When something becomes the goal people most desperately want to achieve, the closer they draw to success, the more devout they become.
This is a kind of spiritual obsession with purity.
At such a juncture, one does not permit anything to cause one's failure, does not permit anything to mar one's perfection.
On the path of artifact forging, this obsession with purity is called "craftsman."
On the path of life, this obsession with purity is called "mad devotion."
Throughout his journey in life, Xie Tian, who has always been suppressing his own emotions, had at most fought alongside Tian Yi till they became bosom comrades in slaughter.
Yet Tian Yi's death easily tore open the self-imposed cage around Xie Tian, turning comrades in slaughter into mutual killing and mutual love.
This is not the clichéd "love-hate entanglement"; Xie Tian has neither the time nor the energy for such dog-blood drama.
What this brings, naturally, is his mad devotion toward Tian Yi.
