The point remained: Li Yun had never intended to contend with the Lord of Eternal Immortality.
Least of all over Plane Authority.
To ordinary people, Plane Authority seemed exalted indeed. It let someone directly wield the might of the Plane Ancient Dao, stand almost above every living being in the plane, and toy with them at will. For many, that was an irresistible temptation.
But to Li Yun, while it was a power that could lift someone to the heavens in a single step, it was also a shackle.
There was no free lunch in this world.
For someone to gain, without cultivation, power that others could hardly attain after thousands of epochs of effort was a contradiction in itself.
It defied all logic.
Even if such a thing were possible, it would surely come at a price.
And that price would exceed the hardship of cultivation.
To gain the power to dominate an entire plane by seizing its Authority might mean binding oneself to the Plane Ancient Dao forever.
The Plane Ancient Dao would raise you up, but it would inevitably bind you too.
How could such power compare to the wonder of strength gained through cultivation—strength that would always be your own?
That said...
Plane Authority was not what he ultimately sought, but while he was not yet strong enough, borrowing it for a while would make for a superb aid.
Put plainly, it came down to one sentence.
I don't seek it, but that doesn't mean I can't use it.
At most, Plane Authority could be a tool in his hands. It would never become the foundation on which he relied for the rest of his life.
So after the Divine Lord Guangming left, Li Yun's attention soon returned to the Myriad Gods Realm.
The Myriad Gods