1873 The Great Master Ye (2/2)

”Why did you give up?” Ye Xiao said.

He had to ask this question because anybody would ask when hearing what Ye Hongchen said. Since he was so close to success, why did he give up?

Ye Xiao was surprised.

'A disaster'

'If it was a disaster for such a great man, how miserable was it?'

'How many people had to die?'

'The rise of a king comes with a lot of death.'

”If I kept going further and conquered the world, the Ye Clan would become the center of the disaster. My children would kill each other for power. Three generations later, my kingdom would collapse, and my people died. The Ye Clan was too weak. I shouldn't be eager for quick success and instant benefit!

”I could kill some of my children, who I knew would become evil. It could be a warning to the clan. However, I didn't want to do it. I couldn't kill my own children. I couldn't raise my sword to my family. I was not a king.”

Ye Hongchen's cold eyes changed.

”In fact, if it became a disaster, it wasn't just about the Ye Clan. The seven lotus clans would die. My seven brothers would die. They are loyal to me because I am loyal to them too!

”I couldn't let my clan die or my brothers die. I couldn't accept the consequences!

”That was what I saw with my newly-improved Transmigration Eye. When I defeated the Glaze Sky, things would be out of my control. I would be the biggest and worst enemy to the five Sky Kings. I had to keep fighting forward and the world would fall to a disaster, or I had to stop and die in the Sky Kings' hands!”

Ye Hongchen said, ”If I kept following my plan, my people and I died… If I gave up, my people survived. One of my children would become a true king who would unite the world someday! That was why I chose to stay away from the martial world for a hundred thousand years.”

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