They branded him 'Demon', they buried his truth in the Abyss, and they chained him with the very lies he sought to expose..."
Xiaochen’s breath hitched. His eyes, the crimson rings flaring, scanned the words again and again. Light. Guiding star. Shadow Cleaver. Free the tethered souls. Parasitic Sky Pillars. Buried his truth in the Abyss.
It was all there. A direct contradiction to everything he had ever been taught about Ye Cangtian, the Demon Emperor.
"Ye Cangtian," Xiaochen whispered, his voice trembling. "They called you a light. A liberator."
Indeed, the Emperor’s voice resonated in his mind, devoid of its usual sarcasm, replaced by a quiet, deep sadness. Before they twisted my name, before they turned me into a bogeyman. This fragment... it speaks of the truth they tried to bury
