Chapter 1146: Indignation (1/2)
Chapter 1146: Indignation
The shadow became silent instead of screaming some more. Eventually, it coldly said: “I can escape this worldly prison and turn this land into a paradise. I can soar to the nine heavens again and reestablish my glory! As long as I can persevere, nothing can’t be done, nothing is impossible!”
Li Qiye emotionlessly countered: “Escape from this prison? Purify the land? How are you going to do that? You have everything right now, but it is only due to the underground power, yet you want to escape then purify it? Don’t you know how hilarious that sounds? Without a doubt, you are thinking about building a pavilion in the sky, it is all talk!” 1
“You are not what you used to be.” Li Qiye coldly stared at him: “You are no longer the Mortal Emperor, no longer the wise sage of the past. To put it bluntly, you are only a monster that’s able to live on by clinging to this resentment and feeling of indignation!”
“Hmph, who says I am a resentment?” The shadow retorted: “I am me, the Mortal Emperor that protects the human race!”
“Is that so? Look at yourself in the eye and ask yourself, are you truly the Mortal Emperor in the past?” Li Qiye emotionlessly spoke: “Wake up, you are nothing right now! And in all seriousness, I’m not clear on what exactly you resent.
“Do you resent yourself? Resent the old tyrant? Or do you resent the heavens, or maybe your daughter?”
“Stop talking!” The shadow became especially aggravated after hearing about his daughter and shouted: “What do you know! During the tyrant’s reign, how many humans and sentient beings did he kill?! Did you see how people wailed in lamentation, how their blood flowed like rivers? There was no sunlight to be found…”
“I know!” Li Qiye interrupted him and flatly said: “Even though I was not in the nine worlds during that era, I know about it very well. In fact, I have experienced an even crueler period with more bloodshed. The tyrant is nothing compared to the Ancient Ming.”
He went on while looking at the shadow: “You know, when Immortal Emperor Min Ren and I sieged this underground location, why did we only seal you instead of kill you? The truth is that with the emperor’s might and my legions, I could have buried you even deeper underground and make you cry forever in the darkest prison of no escape…”
“I could have even cut you into little pieces so that you would never form your body again. Even if I couldn’t kill you, I had plenty of ways to make you experience a fate worse than death. I could have used the most vicious means in the world to let you give up on everything!” With that, he stared at the shadow with sympathy and said: “But I didn’t do so.”
“It was not because Immortal Emperor Min Ren was a merciful person, it was because I remembered your contribution in protecting the human race back then.” He continued: “Thus, we only sealed you and the power underground. I hoped that one day, you would come to understand and let go of this hatred! Unfortunately, it seems like you still haven’t thought it through judging by today!”
This shadow ahead was Su Yuhe’s father, an invincible Virtuous Paragon from the human race. He was only one step away from being an Immortal Emperor.
During the era of the tyrant, he rose up and rebelled. In the end, he used his daughter as bait by making her marry the tyrant. One misstep ruined his daughter’s entire life and also doomed himself.
The shadow loudly snapped: “Let go? Why should I?! I can still return one day!”
Li Qiye sighed and gently shook his head: “Every choice, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, will come at a price! Your current situation and your daughter’s fate were ultimately decided by your decision.”
“Stop talking!” The shadow screamed.
Li Qiye ignored his plea and continued: “Really, I admire your will to oppose the tyrant as well as your contribution to the human race. Because of this, you are qualified to be called the Mortal Emperor even though you couldn’t become an Immortal Emperor. However, we’ll make a few things clear today. We won’t talk about your guardianship of the human race, only your dao heart and personal obsession.”
“In your case, protecting the humans and the nine worlds eventually became your obsession.” Li Qiye spoke slowly: “A young genius of the human race opposing a tyrant, persevering to the very end to become a gray-haired Mortal Emperor. I really do admire your persistence.”
“However, have you ever thought that ultimately, it became a feud between you and the tyrant?” Li Qiye took a serious look at the shadow: “By saying this, I feel as if I have become a conspiracy theorist due to your great accomplishments.”