Clark arrived somewhat out of curiosity, but the strangest thing was: why did Qing Xue send him here? Why exactly that? It sparked his thoughts. •"In truth, from the beginning, I knew she was suspicious and that she hid secrets behind her mask." Clark stopped thinking and continued his path through the cave. It resembled an endless road. The smell of the green zombie blood intensified. But Clark’s heart was filled with determination, without any fear of dangers. He continued walking until he saw: A wooden door that was destroyed, clearly shattered from the inside. Clark stepped over the rubble of the massive door. The smell of green blood flowed from everywhere. It was clear that the zombie hordes that attacked him had come from there. Clark knew this place was a prison, so why were there no guards or anything??? Clark reached a strange place: a gap in new ground that had been dug just two or three days ago. Clark descended with it, until he reached an even stranger place. It resembled an inheritance. Those standing before the inheritance were: The leader of one of the righteous sects, and before them, an immortal corpse!!! If they touched it now, they would be drawn into the immortal consciousness of that corpse. Perhaps they were fools unaware of this, but Clark preferred to remain silent and observe them from afar. And indeed, those fools: they touched the corpse and were completely absorbed without a single trace remaining of them. After they were all swallowed, Clark descended to see what was around that corpse. Between the corpse’s hands was a strange book: "Heavenly King’s Fists - Tyrant of War." Googlᴇ search n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net Clark contented himself with what he found. He thought it was good loot. What disgusted him was Qing Xue, who now in Clark’s view was a hypocrite of the worst kind. Clark met his master, who said: •"How magnificent, Clark! You’ve evolved insanely! Even I, your master, didn’t expect that!" •"What do you say we go to my room and discuss the Dao? I want to understand why betrayal is planted in human hearts!" The master nodded to Clark in agreement and they went. Clark began speaking: •"Now, why is betrayal among human traits? Why do we lie? But today, what Qing Xue did, I couldn’t understand." • "What happened between you and her?" •"She lured me to the sect’s prison full of zombies, and I fought a full horde of zombies. That girl, without reason!" •"Truly! Females - at one moment I expected them to be kind, and now I’ve seen their true face." The master laughed and responded to Clark, saying: •"Clark, you made a huge mistake. The foundation of the Demonic Path is to trust no one: your mother, your father, your master." •"And who came to you because kindness enlightened your eyes? You only knew her for two days. You thought she was a good person. But Clark, we all possess a strange instinct that drives us toward others. Don’t be upset about that, for you are ultimately human." •"Sometimes we think reproductive thoughts. Let me ask you, Clark: why do the poor try to have children?" •"To build a name for themselves." The master responded: •"Yes! Exactly! To build a name for themselves! And this matter is pitiful, because they know no one will remember them, so they try to have children to make a name for themselves and have their name remembered alongside them." •"But followers of the Demonic Path have abandoned those thoughts, saying: We will make a name for ourselves in other ways. They didn’t care much about matters of names and such nonsense, because they’ve freed themselves from worldly desires to reach the peak of tempering." •"So, Clark, is your heart liberated or are you still desiring those stupid worldly desires? Answer me!!!" •"Of course I’m liberated from them! For I wasn’t attracted to her or deceived by her beauty or anything. In truth, since I woke up in this world, my heart has been petrified - I haven’t had feelings for anything." • "Well done, Clark!" The master left Clark’s room, and Clark lay down on his bed. He thought a lot, but eventually fell asleep. But this time, he witnessed one of his old memories instead of normal sleep like every time. He was watching himself in a spiritual state. But this time, the Clark in that memory was writing in a notebook, saying: •"Unfortunately, we are in the midst of this complicated war with a traitor among us. I don’t know who it is, but I’ve gotten closer to the truth that I had turned a blind eye to. I considered him my dearest friend, not just a friend but also a brother. But in truth, he was just a jealous dog, nothing more!" •"Waiting for a chance to bite. Yes, Jin is the traitor! He manipulated the Prince to make him envy his father and kill his father to ascend the throne. Then he wrote a letter for the Prince to speak before the nation to justify killing his father, claiming his father was the cause of the war, and to end the bloodshed." •"But those are just lies! I’m now watching all these events, and I feel extreme betrayal! Because my army and I have been thrown to the edge of the world. He thought there were remnants of the enemy army there." •"That is the true feeling of betrayal!!!" Clark went out to see his soldiers, but his soldiers began dying one after another. His army numbered two hundred thousand, and now they had become mere corpses. What a disappointment! But the surprise: the man moving through the snow with his horse. Yes, Jin had come to Clark personally. But Clark preferred to play the fool. Jin appeared before their eyes. •"What brings you here?" •"Hey! About yourself, man! I came only to check on your condition. Since you’ve been here for four months in this bitter cold, as you know, I came to confirm your status and inform you of the Emperor’s message." •"Its essence: surrender yourself! You have only two days. Either present your head to the execution ground, or face the entire empire hunting you down! What is your choice!!!!" Clark, who was watching the memory, was in a state of confusion: How did this happen? He never expected something to occur. Clark spoke from the memory, saying: •"So you’ve completely trapped me! Isn’t that right, Jin?" •"You’re a traitor, coward, and despicable! I know everything is over, but I won’t abandon my loyalty! I will come!" •"And what’s between you and me will only be settled with blood!" Jin laughed and threw a rope at Clark, saying: •"Yes! You’ve shackled yourself! A coward like you who surrendered quickly doesn’t deserve to speak!" A light began to glow... At that moment, Clark opened his eyes. He was processing what had happened. What’s the story with these dreams he’s seeing? What’s the story with these complex memories? They’re all disconnected from each other. Clark went out to rest and rid himself of the bad thoughts. After all, nothing mattered anymore. In the strangest coincidence, Clark met Long Tianba face to face!!! •"What do you want???" Long Tianba looked at Clark, combat intent overflowing. He was extremely angry. Long Tianba said: •"So you’ve become arrogant! After all, you only won against him by chance!" •"What’s happening now: There are two factions in the sect: one believes Long Tianba completely lost to Clark, and another believes Clark won by luck!" •"I don’t know what you want from me, but clearly you never give up!" Suddenly, Clark charged and began leaping over the sect’s buildings and palaces. Then he encountered Qing Xue, who sat beside him. Clark looked at her calmly. He was like stagnant water. He would pretend to be foolish like her and observe her more and more. After all, showing a hasty reaction would destroy potential future opportunities that might benefit Clark. •"So you’ve succeeded in your tempering, Zou Long! As I see, you’ve reached the Enlightenment Stage, and that’s great!" Clark rubbed his chin while laughing: •"It was easy for a great talent like me! But I tested my evolved power on one of the strange zombies in the cave! Do you know them?" The two looked at each other with extreme coldness. • "Yes! I planned that!!!!" •"So the foundation of betrayal is rooted in you by nature! Honestly, I expected that from a despicable dog like you! I don’t trust women like you!" Clark left. Qing Xue was watching him with intense pain. Clark was laughing inwardly because he had been suspicious from the very beginning. That girl definitely represented one of the higher entities - without a doubt, she represented the Constellation of Stars!!! But Clark kept wondering why that woman kept following him. What did she want from him?