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“You’re here to kill me? And you’re being forced to do it?” The old man said hoarsely, “Hah! Treasure Leaf, who in this world could force you to do anything?”
Treasure Leaf shook his head. “No one could force me to do anything, unless… I was no longer in control of myself.”
The old man instantly realized the source of the problem. His brow furrowed. “You’re saying Ol’ Dipankara did something to you?”
Treasure Leaf nodded. “Back then, I had to pay a bit of a price to infiltrate the Western Paradise Spirit Mountains. That price was becoming a weapon under the Dipankara Buddha’s control.”
The old man gazed intently at him for a moment. “Why would you make such a choice?”
“To avenge Ol’ Devil Yi.”
This response left the old man stunned. He obviously found it absurd.
But Treasure Leaf didn’t explain anything. He just asked, “What about you? How did you wind up in this state?”
Yellow Sands City was a run-down, barren, mundane place.
Yet Demon Venerate Five Desires was trapped here, with none of his former far-reaching power, prestige, or contemptuous majesty. It was as if he’d tumbled into the abyss, becoming an ordinary old man as fragile as a candle...
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