to torment Shen Lian. There was nothing but consciousness left on him and that made for an enjoyable tormenting.

Shen Lian was at a loss as to how he could fend them off. He had no way of doing so. This kind of suffering would lead to numbness if experienced repeatedly.

It went to the point where he started having thoughts of wanting this to be over as quickly as possible as he was completely drained of strength.

Lady Mother of the Chariot spoke to Kui Li, ”You said that he could make the impossible possible. At this point, there is already no possibility that he will survive.”

Kui Li was unable to move but her perception and awareness were still present. In addition, whatever that Lady Mother of the Chariot inflicted upon Shen Lian was through a display of her Dao techniques.

Kui Li was also suffering as she could experience the transmission of Shen Lian's indecisive state of mind. It was Kui Li's first time seeing Shen Lian having this sort of mental state. Regardless of how cumbersome an event was in the past, Shen Lian gave the impression of being ever-reliable and that nothing was ever too difficult for him.

This time was the complete opposite. Shen Lian was no longer the celestial who was always brimming with confidence. He had become a person, a true person who was full of weaknesses.

Mortals would say, 'The person on the street is like jade, the son of an official is matchless and unique'. In the eyes of the spectator, Shen Lian was exactly like the official's son – matchless, unique, and incomparable. By virtue of being a celestial that walked amongst the mortals, Shen Lian also thought of himself as such.

In the end, he was not as perfect as people imagined and hoped him to be.

In this aspect, Shen Lian was similar to Mahā-mayūrī-vidyā-rājñī whom Kui Li hated with a passion. Both of them were naturally born with talents, possessing the same arrogance and the ending to their stories were both rather similar. They were both put in their rightful places by an aloof and remote Daoist Master. Their earlier conceits were smashed into pieces and they fell in this mundane world, to the point where the option they chose caused people to lose hope in them.

”No one is perfect,” Lady Mother of the Chariot said in a voice filled only with apathy and with ridicule even.

Kui Li did not speak and she looked at Shen Lian with as firm a look as before. She still remembered that fateful day where the snow fluttered about, at the lowest point of her life as a demon, a young man came and saved her from the snow.

During that time, Shen Lian was a hundred thousand times weaker than the present. One thing, however, would never change. Kui Li could still remember the expression in Shen Lian's eyes when he saved her. There was neither pity nor apathy in his eyes, instead, there was a look of yearning for the beauty of life in itself.