"If my achievements require sacrifice, I only hope the sacrifice is myself. If others wish to sacrifice for me, although I cannot stop them, I will not deny them. If they indeed do so, then I will accept their choice—but if I can, I naturally would refuse without hesitation."
So he spoke, or rather, so he thought.
Without a trace of concealment, An Jing pondered his genuine thoughts and expressed them in firm words: "And the most important reason, I think, is that I don't know."
"I don't know why you are so anxious. I don't know the current situation of all heavens. I don't know how great the threat of the Heavenly Demon truly is—because I don't know, I am unwilling to make an absolute commitment. Because I don't know, I also don't want to agree to any requests that would lead to chaos."
"So, if you truly want me to become the Heavenly Dao, then you must tell me all the reasons for this."
The will of the heaven was silent.
