"Three choices, and if I don't pick one, I die?"
The moment Ye Chen said that, Li Yun's expression froze. Anger flickered in his eyes.
Clearly, Ye Chen's words had infuriated him.
Of course, Ye Chen himself wasn't the problem.
It was this so-called three-way dilemma.
Li Yun hadn't expected this either. All he'd wanted was to ask Ye Chen about the mysteries of Primordial Emperor Nature. How had that led to a predicament like this?
Had he struggled through all that cultivation just to face a forced recruitment?
And if he refused, he died?
To hell with that...
Even in the mortal world, where rivals fought to claim the realm, how many people would cheerfully submit to someone else after struggling to carve out a kingdom of their own?
And this was cultivation. The path he walked was his own future!
He would rather die than accept such recruitment!
Seeing his expression, Ye Chen quickly restrained his aura. He smiled, softened his tone, and patiently explained.
"Don't get angry or worked up yet. Calm down and hear me out."
"What the Other Shore True Gods fight over is Authority. They absorb all kinds of Lesser Authority to strengthen their own True God Authority... That's the path they've always followed!"
"If one True God doesn't fight for it, another will. There are no exceptions."
"Things like this happen all the time across the Myriad Worlds. You could even say they happen every moment."
"Gods who wield the Primordial Authority of Lesser Worlds are targets every Other Shore True God wants to seize. Those who become gods through a Lesser World's Primordial Authority are pitifully weak compared to Other Shore True Gods. Choosing one to rely on is perfectly normal. There are almost no exceptions."
Ye Chen paused, then continued.
"Once