Lu PingAn had gained a great deal in the Evolution World.
One of those gains concerned the essence of deities.
"Products above rules—rules made manifest. Or rather, World's Logic condensed from rules."
Generally speaking, only Tier 10 beings were qualified to elevate their own rules into World's Logic, and even then, it was often through the world's assistance and forcibly piling on enough quantity.
A sufficient amount of "quantity" could also trigger a qualitative change, turning World's Logic into "divine authority" and using it as the core to construct a divine kingdom.
"But that isn't the only path. It shouldn't even be the mainstream path."
There was nothing shameful about using quantity to produce qualitative change. But attracting too much "outside investment" while piling it up, losing control, and even losing oneself in the process—that was truly shameful.
In the end, it was simply having virtues unworthy of one's position: lacking a god's strength yet forcibly sitting upon the King's God Seat.
"Under normal circumstances, accumulating enough to become a god while feeling your way forward without any path ahead could take centuries or millennia and still not be enough. You're a well-fed man who doesn't understand the hunger of the starving."
Chris had once mocked Lu PingAn's contempt for deities. He had started at her finish line, breezed through the whole journey, and still had the nerve to make snide remarks.
Lu PingAn sincerely apologized to Chris, because that really was rather inconsiderate. Yet he still did not change his contempt for ordinary Order Gods.
"A being without a self is nothing more than a tool. Trapped on a planet, do they have no other choice? That truly is helpless, but if there really is no choice, I'd rather remain a quasi-god for thousands of years like Senior Xiu