On the Dao

The Star Lord had actually still been naively fighting to the death!

He frantically squeezed out every ounce of strength he had, roaring as he desperately tried to kill one more Ancient God, drop one more divine crystal for the All Living Beings of this era to use, weaken the power of the Heavenly Dao, and strengthen the Human Way.

In the end, it had all been a joke!

He had thought he was helping them, but every additional one he killed only harmed them further. Those poisonous divine crystals had all become a curse!

Only more godheads would flow into their hands. Those branded godheads would continue to be cultivated, reproduced, and expanded. Instead, they would allow even the crystal wall crystal of this free individual to fall under the other side's control.

The more he thought about it, the more remorseful he became, and the more unbearable it felt!

"No. The lower-level godheads have all been tampered with, but I still have hope."

The Star Lord thought, This world has always revered the strongest. Leaving the godhead to Mother Elise means creating a second Life Ancient God. As long as the strongest one's inheritance remains intact...

The Ancient God of Light continued, "As for your Life Ancient God being handed to Elise, that was precisely my hint to you."

"You, Star Lord, are a free individual. That is why I feared you."

"I also couldn't turn you into my dependent, because only willing submission would work. Besides, you were the Life Ancient God. There was no way I could trick you into willingly putting a dog collar around your neck."

"But Elise was my dependent from the very beginning. Even after she became the Life Ancient God, she was merely my puppet—the replacement Life Ancient God I displayed