Shen Jie didn't know if this was due to the influence of the Tier Four Spine King's Realm Inheritance within the Land of the End, or if it was the fate encoded in the bloodline of the Spine Zerg Race.
During his awakening from the Tier Jump Promotion, after purging the chaotic and crazed emotions released by the Spine King, there was one memory that stuck with him, aside from the human voice that had pulled him back to reality…
The last thing he remembered of the Spine King was an image of it consumed by pain, numbness, and a desperate yearning for release.
It was begging Shen Jie to free it from its suffering.
This terrifying truth haunted Shen Jie, weighing on his chest like a massive stone and leaving him breathless.
'I would have much preferred it if the Spine King had been pleading for me to rescue its trapped spirit,' he thought.
'Instead, it gave me that sorrowful look, begging me to end its suffering by killing it.'
