"I'm not the one who's wrong-this world is?"
At first, Li Chen could not help laughing at that impassioned answer, but a moment later, his expression gradually grew grave.
"Exactly!"
What made humans human was their capacity for thought and intelligence.
During their youth, as they grew up, everyone had more or less entertained the notion that they were extraordinary-or, perhaps, recognized that they were unique within heaven and earth and the universe.
Growing up taught all living beings mediocrity. After countless twists and turns, life ultimately wore down their sharp edges.
But Li Chen had lived two lives, and he was no longer who he had once been.
He was one of this world's foremost Great Powers, a towering figure who was leading the age, changing the Dao Path, and bringing an unprecedented, immense impact to this Myriad Heavens Universe. He had every right to say those words.
Heavenly Pivot truly understood his heart. Her answer was Li Chen's own answer.
Deep in his heart, had Li Chen not also wanted to escape this murky, chaotic Mortal World and establish an ideal land of his own?
In truth, he could fully understand what the three Puppet Dao Masters had done. Just as new nobles defeated old nobles to gain standing and status in the cycle of dynasties, Puppet Masters had only two ways to acquire Spiritual Roots: violent plunder, or marriage and reconciliation.
Were rebellions in the mundane world not also a matter of eating flesh and drinking blood from the corpse of the old dynasty, or inheriting bloodlines and wealth through marriage?
But he wanted to break these cycles and forge an entirely new path.
"Creation is the very foundation of a Puppet Master!"
"This world... even the Myriad Heavens Universe is wrong. Spiritual Roots and cultivators should