Ivan listened to him suddenly start speaking earnestly, only raised his eyebrows slightly, as if amused, he retorted,
"If I take back the position of Lord Yama, what will you do?"
Zaraiah did not answer, similarly retorting,
"What do you hope I will do?"
Implying, whatever you hope I will do, I will do.
After all, when he first entered the Sixth Palace, it was his arrangement.
Now it’s merely returning everything to its original place.
Ivan looked at Zaraiah before him, knowing he was sincere.
Though during those millennia of self-exile, he was aware of what Zaraiah accomplished.
Since he took over the position of Lord Yama, he began integrating the Ten Courts; if before they vaguely regarded Yama Hall as supreme, then the Ten Courts reorganized by Zaraiah clearly took it as the lead.
Later the Heavenly Dao dissipated, the Emperor Fengdu who originally governed the Underworld similarly faded into oblivion.
Zaraiah seized the opportunity to rise to power, endured for a millennium, finally becoming the complete ruler of the Underworld.
This is also why for the past century, people only know of Lord Yama, not Emperor Fengdu.
Due to Zaraiah’s complete dominating status in the Underworld, the common folk subtly regard Lord Yama as its supreme.
This is what Zaraiah spent millennia achieving, Ivan does not consider himself entitled to inherit such fruit.
"You don’t need to do this."
Ivan suddenly said, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness, "I have long ceased to resent you."
Perhaps he resented at first, hence during the initial millennia of hundreds of cycles of reincarnation, he deliberately avoided Zaraiah.
Later, after experiencing the mortal realm numerous times, Ivan slowly realized, the person he resented all along was not Zaraiah, but himself.
To the self that brought great calamity upon the mortal realm.
Thus even when the punishment ended, he still chose self-exile.
Yet Zaraiah looked at him with a determined face, speaking with persistence, "You can resent me."
He said, "Back then I executed the punishment personally, casting you into reincarnation, and it was me who... took your position as Lord Yama."
Therefore later, even if he deliberately avoided him, Zaraiah never bore any resentment.
If he were Ivan, he too would feel resentment.
When he fell into misery, everyone could make a move against him, but Zaraiah could not.
The rift they’ve had over these thousands of years was the fruit he sowed with his own hands.
Even though he never regretted it.
"Under those circumstances back then, if it were me, I would do the same."
Ivan always understood.
If Zaraiah did not take the initiative to determine his guilt, his punishment would only be harsher.
Releasing ten thousand evil thoughts in Misfortune Cave led to great disasters in the mortal realm, but this alone shouldn’t have led to thousand-year exile.
At that time, the Underworld’s situation was unstable, apart from Zaraiah’s Sixth Palace, the other eight halls always eyed his Fifth Hall with jealousy.
Being venerable, no one was willing to be constantly subordinate.
They finally caught hold of his leverage, the other eight halls naturally wouldn’t let go.
But ultimately deciding on severe punishment and depriving him of his position was because of the Heavenly Dao.
Because that catastrophe not only caused a disaster in the mortal realm but also made the Heavenly Dao lose its next inheritor.
The Heavenly Dao was enraged, and the Underworld had to deal with him severely.
If Zaraiah hadn’t intervened, when the other eight halls made their move, Ivan would have never seen the day his punishment ended.
Over the years, Ivan treated Zaraiah coldly, not because of resentment for assuming his position, but because he hadn’t thought to return to the Underworld from the start.
Zaraiah never mentioned returning the position because he knew Ivan’s obsessions were unrelieved.
But as his obsession has now faded, Zaraiah doesn’t understand why he won’t return?
Seeing he still seemed persistent, Ivan thought for a moment and said,
"Although the current Underworld is good, it can’t compare to my Spiritual Affairs. Being the boss, I have much more freedom in Spiritual Affairs."
Being exiled and reincarnated for six thousand years, Ivan admits his heart has become wild.
Even if Lord Yama has become the ruler of the Underworld, constraints upon him remain.


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