Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires - Chapter 262

Chapter 262: Injustice of the Demonic Practitioners?
Afterwards, some of the guests from Heaven’s Glory Palace rushed towards him and picked him up, while Elder Harrius just watched him in silence and didn’t say anything else.

He knew that there was nothing left for him to say since everything had already been said and done. As for the other guests, they began whispering to each other, discussing the shocking revelation made by Elder Harrius earlier regarding Asher’s background.

They felt relieved knowing that they hadn’t acted rashly against Asher just because of Elder Kong Yu’s words; otherwise, they would have ended up offending a terrifying and powerful existence like her, and they could imagine what would have happened then!

When they looked at Elder Kong Yu’s present condition, they felt pity towards him for making such a big mistake, because no one knew what kind of consequences he would suffer later on because of it and whether or not he would survive with his life intact or lose everything, including his very soul, to her for messing with her beloved son!

Elder Harrius then looked at all the participants and decided to explain a bit more to make it easier for them to understand the situation and said, “Young Master Asher’s dark attribute spirit isn’t something bad or evil like what you’re all thinking. It just represents the dark attribute in general, but that doesn’t mean he is a demonic practitioner or anything like that; in fact, it’s quite the opposite. Do you want to know why the Twilight Mist Sect has always been neutral towards such conflicts in the past?”

Many nodded their heads at his words before he continued speaking. “It’s because we believe that the true cultivation path lies in pursuing perfection instead of having such discriminatory views toward those who practice differently than us.

After all, to achieve true enlightenment, we must accept all kinds of things, including those that may seem contrary to our beliefs!

We don’t deny evil exists or say everything will be alright as long as you focus on the bright side; instead, we believe that all kinds of paths lead to the same destination so long as one finds the true path to perfection that suits their beliefs best and tries their hardest to reach the ultimate goal: enlightenment!

However, what happened earlier with Elder Kong Yu’s reaction was pretty understandable due to how he was raised and influenced by the current righteous faction, who have their own set of rules and regulations that they follow strictly in order to fight against demonic practitioners, who cause harm by using evil and dark attribute arts for their selfish gains and purposes!

They believe in such ideals that the ends justify the means, as long as it means the eradication of those who may commit evil acts against the innocent while bringing justice and order across the world! And even though they also claim to be fighting for peace, safety, and stability, one must understand that sometimes a man’s principles may be questionable if they cross certain lines that shouldn’t be crossed for whatever reasons!

Whether it be killing an evil man in order to save ten others, sacrificing the lives of a hundred thousand people just to punish a single criminal mastermind, or destroying a city of millions just to rid the world of evil once and for all, many times there are no true answers regarding right and wrong choices!

There will always be someone who will condemn or support such acts because they all think they’re justified in doing whatever they deem necessary to achieve their goals, whether or not others agree with their methods or whether or not they consider them evil.

So thinking that Young Master Asher is evil just because of his dark attribute spirit is absolutely ridiculous!”

Many guests started nodding their heads after hearing his words, realizing that what he said made sense, and even those who were part of the righteous faction were now contemplating the meaning of what Elder Harrius said, trying to understand which path was actually better and righteous in their eyes: one that tries to bring peace through the use of strength alone to suppress those who go against it or one that acknowledges both sides of the coin, trying to bring harmony between them, even if that means dealing with evil once in a while because one shouldn’t judge a person based on their appearance alone as they might actually be misunderstood!

And that may as well be the reason for another evil to arise one day in the future due to prejudice against the wrong people, which could result in devastating consequences.

Also, it won’t be surprising if many of those demonic practitioners turn out to have been innocent in the first place, but because others judged them without understanding their situations, they had to commit crimes to survive against the ever-present forces of righteousness that aim to destroy their very existence just because they are different from them.

Who knows what kind of injustice those so-called “Demonic Practitioners” have had to go through until they turned out like that in the first place?

And as a result of their unfair treatment, it creates hatred within their hearts that makes them desire revenge against those who wronged them, and once that happens, the cycle will repeat itself over and over again until both sides find a common ground for peace…

It may seem impossible, but maybe the path chosen by the Twilight Mist Sect is the right path, rather than taking the easy way out and choosing to destroy any signs of resistance.

After all, sometimes fighting against someone because of their beliefs may cause more problems than necessary; in fact, it might even create bigger threats like the Demonic War of twelve hundred years ago, where two sides ended up clashing with each other with disastrous results all over the cultivation world and causing rivers of blood to flow endlessly through its lands…

They shivered at the mere thought of such events happening again. They definitely don’t want that!