[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-722":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1564144,2028,"Chapter 722 Choice","divine-path-system-chapter-722",722,"\u003Cp>Chapter 722 Choice\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian filled the goblet and sipped the dark red wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strong drink exploded in his mouth and burnt his throat. The bitter taste was exactly similar to what he was feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, his life isn't in danger anymore,\" Boo said as it entered the bar room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian nodded lightly in response and pointed to the exquisite wine bottle. \"Bring three more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if you're a level 7, it'll be too much,\" Boo said in a worried tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haa~\" Varian sighed deeply and looked out of the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple sky planetoid continued to shrink in his vision as they pulled further and further away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a complicated gaze, he said. \"I want to be drunk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he accomplished his goals, instead of feeling accomplished, he was left feeling empty, even a bit resentful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But resentful against what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against the weak him who couldn't protect Sia and became responsible for this whole mission to start?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against the vile Xanders that caused her so much pain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against the abyssals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fuck everything.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian slammed the table in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing that abyssals were forced by their circumstances to become humanity's enemy made him feel terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because he was feeling sorry for abyssals, but because he realized how small he truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the grand scale of things, everything he and he held dear was a mere pawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A disposable chess piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If some higher race wanted to do something and it needed the disposal of the human race, it'd happen in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't protest. They couldn't try to compromise. They couldn't do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if the abyssals were defeated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What next?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would there ever be peace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian had always thought yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once he learned of the races like Fairies and Zions, he realized how wrong he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There'd be no peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he killed all the abyssals. Even if he reached the Celestial Rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wars wouldn't stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People would continue to suffer. Children would continue to get orphaned. Families would continue to be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Peace is the closest thing to impossibility.\" Varian clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Since the dawn of civilization, Conflict never ceased. When there is sentience, there are desires. When there are desires, there is conflict. A world without conflict is a world of the dead.] The system said in a low tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\" Varian nodded with a sigh. \"Since I can't stop the conflict, I need to be prepared. I need to grow stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strong dictated the fate of the weak. If he's strong enough, his fate wouldn't be controlled by anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he's strong enough, he was able to get revenge on the Xanders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it's time for Kreo,\" Varian muttered and a wooden box appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the box he retrieved from Ron's storage ring. Attached to the box were two letters with script scribbled in abyss language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\" Varian frowned and opened the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Prince Var,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day we drank in my house, I decided I'd not give the herb to you. I still wanted to cure my sister than help a genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after I saw you reach the first rank on the dark tower, I changed my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I'm not alive by the next year, please get the herb and cure my sister.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian felt a pang of guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The herb that a brother shed blood, sweat, and tears for…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cure for his little sister…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron wanted to cure her despite Mendis pressuring him to hand over the herb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he wasn't sure if he could be alive until next year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And exactly that happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's why he was so shaken.' Varian sighed in realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, his gaze landed on the second letter. His hand shook lightly but he opened it anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rui,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to see you wake up. I want to see you healthy. I want to see you smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to hear your laughter. I want to accompany you to pray at our parents' tombs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I promised you that day, didn't I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'd do my best and cure you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got the herb and I can wake you up now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, I even got a day off to cure you today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But. I canceled my holiday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm going on a hunt again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Mendis said it'd be alright, I'm worried about Var. I want to keep him safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the hunt, I'll hand him the herb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart aches when I think you won't wake up for another year, but Rui, let me tell you this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You and I are just two abyssals. Out of the tens of billions in the solar system and the hundreds of billions back at home, we're just two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can be selfish, but I can't be so selfish that I hinder the progress of my own race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I curse myself for doing this. I hate myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But father used to say that regardless of what one felt, we must do what is right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forgive me, Rui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I'm not the one you see after waking up, then know that your brother has lived a great life.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian closed his eyes and slumped into the chair. Looking at the herb again, a bitter smile formed on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The herb was to be used for his 'revenge' against Kreo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Ron was dead, no one would use the herb on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl would be abandoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I am the villain of her story,\" Varian muttered as he emptied the wine bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't like he could split the herb and cure her. She needed the full herb. But so did Kreo's daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he did cure her, then what next?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd surely hate him and do her best to kill him. Since she was her brother's killer, the hatred would only be more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the same hands that rescued her, he'd have to kill her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian suddenly thought of Vin, the young girl who lost her brother due to the abyssals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She and Rui were quite similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both suffered. They both lost their brothers. They were both pitiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I am on Vin's side.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Rui was more pitiful than her, Varian was on Vin's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because she's a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the system said, after reaching a certain level, your thinking should be based on the bigger picture than personal emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was an ideal ruler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian wasn't one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at least, he tried to be better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian stood in front of Sia's seclusion room and waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, a man was bound to a bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joshua Xander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian spared him at the last moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the scene where Joshua punished the two Xander young masters left a deep impression on him, Varian's opinion was conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emotionally, Varian wanted to slash him to pieces for being a Xander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But rationally, he wanted to leave him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was Varian who had just begun the mission, he'd have killed Joshua without any hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the recent experiences, his thought process changed enough to cause him to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it didn't change too much that he spared Joshua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Varian decided it was best to ask the girl he was doing all this for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fluctuations of her aura also stabilized recently, signaling her successful advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sia.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing his voice, the door slowly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>",1242,"2026-06-06T07:58:30.121Z",1,"novelbin.me","8c94a978ddb2d305c784ec4287890a9a12a4902092db6516f237fce01109ffeb","divine-path-system-chapter-723","divine-path-system-chapter-721",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]