Li spoke slowly. "Do you know where your Gaia Giant Serpent clan went wrong?"
Gulman stared at Li with wide eyes. "Wrong? My clan was wrong? We merely chose the wrong time to start the war, which was why we lost to those people who pride themselves on individuality."
Li sighed. So-called refinement meant making the other party believe that you were someone who could help fulfill their wish, making them acknowledge the refiner as a one-of-a-kind god—in other words, earning their conviction. But this fellow's greatest wish was simply too immense. The Gaia Giant Serpent clan had once existed on a level where they could look up at the Supreme Gods.
Gulman had already fought Li, so he naturally knew that although Li was powerful, he could not stand against the Supreme Gods.
If Li could not contend with the Supreme Gods, then he had no way to fulfill Gulman's wish of restoring his clan.
And by that logic, Li had no way to refine him.
"Nothing under heaven has ever been able to survive solely on the strength of a single clan. Yes, from an individual perspective, living alone is indeed terribly lonely. Because of such barriers, even members of the same race cannot truly communicate from the heart. They will doubt one another, clash with one another, and breed hatred and conflict. Yet it is precisely because of the flaws in their individual consciousness that they seek unity and mutual aid. They strive to progress, strive to adjust themselves, and seek the path toward ultimate harmony..."
Listening to Li, Gulman sneered. "So what? Why not connect everyone's consciousness from the very beginning? Then wouldn't everyone be able to move toward the same goal from the start? Wouldn't they be able to..."
Li gave a cold laugh. "That's