A blank soul without desires had to be fake. One with desires was real!

The God of Desire did not choose to fight to the death, but instead entered the [Azure Sea Sky Dome]. His fear of death was certainly one reason, but on the other hand... it was also because Lin Yu had indeed persuaded him.

In summary, Lin Yu's final words boiled down to two points.

"I will give you benefits, such as purifying your 'Desire' and finding you Authority," and "If you think I am just a mere mortal, you can try to rebel against me."

However, before the God of Desire saw Lin Yu demonstrate and show that he had the ability to purify "Desire," the God of Desire did not take Lin Yu's words seriously.

He thought Lin Yu was just making empty promises.

This means that...

The reason why the God of Desire was persuaded by Lin Yu was naturally because Lin Yu proposed the idea that "He could betray Lin Yu".

Yes, the God of Desire took this statement seriously.

Since entering the interior of [Azure Sea Sky Dome], He has been pondering how He, as a former Deity, could rebel against and escape the control of this mortal.

This was not a difficult task for the God of Desire —He acknowledged that the mortal before him was indeed somewhat different from other mortals, but... only somewhat different.

As a Deity, wouldn't it be incredibly easy for him to scheme against me?

To put it bluntly, although he was indeed tricked by this guy, which forced him to leave the Nether Void Realm and become his subordinate along with [Azure Sea Sky Dome] which he had taken away...

But that was simply the result of the other party's deliberate manipulation of the situation and taking advantage of favorable timing and location!

The God of Desire had no doubt that if he got serious, he could easily kill this mortal.

Even the reason we didn't fight to the death with the other party in the Nether Void Realm was simply because the other party had two Demigod by their side and the timing was just too unfortunate.

However, he wouldn't always encounter emergencies where he was targeted by the World Will, and the other side couldn't always have two Demigod protecting him every step of the way.

So...

I have had far too many opportunities to get rid of this mortal.

To put it bluntly, this guy's ideas were too naive and arrogant from the very beginning... Perhaps it was precisely because the other party had a slightly more outstanding talent than other mortals that he became so arrogant that he ignored the terrifying nature of a Deity.

And now... the God of Desire has already found this opportunity.

An opportunity to use "Desire" to corrupt the other person's soul—in fact, in the eyes of the God of Desire, He could already use this opportunity to destroy the other person's soul.

Although that was also His original plan—to use this guy to leave the Nether Void Realm and avoid the crisis of the Nether Void Realm's World Will erasing him, and then find an opportunity to kill this arrogant mortal.

But after the other party demonstrated the ability to purify the Authority of "Desire," the God of Desire changed his mind.

This guy is indeed still useful to me, and he does have some skills.

Although he is arrogant and haughty, on the other hand... his abilities do indeed give him the right to be arrogant.

Therefore, the God of Desire decided to spare his life for the time being.

Rather than killing the other party outright... the God of Desire now prefers to turn them into his puppets or convert them into his familiars.

In short, the God of Desire no longer just wants to regain his freedom from a mortal; He also wants to reverse the relationship between himself and the other person!

"While killing him would be a way of atonement for this Transgressive Mortal, making him submit to me and become my subordinate... seems like a good idea too, a way to atone for his Blasphemy sins."

The God of Desire thought to himself.

To achieve the goal... whether it's killing the opponent as originally planned, or turning the opponent into a puppet as in the new plan, the first step of using "Desire" to erode the opponent's soul hasn't changed much.

The difference is...

The current God of Desire needs to personally probe Lin Yu's Desire.

After Lin Yu was enveloped in the Desire Golden Light, the God of Desire also saw the illusion born from Lin Yu's Desire.

It was a... void of nothingness.

A vast yet empty space, like a [Settlement Space], appeared. The God of Desire manipulated the avatar formed from his will, looking around.

"What the heck? There's nothing here!"

The God of Desire was somewhat stunned, finding it very strange.

As Deity who once ruled over "Desire," the God of Desire has naturally witnessed the Desire of many people.

Although He has fallen from the Divine Rank of Deity, the Authority of "Desire" still remains in His hands.

When these two long periods of time are combined, the "Desire" that the God of Desire glimpsed was of a terrifying magnitude.

He had seen ambitious strivers thirsting for wealth, power, and strength; he had seen those who desired happiness, peace, and a life of simple contentment; he had seen many idealists hoping for universal harmony and the discovery of truth; there were also many who pursued art and creation, striving to reach the pinnacle of their craft; and there were those who simply enjoyed tasting delicious food, admiring beautiful scenery, and indulging in physical pleasure and sensory stimulation...

Money, status, love, truth, fame... in short, most things are inseparable from these.

Even the Desire those consumed by hatred who wish for their enemies to die, those with dark hearts who hope the whole world will burn and rush toward destruction, and those who are mentally unstable and hope everything will fall into chaos—He, as Deity, has seen some of these.

But...

The God of Desire has never seen anyone whose Desire are truly a blank slate.

Even the most detached and ascetic monks, the most enlightened and compassionate high monks, the most disciplined ascetics... they cannot be said to be without Desire.

The pursuit of tranquility and a higher state of mind is itself a kind of Desire —these people are not difficult to categorize, after all, they often have a concern for all living beings and the suffering of humanity, and deep in their hearts, they also have a "Desire" to eliminate suffering from the world.

Every living thing has Desire —instinct drives it to eat, reproduce, and survive.

Desire is the essence of life.

Living Beings with souls, thoughts, and emotions might be able to make those instinctive Desire truly disappear, but... their method of making those instinctive Desire vanish must be to replace them with more complex Desire.

The God of Desire believed that the Desire in all Living Beings should be a certain, constant truth.

Even the Deity are no exception.

Therefore, the God of Desire always felt that by controlling the Authority of "Desire," he proved that he was an exceptionally powerful type among the Deity.

Although his Authority has been taken away and corrupted, and he has been forced to fall from the Deity Divine Rank... it's just that he has been targeted and schemed against.

If I had to say something... that God of Banquets wasn't so scary, it's just that the mortal back then was truly too strange... strange to the point of being terrifying.

But even that strange mortal had his own "Desire" —Desire that were quite cliché and intense.

So...

What exactly is going on?

The God of Desire looked around again, feeling utterly confused.

Could it be that this empty, snow-white space is the embodiment of that guy's Desire themselves?

Only a vast expanse of white earth remains, so quiet?

After all, the God of Desire did indeed see a pure and tranquil scene of Gao Shan, and the moon hanging on the treetops, in the Desire of a highly accomplished monk before his death. That scene represented the monk's Desire to return to nature and to the universe.

But... at least the high monk's imagery of Desire included mountains, water, the moon, and trees.

How could this seemingly young man, who is actively taking action and even risking his life to win me over, possibly have a purer inner Desire than that of the high monk?

Is he really that different?

Moreover, the God of Desire could sense that... everything around them was truly "nothingness."

Compared to adjectives like "tranquility," "harmony," and "quiet," He could only feel an endless emptiness when He was there.

This sent chills down the spine of the God of Desire.

More importantly...

Where is that guy?

Even that eminent monk had his own figure meditating on the rocks, but his form was almost invisible.

No one can eliminate the existence of "self" within Desire, unless he has no self.

"Etc..."

The God of Desire, upon realizing this, suddenly understood something.

He remembered that when the other party appeared in the Nether Void Realm as a woman, he had used the Authority "Desire" to glimpse her, and this person happened to be connected to a soul trapped within the Desire Authority...

However... based on what happened afterward, especially now, the God of Desire can almost certainly conclude that the girl who reappeared back then has absolutely no connection to this guy!

That girl... is related to the girl he was impersonating at the time—in other words, this guy was able to deceive the "Desire" Authority while stealing the identity!

The reason they were able to do this is probably...

"His soul structure!"

The God of Desire suddenly understood and immediately realized why.

This guy's soul structure is very special; it's not a complete whole!

Although I used my Desire to corrupt him, they did not actually penetrate his soul, which was inherent in me, so I could not see his Desire!

So...

"You're not completely unguarded with me, are you... but that's not enough."

The God of Desire raised his hand, and golden light completely covered and engulfed the space.

Just as He had foreseen...

After the power of "Desire" completely enveloped this place, He sensed other souls beyond this seemingly complete boundary of the soul!

That's still the guy's soul.

And this time...

The God of Desire finally saw the "image".

"I knew it... your true 'self' is hidden very well!"