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..."Why?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Because he is too green."
Bibi Dong evaluated bluntly, "Huo Yuhao's current strength, although claimed to be a demi-god and even capable of slaying gods with external help, is, to put it plainly, too cluttered and hollow in its power system."
"Most of his abilities were bestowed upon him through the empowerment of Electrolux, a Necromancer from another plane, while the rest were forcibly stacked up by the group of spirit souls found for him by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm."
"His own understanding of the Laws of heaven and earth is still at a very Elementary stage."
"To become a god, especially a Divinity capable of guarding a region and possessing independent authority, power alone is not enough; one must have a profound understanding of the Laws."
"If he wants to take the path of creating his own God Position..."
Bibi Dong shook her head, "With his current foundation, even with the Luck of the Douluo Star added, he would need to remain in seclusion for at least several hundred years to truly touch the threshold of a God Position and condense his own Godhead."
"Hundreds of years?" Xuan Ming frowned. "That long?"
"That's already very fast." Bibi Dong rolled her eyes at him. "Do you think everyone is a freak like you? Condensing a Supreme God Position just by sleeping?"
"Then... what about a Legacy God Position?"
Xuan Ming asked, "There are so many gods in the God Realm now, aren't there any who want to retire? Couldn't they just throw a First-level Main God position for him to inherit?"
"That's the most awkward part."
Bibi Dong spread her hands and smiled helplessly, "In the past God Realm, everyone found it boring, Life was as bland as plain water, so they'd pass down their God Position at the first opportunity and go wandering in the Universe."
"But it's different now."
"Since the Great God Circle project started, the God Realm has been flourishing. New planes are joining every day, and there are new challenges and fun things every day. Everyone is working with great enthusiasm and drive."
"At a time like this, who would want to retire?"
"Passing down a God Position means losing one's place in the God Realm's establishment and the qualification to participate in this great cosmic expansion. Only a fool would do that."
Xuan Ming couldn't help but chuckle at that.
Indeed.
The current God Realm was like a super startup in a high-growth phase; everyone held original shares, waiting for the IPO dividends.
Asking people to resign now? Not a chance.
"So..."
Xuan Ming stroked his chin, "In other words, that kid Huo Yuhao still has to endure in the Mortal World?"
"Exactly."
Bibi Dong nodded, "Let him endure. For him, this is also a form of tempering."
"His power came too quickly and too easily. If it isn't polished by time, even if he truly becomes a god, he'll just be a hollow pseudo-god."
"Let him stay on the Douluo Star as a Mortal for a few hundred more years, to witness the joys and sorrows of the human World, and to handle complex political affairs and the human heart."
"When he truly sees through the rules and understands the Laws, becoming a god then will be a natural progression."
Hearing this, Xuan Ming nodded thoughtfully.
"That's fine too."
"Time is not an issue for us."
"It just so happens I can see how far he can go as a human."
"Back then, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and the others guarded the Douluo Star for thousands of years, but as soon as they left, order collapsed."
"Huo Yuhao has now re-established the rules and rebuilt the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda."
"I want to see how long he can maintain this clarity without the support of a God Position, in a state where this Mortal body will age and tire."
"Will he be like me back then, a high-and-mighty Arbiter?"
"Or can he truly forge a path... that even I couldn't finish?"
"Couldn't finish?"
Bibi Dong scoffed, put down her teacup, her eyes full of "contempt" for the man before her.
"You call that not finishing? That was clearly pure laziness and a lack of interest."
"When you were undergoing the Godly Trial, you were already in contact with the Law powers of the five Original God Kings: Kindness, Evil, Asura, Destruction, and Life. At that time, you were already standing on the shoulders of giants."
"Later in the Dragon Tomb, you even drifted outside the long river of time, condensing your own Godhead in that void that even a God King cannot reach."
"You can see the past, the future, and even things of higher dimensions that exist outside of time."
"If you wanted to, you could easily untie all the dead knots in this World. You could establish a truly perfect Utopia without any flaws. You could make all living beings operate according to the most perfect trajectory under your will."
"You have the ability and the wisdom."
"You just... didn't want to do it."
"You were never interested in mundane affairs. The World in your eyes is too big, so big it cannot accommodate a tiny Douluo Star, or even the trivial management of a God Realm."
Facing Bibi Dong's teasing and "exposure," Xuan Ming did not argue. He just shook his head, his expression calm, even carrying a hint of frank laziness.
"No interest means not finishing."
Xuan Ming said indifferently, "In this dimension, consequentialism is the truth. No matter how much ability I have, if I didn't do it, or if I threw it away halfway, then it counts as not finishing."
He raised his hand, looking at the slowly circulating Primal Divine Power in his palm, his gaze becoming deep.
"Developing an interest in something for a short time is impulse, passion. Even a Mortal, as long as they have that three-minute heat, can burst forth with amazing power to create miracles."
"But to consistently persist in doing one thing throughout years that are long to the point of being nearly eternal, that is the hardest part."
"As an administrator of the God Realm, dealing with those boring official documents day after day and balancing the interests of all parties, you should know this better than I do."
Xuan Ming sighed, leaning back on his divine throne, his gaze seemingly piercing through time and space, returning to the era when he was just a weak Spirit Master.
"Along this journey, my motivation was never to benefit the World, nor to establish an immortal foundation, and certainly not to be some savior."
"What I have fought for, what I have hoped for, from beginning to end, is only one thing: I didn't want to live in fear anymore."
"I was just... afraid of dying."
"I wanted to live, to live with dignity, and for you all to live well too. For this goal, I could kill gods if they blocked me, kill Buddhas if they blocked me; I could calculate everything and push all my potential to the limit."
Xuan Ming spread his hands, "But now, I have achieved it."
"I am already standing at the peak of the Universe. No one can threaten us anymore, and no one can make me live in fear again."
"That drive that supported my wild sprint has naturally dissipated."
"If you ask me now to expend my mental energy for those mundane trifles of Mortals, for that so-called righteousness, to watch over them every day like a nanny..."
"I'm sorry, I really can't do it."
Listening to Xuan Ming's self-dissecting words, the teasing in Bibi Dong's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a touch of deep tenderness.
She knew, of course.
This man seemed powerful and invincible, cold and arrogant, but deep in his heart, there still lived that cautious boy.
His strength was forced out of him.
His coldness was his protective coloring.
When all threats vanished, he just wanted to be a salted fish, staying with his wife and children on a warm bed. This was the truest version of him.
"So..."
Xuan Ming sat up straight, his gaze returning to the Douluo Star in the Lower Realm, toward Huo Yuhao, who was rebuilding order on the ruins.
"This is what I want to see."
"Huo Yuhao is full of passion now because he is still fighting, because he still has enemies and injustices."
"But when he also stands in that position, when he is also invincible in the World, and when he faces the day-after-day boredom and the endless greed of human nature..."
"Without the blessing of the eternal state of mind brought by a God Position, using a Mortal body to resist the erosion of those long years."
"Can he still keep his original heart?"
"Can he maintain that passion to benefit the World for a thousand years? Ten thousand years?"
"If he can do it, then he will truly be qualified to become the guardian god of that World."
"If he cannot..."
"Then it will be nothing more than... another Reincarnation."