"You don't recognize me? Well, of course, you don't," the red-skin man uttered. "You killed everybody I love and care for, but then, you get to reincarnate like nothing happened, living a life of happiness and great success."
"I have killed many and ruined many people's lives, so you have to be more specific," Wang Wei replied.
"Hehe," the red-skinned man chuckled a second time. "My name is — no, was — Dong An, the [An] is written with the character for being peaceful. My father named me as such because that is all he wanted for my life, and he ensured that."
The red-skinned man's eyes turned a shade of black that would make Vantablack look like the shunning sun. "My world, aptly named [True Serenity], was a small Chaos World that gave birth to only one Paragon every few billion Yuan Epochs. My father fought desperately for that position, becoming our world's protector. He fulfilled his oath to my mother by giving me a peaceful life."
Dong An gritted his teeth. "But everything changed when you invaded. I still remember that day. My father's desperate plea for me to run away, the scream of my people as you destroy their flesh to absorb their soul, my fiance's last scream as you took her away, the scream of my world's Heavenly Dao as you tore it apart — I remember everything."
Wang Wei groaned softly as he massaged his temple: "Would it help if I told you I was not in the right mind and acting purely on instinct?"
"Do you see my skin? Do you know why it's red?" Dong An asked. "Before I died, I made an oath that I would kill you no matter the price. The oath resulted in the blood of my world staining my skin red. I've been through countless reincarnations, and two things have remained constant: my skin color and my hatred for you."
Wang Wei sighed. He knew it wouldn't work, but he had to try. "Listen, Dong An, you don't have to do this — you don't have to let the anger and hatred consume you."
"The name is Serenity's Ghost," Dong An rebutted. "And I will have my vengeance."
Swish!
He appeared in front of Wang Wei and punched him, releasing a jet of dark-red flame. 'Karmic Flame?' Wang Wei thought as he calmly invaded the attack. 'Is his Dao a muted Flame Dao that combines a small portion of Karma?' Dong An did not stop with one attack but a barrage of punches.
"Listen to me," Wang Wei said as he evaded. He moved his body to the side, and Dong An's flaming foot passed him. "There is a way to see your father and world again." Wang Wei's words did not help as he wanted but instead drove Dong An to an even higher level of madness.
Dong An condensed two lightning bolts and threw them. Wang Wei tried to evade, but they followed him everywhere. So, he punched them away. Dong An appeared beside him with a ferocious attack: Fist of Justice. A golden light enveloped him, trying to purify him of all his past wrongdoings.
Unfortunately, Wang Wei's Dao Heart was harder than steel, meaning even if he felt some guilt for his actions, they were not enough to affect him in any shape or form. It also helped that he had complete control over his karma, and this attack could not judge him based on that.
"So, you are still the ruthless man who massacred my world," Dong An sneered. Wang Wei resisted the urge to counter that there was no way Dong An could have become a Paragon without stepping on the lives of countless others.
"You're a Paragon now, meaning you can travel through the Infinite Trichiliocosm," Wang Wei stated. "Find a timeline where your world was not destroyed, and your family is still alive."
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