“Master, why is that? I’ve listened to everything you said. I’ve let go of hatred and worldly concerns, and I’ve been living a peaceful life as your island guardian for so many years.”
"For so many years, I've had only one wish. You promised me that as long as that wisp of immortal power you released returned, I could use it to save people. But why? Why are you stopping me now?"
As Xuan Shengtian was speaking, he suddenly burst into tears, looking disheveled and miserable.
"I used ninety percent of my power. I don't have another ninety percent to maintain the formation. Master, why did you stop me?" Xuan Shengtian cried as he knelt on the ground.
The white light coalesced, forming a phantom shadow.
The voice was ethereal, distant, and very peaceful: "Holy Heaven."
Xuan Shengtian looked at the white figure and immediately shouted, "Master, Master, please, please help me! I don't blame you anymore, please help me! You are an immortal, you can definitely do it!"
The island-guarding immortal sighed, "Holy Heaven, when I left the island, I first went to Xuan Cang Capital. I met that child there. I asked him if he would be willing to exchange his life for someone else's if he were to die from some kind of curse after he came of age."
He said he was unwilling; he was unwilling to exchange other people's lives for his own. He said his father had taught him that if he ever became emperor, he must never stand against the people, because all the people were his family. He had to love them first before they could love him. No people would like an emperor who ate their flesh and drank their blood.
The island-guarding hermit continued, "I originally wanted to tell you this news, but I knew you were already fixated on it and wouldn't listen."
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