"Want to try reaching that height?"
Slender fingers pinched the red-framed glasses on her face and casually removed them. Anjie's sharp gaze was no longer restrained as she stared directly at Gwen, as if trying to see through his innermost thoughts.
"You were able to come this far. Even without my story, you should understand that only with sufficient strength do you have the right to possess everything you possess."
Because she had neglected her appearance, Anjie did not seem as though removing her glasses had lifted some seal on her beauty. It merely completely exposed her true thoughts, no longer concealed behind an ordinary appearance.
"..."
Faced with Anjie's proposal, even though Gwen believed that one day he would reach, stand shoulder to shoulder with, or even surpass the Aeons, he could not help but feel tempted—
Although he had not shown anything unusual in ordinary times, the possibility that several Aeons might become his enemies made a long-forgotten sense of anxiety rise within Gwen—
By now, Gwen was no longer alone as he had once been.
The many bonds he had formed warmed his heart, but they had also given him many weaknesses.
When facing enemies he might be able to cut down in a life-or-death battle, Gwen had to consider how to protect those "weak points" of his before the battle even began.
Otherwise, even if Gwen eventually trampled all his enemies beneath his feet, he would only have gained a glorious defeat.
However, though tempted, Gwen did not immediately agree—
Taking over a "godhood plan" that resembled a senior passing down their cultivation in a wuxia or xianxia story certainly came with immense benefits, and success would allow him to advance by leaps and bounds. But since Gwen was not without other paths, before weighing the