"Immortality? That can be lonely. And in the end, everyone will die. It doesn’t matter what you do to escape it—sooner or later, all shall taste death. It is already written; it’s only a matter of when and how.
But glory… glory is the answer.
Glory will outlive flesh and bones.
Glory is what we should strive for, not immortality."
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Robin Burton was a young man who grew up with everything anyone could ever hope for: immense talent in cultivation, a sharp mind, and a wealthy family that would stop at nothing to protect and nurture him. He had everything—except the will to make use of it.

"Why should I walk the same path as my ancestors? Why must I seek strength just to defeat one rival or compete with another? That is not what I was born for!"

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“…Heh\~” Robin let out a long sigh. “Pursuing power was never my goal. I left my family and secluded myself to escape those pointless struggles for authority. I wanted to explore the universe, and to explore myself first… yet time and again, I was dragged into devastating wars. I wanted to benefit people with my knowledge and immortalize my name, yet worlds fell and hundreds of billions died because of me. Ironic, hah?”

Asr tore through the gate with monstrous force, his body resembling a blood-soaked comet as he burst out from the suffocating darkness beyond the passage and returned once again to the Realm of Life.


For a fleeting instant, the familiar aura of living energy surrounding the world caused his mind to blank out completely. His body instinctively slowed for half a heartbeat as he inhaled sharply, greedily, almost desperately, as though every cell inside him had been yearning for that single breath ever since entering the other side.


The sensation of breathable life flooding back into his lungs nearly made him forget the terrifying momentum carrying his body forward.


Chapter 2200 - The thing