At this moment.
Li Yue once again felt the sense of "Mortal Transformation." This time, unlike before, he wasn't experiencing the life he should have lived in his previous incarnation within an illusion.
Instead, he truly gathered away all his mighty power, regarded himself as a mortal, and lived in this world, experiencing the myriad facets of mortal life.
"Perhaps—"
"I was also affected by the Five Elements Mortal Qi, which gave me this state of mind."
"Or perhaps—"
"This is the very reason one must gather the Five Elements Mortal Qi to advance to the Subordinate First Rank Divine Order."
His expression was calm, just like that of an ordinary mortal, as he watched the five or six children in the shop reading their books with great concentration.
Meanwhile.
The time had come to head to the Azure Origin Chaos World and attend the God King Banquet.
Whoosh—
With a thought.
He left behind an avatar where he stood, while the Venerable One had already arrived at Great Void.
This time, he had no clone to send to the Azure Origin Chaos World.
At the Quasi-Immortal King level, Eternal God City could no longer copy an avatar identical to him.
So he could only go in person.
In truth.
For a Deity, the "Venerable One" didn't matter much.
Even if he fell, he would be reborn in the Divine Domain. Even many kinds of special harm he had suffered—such as corruption, damage to his consciousness, and enslavement—would be wiped away by nine-tenths upon rebirth, with only a portion remaining.
As long as he didn't suffer them repeatedly in a short period, they could always be cleared away.
That was what made Deities so terrifying.
As long as the Divine Domain endured, Deities could not die.
That was also why,