"Looking at history, I realized that there is one universal law in this world, that is — to kill."

Spectral Soul Demon Venerable handled matters and conflict with basically one method: That was to kill!
You do not relent? Kill! You are an eyesore? Kill! His own mood was bad? Kill! He was bored? Kill!

• The Futility of Body Possession: "Using the soul to take over a body, it is nothing but a struggle at death's door, death is still unavoidable."
• The Price of Longevity: "Maintenance of longevity means the defiance of heaven... it is hard, hard, hard!"
• The Reality of the Path: The road of a Gu Immortal's soul and body is besieged by constant tribulations, where true independence of the soul is a brutal, solitary war against the established order of the world.

"Even if I fail in the end and obtain nothing, even if my life was a complete failure, so what?
Even if the five regional walls would disappear in the future, so what?
Even if my research is meaningless, so what?
That is what I want to do!

You can call me crazy, you can call me an idiot, you can call me stubborn, you can call me stupid…
But I… still want to do it regardless! That is how I want to live! That is how I can find meaning in my life!

I had once screamed, gradually, I lost my voice. I had once cried, gradually, I lost my tears.
I had once grieved, gradually, I became able to withstand everything. I had once rejoiced, gradually, I became unmoved by the world.

And now! All I have left is an expressionless face, my gaze is as tough as a monolith, only perseverance remains in my heart.
This is my own, an insignificant character, Fang Yuan’s — Perseverance!"