Chapter 2330 - The Truth
He’d always seen hope, yet it had never been realized.
When Su Yi heard that, a scene rose unbidden to his mind: a man rode on a donkey, urging it by hanging a carrot on a stick in front of its face. The donkey wanted to eat the carrot, so it kept walking forward.
But it couldn’t reach it, so it just kept walking and walking...
It was, of course, a ridiculous scene, and the moral was easily understood.
But there was no getting around it. Celestial Venerate, who’d spent a lifetime of effort fruitlessly chasing the Flame of Supreme Emergence, really was a lot like that donkey. His stubbornness might have seemed muddle-headed, but in truth, his obsession was just too strong.
Ultimately, Celestial Venerate Zhou Ye wasn’t a donkey, and the Flame of Supreme Emergence wasn’t a carrot.
Celestial Venerate Zhou Ye was an unparalleled figure. No one of his level would give up on the Flame of Supreme Emergence lightly, because they were pursuing greater heights of the Dao! They wanted to place both feet firmly onto the River of Destiny, prove their Daos, and become Eternal!
Who’d give up so easily?
“Actually, after the Cataclysm of Supreme Emergence, I understood that I was not fated to master the Flame of Supreme Emergence in this lifetime,” sighed the elderly Celestial Venerate Zhou Ye, his gaze utterly forlorn and melancholy.
“You knew, but you weren’t willing to accept it,” said Su Yi. “And even if you can’t have it, you can’t tolerate others acquiring it.”
Celestial Venerate Zhou Ye didn’t deny it. “In my position, would you have been willing?”
Su Yi chuckled. “As the saying goes, 'If you haven’t endured another’s suffering, don’t urge them to be kinder.’ No one in this world can fully understand another’s pain. That said, do you know what I consider the greatest torment of all?”