"Even after gaining a free, independent will, Your Majesty will still be Your Majesty, and I will still obey your commands," Zeus said in a dry, hoarse voice.
"Once I possess an independent will, I will sever myself from the memories and power bestowed upon me by the original body. At that point, I will become a new self. The memories and experiences created by the original body will be like a film for me to watch. Those past memories will never affect my new self!"
Zeus was exceedingly decisive. This act of severing his former memories and experiences, then watching those severed memories and experiences, was like a human losing their memories and then being shown footage recorded before their amnesia.
They could be said to be two entirely different sets of memories, yet belong to the exact same person. He would not act according to the severed memories and experiences; instead, new behavioral patterns and methods would emerge.
Zeus also knew that, with the memories and experiences instilled in him by the original body, no faction would dare recruit a King of Gods like him as a subordinate.
It was not that He-El lacked the power to suppress him. It was that he would constantly be thinking of gathering followers, forming cliques, scheming behind the scenes, harboring a mountain of selfish desires, always waiting for the right opportunity to rebel and disrupt internal stability. It was truly irritating.
Besides, it was not as though there were no other obedient and stable stellar-level powerhouses to command. Was there really any need to use someone who might bring trouble to one's own faction?
But if he became a new independent will, pledged loyalty to He-El, rebuilt a proper worldview centered on loyalty to He-El, and accumulated new experiences, then although