Hsu Ziyan responded calmly, "So what if I do? So what if I don't?"
The Grand Elder studied him for a while. "Back then, if you had devoted this ambition to other pursuits, your achievements might have been even greater than they are now."
Hsu Ziyan let out a laugh from beneath his mask, as if he had just heard a joke. "You're wrong. If I hadn't taken this path, I never would have known that outside the Andromeda Universe, there is a vaster, more powerful world."
The Grand Elder sighed. "For a thousand years, I have never stopped regretting agreeing to let you go back then. It led you astray, and you made so many mistakes."
Hsu Ziyan remained silent, but the oppressive aura around him continued to intensify. "Too bad there are no what-ifs."
Back in those days, the Grand Elder had been Hsu Ziyan's senior, both of them serving under the same General.
