Chapter 23: The Best Liars Are Always Women

Tang Xian's figure was lonesome.

Even though he had long known that such an outcome was possible,

he still said,

"I thought our cooperation, even if not everlasting, shouldn't have ended here. Before you use these Judgment Knights to kill me, I need a reason."

Constantine said,

"Compared to walking among humans, from where I stand, it's easier to glimpse the truth. Over the past twenty years, you've discovered various things in the human world.

But in the seat of gods, I too have uncovered quite a few things.

So I have never betrayed anyone. My choice was never you, but the path I believed could last.

Perceptions are destined to change. We are too insignificant in comparison to the gods.

If not defying it, one becomes the ruler of this world. If you defy it, you'll soon perish.

A beast that tries to escape its cage often meets a fate far worse than simply waiting to die inside it."