The Third Path: Trying to Defy One's Superior, Add Points! Firewood?
That didn't sound like a good fate at all.
Naturally, Lu Qingyun was unwilling.
But... the Emperor before him might not choose to spare him either.
"If I don't become firewood, then what must I do?"
Lu Qingyun spoke in a deep voice.
Though this Emperor was most likely not here in his true body, he was still powerful enough to slaughter Immortal Kings like dogs.
To resist him head-on...
Unless absolutely necessary, Lu Qingyun truly did not want to do that.
Hearing Lu Qingyun's question, the gray-robed man suddenly gave a soft laugh.
His laughter was quiet, yet it seemed to drift over from before the ages, carrying the weathered detachment of one who had seen through the passage of time. Chaos currents gently rose and fell with his laughter, and even that dazzling sword radiance spanning billions upon billions of miles trembled slightly.
"Very simple."
The gray-robed man withdrew his gaze, his tone as flat as though he were stating a fact. "Betray the Chaos Domain you belong to. Join us and become one of us."
He paused, then continued, "However, to ensure that you do not betray us, I will place a restriction deep within your Primordial Spirit, just to be safe. What do you say?"
"You should think this through carefully."
There was an arrogance in the gray-robed man's tone that seemed only natural. "If not for your unusual talent—if not for the fact that you have taken a path no one has ever walked before, a path that gives you hope of stepping into my realm of Emperor in the future—your fate would be exactly the same as those Immortal King ants just now."
He was speaking the truth.
Though he was an Emperor,