Chapter 1179: Lingering Incense
Images from history swirled within the blood-red color. Countless grains of sand flowed within the brightly shining currents of the River of Time.
Beyond the glow of that light, Young Lord Aurora stared blankly. He had been rendered unconscious back then, so he had never heard that conversation. But just now, he had heard the entire thing.
As it turned out, his entire childhood in the immortal palace had been fake. As it turned out, his father’s rebellion was actually a plea to be killed. As it turned out, he had pleaded for death to protect his own son.
He began to tremble visibly as he watched his father charge toward the Immortal Paragon. Tears streamed down his face. He had never understood why his father did what he did. And he had always believed that the actions of his grandfather, the Immortal Paragon... were unforgivable. Now that he knew the truth, the only thing left behind was pain.
Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix sighed, but she did not loosen her grip on his hand.
Xu Qing was a mere observer, but he was also feeling deeply shaken. Based on what really happened in history, it didn’t seem like anyone was in the wrong. Was the Immortal Lord wrong... to wish to end his pain? To choose to rebel as a way to seek death? To end the godbane with himself, and ensure that his son did not experience the same pain he had? That was the manifestation of fatherly love, and there was nothing wrong about it.
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Was the Immortal Paragon wrong... to sacrifice his bloodline for the sake of the Fifth Star Ring as a whole? To abandon himself for the greater good? There was nothing wrong about that either.
From these historical images, it was clear that the second method of dealing with the problem that had been mentioned by Immortal Lord Aurora... was something the Immortal Paragon had known about from the beginning. As long as the time was right, if he personally killed Immortal Lord Aurora, it would solve everything. And there would be no need to whittle down the godbane over many generations.
Given his skill and ability, it was only natural that he could have ensured that time came sooner, rather than waiting for it for such a long time.
But considering that he was almost solely responsible for the entire Fifth Star Ring, he chose to ignore that option. Traces of fatherly love were also evident in his choice. He did not want to lose his son. There had always been a simpler option, but he chose the longer and more complicated version instead. Because of going down that path, Immortal Lord Aurora stayed alive up until this point in history.
He loved his son, and couldn’t bear to kill him. But his son loved his own son so much that he would rather die than see him in pain.
The historical images continued to flow.