#xkarnation

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“In one hand, I could hold a pill that grants immortality, whereas, in the other, I have one that grants inevitable death. Isn’t that the peak of alchemy? To rule over life and death?”

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree #3

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In a way, the ability to show restraint was the greatest show of power. It meant you were so overwhelmingly more powerful than your opponents that you could dictate their life and death with no risk to yourself.

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree #8

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“Life’s not fair, but it certainly helps to befriend a murderous tyrant.”

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree #7

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A cultivator’s true wealth is their own personal power—their cultivation. Defensive artifacts are great and all, but they usually don’t scale alongside a cultivator’s power. Eventually, they become obsolete, but if the cultivator relied on that artifact for their fighting style or survival, they would be stuck until they could find a superior artifact to replace the old.

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree, #5

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Pride is an excessive love of one’s own excellence, usually fed by the reactions of others.

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree #6

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Great opportunity doesn’t always make itself known on the surface.

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree #7

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“But if you’re going to choose the path of murder, make sure you are the best murderer around. Else, you earn the ire of a true predator.”

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree, #5

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Life is so easy when you can have others do the hard work and then appear at the last moment when you are needed.

Xkarnation, Reborn as a Demonic Tree #4