Chapter 1517: Pulling Out the Sword!

　　Translated by: Hypersheep325

　　Edited by: Michyrr

　　w.a.n.g Chong felt like a lightning bolt had blazed through his mind, leaving it rumbling with thunder. w.a.n.g Chong immediately realized that he had developed a small, yet fatal, misunderstanding of the sword.

　　The meaning of this sword, its core principle, could not be about judging evils. But if that was not the case, what was it?

　　There was very little time for w.a.n.g Chong to think. He was tottering on the abyss as he struggled to seize that last sliver of hope!

　　Desire is the root of human evil. Ignorance, resentment, and hatred all arise from desire. The opposite of desire is no desire, and to have no desire is to be upright! Integrity is the source of all good!

　　As this thought occurred to w.a.n.g Chong, his body trembled in understanding. He felt like he had grabbed onto a line that led to the very heart of the problem.

　　If killing is a crime, the opposite of killing is not killing. And to not kill is to be benevolent!

　　Buzz!

　　w.a.n.g Chong once more trembled like he had been struck by a bolt of lightning, his eyes flying open.

　　Benevolence and righteousness!

　　…Right, the Origin Immortal Lord was no member of the evil path, nor did he absolutely abhor all evils. The ideologies propagated in the Spring and Autumn Era were not about punis.h.i.+ng evils but promoting good!

　　w.a.n.g Chong’s eyes erupted with the light of understanding.

　　The opposite of pride is courtesy!

　　The opposite of envy is wisdom! Only with wisdom can one restrain one’s envy!

　　The opposite of anger is kindness, modesty!

　　The opposite of l.u.s.t is righteousness! Only when one’s heart enshrines righteousness and reason can one avoid l.u.s.t!

　　This divine sword was not promoting violence to restrain violence, was not about punis.h.i.+ng evil. It was about promoting good. At its core was not killing, but benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, kindness, and modesty!

　　w.a.n.g Chong felt like his mind was about to explode.

　　He suddenly understood what kind of sword this was!

　　This was not a sword of punis.h.i.+ng evil, but a true Sword of Kings!

　　In front of this Sword of Kings, no l.u.s.t or desire could survive!

　　Is.h.i.+nis.h.i.+du had made the wrong judgment about this sword, merely treating it as some rare sword of immense might, resulting in his death. Bagus.h.i.+du had also not understood the nature of this sword, so if he dared to test its might, he would die just like his predecessor.

　　There was no such thing as a perfect human. Everyone had their flaws and weaknesses! What was most important was for this sword to sense one’s integrity and righteousness!

　　The Origin Immortal Lord had not left this sword behind to guard this lightless world. His goal was to have the sword choose those people with true integrity and compa.s.sion. This was why those two chains existed rather than being cut down.

　　He was helping this sword choose its next master.

　　Boom!

　　As w.a.n.g Chong’s thoughts turned, the mental world also began to undergo a heaven-shaking transformation, thunder booming and the fog seething. Suddenly, with a mighty crash, the mountainous pressure on w.a.n.g Chong’s body disappeared.

　　Several words began to emerge on the surface of the golden sword, written in a bold and flouris.h.i.+ng style: ‘Benevolence, Righteousness, Courtesy, Wisdom, Modesty’.

　　These words penetrated straight into his mind.

　　Buzz!

　　w.a.n.g Chong suddenly stood up, his eyes s.h.i.+ning as brightly as the stars. He knew what he had to do now. He completely opened up his heart and let his hopes and desires run free.

　　He had experienced death and disaster and come back to life for the sake of the world and its people, so that civilization could continue to thrive for all eternity.

　　He would reveal all his thoughts to the world!