Bab 1160: Slaughtering Devils

Sky-Rending Great Paragon softly nodded. He laughed: "I can understand your reason for killing Black Sovereign King. But why are you risking your life just to save the commoners in the remaining cities? Even though there are trillions of them, compared to the population in the entire Realm Heart Great Land, it is quite a pitiful number. As long as it doesn't affect the reproduction and multiplication of creatures in the world, there is no need to put your life at risk like this time. Even after killing Black Sovereign King, you chose to save them and risked your life being captured by Eternal Night Primogenitor. Fortunately, your avatar dissipated quick enough. Otherwise, once you were captured, your identity would be revealed. Are you confident of keeping the 'Void Fire Lotus Flower' with you once you enter a direct conflict with Eternal Night Primogenitor?"

Surviving and preserving the weapon were two different concepts.