"It was will!" The Sun God's voice carried calmly, yet it suppressed every surging will, including Di Nai's.
"You think my will was weak just because my path had been smooth?"
"Who said that?"
The Sun God said, "Will has nothing to do with hardship, nor does it have anything to do with setbacks!"
"Along the way, I handled countless matters, and every single one elevated my will to another level."
"Because they convinced me that I could do it, that I could succeed, that I would inevitably ascend to the highest place and make everything change according to my will!"
"This confidence in oneself is something you found difficult to experience before, isn't it?" the Sun God said.
Di Nai's expression turned ashen. The other surrounding wills now seemed to have become insubstantial things, unable to have any further effect on the Sun God.
"Will is not something that exists independently. It is tied to what one possesses."
"In that regard, I far surpass all of you."
The Sun God's words were undeniably true.
People always believed that only suffering could forge great will, but whether one's will was strong had never been deeply connected to suffering.
When an individual endured hardship, it was the growth of their self-awareness and the spiritual wealth they possessed that propelled their will forward.
Yet the Sun God's spiritual wealth had also been growing all along. He had never been weak.
Di Nai still wanted to say something.
But the Sun God seized him by the throat and killed him.
Treading over his enemy's corpse, the Sun God only felt his will grow stronger.
Defeating a powerful enemy truly was exhilarating!
As his will returned to his body, the Sun God's power rose once more.
His perception spread outward along with his divine