[ He hadn't understood what Meng Yao was doing at the time. Killing. Betraying. Murdering. It still makes no sense to him, only that he couldn't support it or allow it to continue while he could put a stop to it.

He should have locked Meng Yao away, rather than let him go. He'd wanted to kill him later, but it was already too late and he'd lost the battle to Baxia and qi deviated.

Now? With him having lived through it all, and Meng Yao from before even that first death? They can do better.

He accepts the logical words with a slight nod. No. He won't put the entire burden on Xichen. Nor only on Huaisang. ]

We all want to love our parents and for them to be worthy of that love. You know the truth of your father now, and what it has done to you. You walk now with your eyes open, seeing truth.

I will help you stay on the right, just path. You will not lose to those impulses again.