"Lord of Light!"
All the Divine Entities, or the gods' incarnations and projections, recognized the old man's identity without exception.
Most gods chose different forms when sending incarnations into other worlds.
For instance, Tang Qi, the "Ship of Fools Boatman"—unless one followed the Master of Dreams and Tang Qi closely, it would be difficult to know that the boatman was one of Dream's incarnations.
Yet there were a few beings who would be recognized no matter what form they took.
Light was one of them.
Whenever he left his divine kingdom to travel other planes, he assumed countless forms, encompassing numerous races and genders.
Yet he was recognized every time. It was not because his fame was so unimaginable that every living being in the Boundless Mystery knew all his incarnated forms.
It was because this great Master always put a "halo" above his head.
"Light is nothing more than a hypocritical, shameless, glory-hungry, excessively narcissistic old man. His path is not even worthy of carrying shoes for my lord."
"Most people who worship him are narcissistic, blindly ignorant, and devoid of wisdom. Like that old nun who couldn't find herself a partner even after ten thousand years."
Those were the assessments of the sharp-tongued Saint Martin Sims.
This Dark Age saint, who had already transformed into a "star," was extraordinarily skilled at attracting hatred.
Half the damaging gossip about the Lord of Light circulating through the Boundless Mystery had come from this old saint.
"So all gods know that the most narcissistic Master is Lord Light."
Among the gathered Divine Entities, some unknown god remarked sarcastically.
Tang Qi dragged the three beings with their respective wishes closer and blended into the crowd. Under the illumination of dazzling, multicolored light, he saw the dispute unfolding beneath the dark giant tree.