Chapter 1296

First, his inner demon was not selfishness, but self-negation. Although he was selfish and later changed, his inner demon questioned that very selfishness. Had he boldly acknowledged his selfishness and continued to be selfish, there would have been no issue. However, he was unwilling to admit it, or rather, he felt remorse, knowing that what he had done before was wrong. Demonic cultivators, who kill and seize treasures, do not consider it wrong; they commit completely to their path, and that is their way. Righteous cultivators enjoy judging others from a moral high ground, declaring them wrong, and there is nothing wrong with that either; this is their way. Whether it's a demonic or righteous cultivator, who dares to claim their hands are free of innocent blood? Is it always others who offend you, forcing you to retaliate and kill them to obtain their possessions? Are you always a great philanthropist? Then why cultivate immortality at all? If killing cannot be done with a clear conscience, does that mean eating chicken, duck, and fish is not killing? Wang Mingren failed because he denied his own path, leading to constant indecision and anxiety.

Second, Wang Mingren's role was limited to the protagonist and Wang Qingshan. Logically, if I were to let him die, I would have given him a more heroic death, perhaps dying for the family's development. But after spending so much effort writing about him, for him to simply die like that? I definitely have a plan for him.

Third, as a certain reader mentioned, it's impossible for every family member who appears frequently to reach the Nascent Soul stage! The Nine Nether Sect only increased its Nascent Soul cultivators by four or five people in over two hundred years, and that's the Nine Nether Sect. Even if the Wang family inherited the Zhenhai Sect's legacy, it's impossible for every family member to form a core. There must be those who fail. In fact, I was very hesitant myself; deciding who should fail was a difficult problem.

Fourth, I did not write him to die because of certain readers. He was the character I wrote the most detailed outline for, and also the most difficult to write. I had a special arrangement for him from the moment he refused to help the protagonist form his core.

Fifth, just as different people are raised by the same rice, a family certainly contains many types of individuals. It's not that I wrote Wang Mingren to die simply because he was selfish; I made this decision after careful consideration.