Chapter 396
"Truthfully, there's no need to trouble yourself over it. We belong to an orthodox, righteous faction. We would never destroy everything good and righteous without cause—instead, we choose to feed only upon unjust worlds. By excising the corruption and leaving the good untouched, all things eventually grow more beautiful. So while our actions may look like brutal destruction, in truth we are simply enforcing the rules that keep the scales of justice balanced for all things!"
As he spoke, a trace of awe-inspiring righteousness flickered faintly across Seven Extinctions' face.
Standing to the side, Lady Black Yin nodded slightly, clearly in agreement with his logic.
"In that case, investigating a realm before its destruction must be absolutely essential," Lin Hui said.
"Indeed. But there's no need to fuss over it too much. We need only dig deep and annihilate every trace of evil we find. Over time, the good that remains will naturally increase. It isn't always necessary to destroy an entire realm—think of this method more as a localized excision," Seven Extinctions said with a smile. "So don't think too poorly of us, disciple. Even among the fusion factions, there is a distinction between righteous and evil, good and bad."
"So that's how it is. This disciple understands." Lin Hui's expression turned solemn, and he bowed once more.
His thoughts drifted. The root of his troubles, it seemed, traced back to the moment he'd taken up the Heavenly Father Seal and its non-killing vow. Because he refused to kill, he could never claim the Wind Disaster's feedback—the reward that would have offset his loss of rationality. Combined with the side effects of cultivating the Grand Yin-Yang Time Reversal Sword Art, these two factors together had brought on, far ahead of schedule, the side effect that stripped him of all interest in life.
"Understand this: under normal circumstances, what you've described wouldn't manifest until after several millennia of fusing one's lifespan with disaster energy. Yet you're only a few hundred years old, and already you've deteriorated this far. If it isn't resolved, I fear that within two or three hundred years at most, your condition will only worsen," Seven Extinctions said sternly.
Lin Hui fell silent. He weighed everything in his mind, and it was a long while before he spoke again.