Therefore, even if he had to grit his teeth, Xiao Tianyang had to see it through.
Unless he voluntarily destroyed his cultivation and started over.
Of course, Yue Shen would never agree to Xiao Tianyang doing that, and he himself might not go to such extremes either.
His difficulty accepting it was only because he had fallen into the trap so easily.
"Do you have any specific plan?"
Xiao Tianyang gently rubbed his brow. "I feel like my personality has been growing more and more overbearing lately."
"I used to be the agreeable nice guy who discussed everything with others, but now?"
There had been nothing wrong with his earlier explanation.
Because his current core belief was, "Everything belongs to me, and everything returns to me."
Naturally, he understood the danger of that mindset.
Even though he had no experience ruling as a king, nor had he ever considered heading in that direction.
But Inner Sage, Outer King should have been the minimum standard, right?
With such an overbearing mindset, everyone might submit to him, fear him, and revere him on the surface.
However, once he lost power, what followed would certainly be a frenzied backlash.
The harsher he had suppressed them before, the heavier the vengeance that would fall upon Xiao Tianyang.
Of course, knowing something was one thing; putting it into practice was another.
He did not know what exactly was wrong with him.
He clearly knew this was wrong, yet he could never get past that mental hurdle.
It was like someone who had originally walked normally being affected until they started moving the same arm and leg together.
The person walking naturally knew how awkward it was.
Yet once influenced, they gradually got used to it through repetition.
Xiao Tianyang had kept suppressing that feeling precisely