"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?”

Someone began knocking on the door of Emily's office, the sound reaching her while she remained seated behind her desk without showing any real reaction to the interruption.


Without changing her exhausted posture in the slightest, Emily weakly opened her mouth, barely gathering enough energy to respond to whoever was standing outside. "Come i—"


Before she could even finish speaking, the door had already been pushed open and someone casually walked inside without waiting for her permission, then calmly closed the door behind him as though there was nothing unusual about what he had just done. "Hello."


"....." Emily slowly shifted her unfocused gaze toward the newcomer and stared at him for a few moments, but after recognizing who it was, she merely released a weary sigh and closed her eyes again. "What do you want, Kristan? I'm really not in the mood to argue with you right now."


Chapter 2436 - A Meeting of the Weary