For now, it seemed I had overlooked something. Although I could do many things, I was imprisoned inside the statue and did not possess true absolute power.
Besides, even believers could betray me, let alone my subordinates.
Therefore, I should establish a trustworthy organization to check any ambitious schemer.
Although it seemed easy enough for me to deal with Li Xia or any other ambitious schemer, that would only treat the symptoms, not the disease. No matter how overwhelming my power was, if I tried to surround and control intelligent beings in their pursuit of freedom, sooner or later a mighty new tide would form, either destroying itself or destroying every obstacle in its path.
I was a mage, not a short-sighted authoritarian ruler. I had to face my inner desires and needs, but I also had to consider the visible common sense of the world and follow the invisible truths behind it.
My inner desires and needs determined my current height.
The social environment woven from the world's culture, systems, morality, relationships, emotions, experience, and so on determined my actual height.
The invisible principles, logic, knowledge, philosophy, and other existences transcending the world determined the height of my limits.
If I killed Li Xia out of a desire for control, to prevent myself from being sidelined, my current height would increase, but I would damage the entire social environment of the Han Nation.
Moreover, the principles I followed, along with the logic and philosophy of my reason, all told me that dealing with Li Xia was not the best course of action.
Most importantly, this was not Li Xia's choice. It was the choice of the entire Han Nation, brought about by the combined influence of the culture, history, education, society, and everything else experienced by the people of