Close Your Eyes, Then Open Them Again

The Lord of Shadows' method reminded you of Bai He.

The Lord of Shadows might not have been able to use that method in the future, but Bai He... you felt that he certainly might have been able to!

It was only that Bai He had played for too long back then, and had developed a fixed way of thinking.

In some ways, he had actually been like you, always maintaining the mentality of a mortal.

He had always enjoyed the mortal-level pleasure of tormenting others, rather than pursuing the Great Dao and longing for the ultimate—those mysterious, unfathomable things.

"Good thing Bai He had grown accustomed to playing around before. He liked using external methods to ravage other people's minds, and didn't like directly hypnotizing or brainwashing them. Otherwise, I really would have been in danger."

"Yeah. He rarely even read memories."

"That makes sense. Using all kinds of external methods to destroy someone's mind is like playing a game and fighting monsters, using different skills to defeat the target."

"But directly hypnotizing and brainwashing them would be like clicking 'one-click clear,' or simply piling up stats to instantly kill the monster. Instead of using ordinary stats to find the other side's weakness, there'd be no sense of experience at all."

"But now..."

You became extraordinarily furious.

The Lord of Shadows was different from the Lord of the Galaxy!

The latter had truly been earnestly taking in disciples and nurturing the younger generation. He was an "Orthodox God"!

But the Lord of Shadows... He was an evil god!

Even if the Lord of the Galaxy had merely been putting on an act, He would at least have waited until later to strike, giving you the chance to return your position to reality and enter the universe.

Yet this Lord