Such an answer was not within Li Ke's expectations, but the goddess continued to speak in a matter-of-fact manner.
"Until the end of your life, I will be your partner. No matter what decision you make, as long as it can uphold justice and make the world a better place, I will support you unconditionally, even if it means losing my life."
There was a sincere smile on her face. When Li Ke saw the soul of her god, her soul was also frighteningly transparent, proving that when she said these words, she wholeheartedly believed so.
"No matter what you become, no matter what you do to me, everything I have will belong to you. As long as you promise me to accept my power and use your own will to make all intelligent beings happy, I am willing to be your wife."
Li Ke subconsciously took a step back. He was finally sure that the goddess in front of him was a real god. Whether it was her feelings, determination, or ability, she was an existence that surpassed human beings.
"If you don't want to get along with a god, I will serve you like a mortal wife. As long as you think so, I will do it."
Li Ke could not understand. If Hanson and the gods he killed could be explained by the fact that they had changed, then could all the gods have changed?
If the gods were such existences, then how could they have deteriorated to such a state in just a few thousand years?
The only major event was the capture of the Dragon King. It could not be that after they captured the Dragon King, something infected them, right?
The curse of the Dragon King, or they had changed because they had grasped the power of the Dragon King in the following time?
Or perhaps …
Was it because of the ascenders?
"Don't you think this is unfair to you? The conditions you mentioned did not restrict me in any way, but I can get power and everything, even a beautiful wife, for free. What about you? What can you get? "
Li Ke felt that he had grasped something. He took a step forward and looked at the goddess in front of him.
"What can you get? What is it that makes you gods keep looking for me? Is helping others selflessly that important to you? All life forms in this world are selfish. They only act for the sake of their own survival. But what about you? "
"Or for you gods, watching us lowly mortals live a better life under your grace will satisfy your sympathy and give you a sense of superiority?"
Li Ke really wanted to know what these gods were thinking when they obviously hadn't changed. Where did their motives come from, and why did they do it?
"That's not the case."
The goddess looked at Li Ke with pity and tenderness. She reached out her hand and stroked Li Ke's trembling face.
"All the sufferings in life come from the inadequacy of one's own abilities. Compared to us gods, mortals are born with countless flaws, so there is endless pain."
Tears appeared at the corners of her eyes.
"Loneliness, fear, hunger, harm. No matter which world they are from, no matter what form they take, the lives of mortals have all kinds of flaws and inadequacies. So, we want to do one thing."
"What is it?"
Li Ke felt that he had grasped the key. This god's answer could answer all his questions.
"We want all life in this world to be free from these troubles, but because they can only do all this by becoming gods like us, we want all intelligent life in this world to become …"
She seemed to see an exceptionally beautiful picture in her eyes. The sadness on her cheeks also turned into joy and anticipation.
On the other hand, Li Ke's hands were trembling a little. He had already thought of the answer that the goddess would give, but he wanted to confirm it one last time.
"God."
Ridiculous.
How ridiculous.
Li Ke didn't want to believe the words of the woman in front of him. He couldn't connect the woman in front of him with the people in the future who would ignore the lives of an entire planet and a century for a goal.
But if he thought about it from a different perspective, it didn't seem to be a problem.
If sacrificing the lives of one or two planets in exchange for the entire world to be free of worries and suffering, then even Li Ke had to say that it was worth it.
Moreover, it was easy to figure out why they wanted to capture the Dragon King.
In this world, only the Dragon King had the ability to turn all life in this world into life similar to the Astral Spirits.
Moreover, they still had the Void to deal with. So whether it was out of the ideals of these gods or to save this world, they had to capture Aurelian Thor. Aurelian Thor was like the creator of this world.
But the funny thing was that their actions of capturing the incarnation of 'movement' in this world made the world set them in the position of the villains. And with his arrival, he continued to push everything in this world to restart it.
He was indeed a devil.
His existence would cause the plan of the entire world to fail. He would allow the Dragon King to escape and restart the world.
How ridiculous.
The people of this world didn't need a savior from the beginning. They only needed to advance step by step according to the plan of the gods. On the contrary, his arrival had put the plan in jeopardy.
So Li Ke found it ridiculous that the interests of the world clashed with the interests of his children. The gods who controlled the world were on the side of the mortals.
The gods weren't corrupted, or rather, they weren't corrupted that much. If what the goddess in front of him said was true, then the gods he saw in the future shouldn't be too different from the gods of the present. The only difference was the perspective he saw them from.
The current him was someone the gods thought highly of, someone they wanted to make the world better. Judging from the attitude of these gods, they didn't intend to forcefully change the wills of the mortals. Instead, they continued to guide and let the mortals make their own choices and create their own history.
They wouldn't make choices on behalf of the mortals, nor would they choose to control the mortals unless they were willing to be controlled.
Those who ascended and those who were directly chosen had climbed the Giant God Peak because they had something to ask of the gods. It was also because they had something to ask of the gods that the gods chose and summoned them.
In the past, he thought that the gods were looking at them as a joke and selecting the elites who could catch their eye. But now, it seemed like there was something positive about it.
They didn't want to interfere too much with humans and didn't want their power to be used by the selfish desires of humans. Because after they gave their power, they wouldn't interfere with the actions of humans and would let them make their own choices.
That was why they had to select those who could make them feel at ease and who could guide the mortals to completion. Only such people could correctly use power beyond the understanding of mortals and become gods from mortals. Their hearts wouldn't be blinded by powerful power and they wouldn't shrink from committing all kinds of crimes.
So …
So …
Instead, the mortals were dragging them down?
Li Ke subconsciously grabbed Leona's hair around his waist. In his opinion, this fellow wasn't qualified. But according to this grand plan, she was indeed a qualified screw.
With her personality, she was able to fulfill her historical mission very well, and with the relatively extreme Diana's activity, she could also make the people of the two races not really fight to the death.
Everything.
Is too ridiculous.
Li Ke closed his eyes and thought about his goal.
"So, even if it means wiping out life on a planet, restraining a god who created the world, and sacrificing a small number of people, it's only right … right?"
The goddess revealed a surprised expression. The human in front of her shouldn't be aware of their plan. But to Li Ke's question, she still answered.
"Yes, this is the only way. Only the great Aurelian Sol has the power to make everything happen. That's why we need his power. But it's a pity that he won't agree to it. "
They had once requested the dragon king to share the power and knowledge of the stars with the mortals so that they could use the power of the stars to stop hunger and pain. But the dragon king rejected them.
His duty was to light up the stars and make this world more lively. So it was fine if the mortals grasped the power of the stars themselves. As long as they didn't go overboard, he wouldn't take action. But correspondingly, he couldn't take the initiative to let the power of the stars be extracted.
No matter how small and inconspicuous the mortals were, this was unacceptable to him.
And he was very clear about the power and bad habits of the mortals.
Although he rejected the request of the gods, the dragon king didn't mean to look down on the mortals of this world. With his wisdom, he could easily figure out what terrible and amazing things would be done if imperfect things wanted to be perfect.
So he rejected them.
He also didn't think that mortals could truly grasp the power and duties of the gods. The minds of mortals were too fragile and short-sighted. Most of the mortal races couldn't even learn to respect the world. Even if they had great power, they wouldn't be like the gods and fulfill their mission dutifully. Instead, they would pursue everything more intensely.
If they were given power that surpassed their own kind, they would want to dominate all of their kind. If they were given the power of the gods, they would definitely not think of using this power to better benefit the world, but how to dominate the world and make everything under their control.
And if he were to share his power with everyone in this world, then he was sure that his death and that of the world would be imminent.
It wasn't that mortals couldn't become gods, but it would take a long time for them to understand what they should do with their power. And it would take too long for their minds to transform, so long that they would make a mess of the world before they successfully transformed.
So no matter what, the dragon king wouldn't share his power with the mortals of this world.
Li Ke thought of this in an instant, because if it were him, he wouldn't do this either. Before most people's moral standards reached a certain level, the only result of him sharing his power would be the destruction of Valoran, not prosperity.
And this also reminded him of the ascenders of Shurima.
Indeed, the root cause of Shurima's destruction was the rebellion of Akasya. The Void summoned by the Akasyans corroded the ascenders and greatly weakened the national power of Shurima.
But what was the root cause? It was because Shurima, with countless ascenders, couldn't really make Akasya a part of Shurima. It was because Shurima, led by these ascenders, couldn't satisfy the people of Akasya.
The ascenders of Shurima were made by the gods with the power of the dragon king. They could be understood as soldiers or experimental subjects.
But they were also gods, people who were turned into gods by the gods.
They had minds that surpassed human beings, and they had the power and wisdom of the gods, but what did they do?
They didn't lead the people of this world to prosperity. Instead, they used this power to fight with the mortals, used this power to ensure that another group of mortals enslaved and exploited their own kind, and even let their kind live a miserable life.
Therefore, it could be said that Shurima had disappointed the gods, or rather, these mortals who had become gods had disappointed the gods.
Everything formed a circle, and everything was clear in Li Ke's mind. But he still had to confirm whether the goddess in front of him was telling the truth, and whether the other gods were working hard for this goal.
If that was the case, then his actions and goals would become meaningless, because he would be the biggest stumbling block on his path forward.
Li Ke didn't want to be like this, but whether it was the information he got from Atokus or the gods of this era, they all told him this result.
He really didn't care about the lives of this world.
Nothing could be more ridiculous than this.
He worked hard to become the hero he wanted to be, but in the end, this was the result.
But he wouldn't give up so easily. Whether it was transmigration, magic, or everything in this world was a miracle to him. If this world really wanted him to be the villain that no one needed and recognized, he would work hard to find the answer that could make everything happy.
He wanted to be the hero he wanted to be, he didn't want to be the demon king.
"… I never thought that there would be a day when I would pray for a miracle. No … the miracle has always been by my side. God, stop me, I have a question for you to answer. "
"Speak."
"Can a person only accept the power and wisdom of one god?"
The goddess looked at Li Ke in confusion. She found it harder and harder to understand the thoughts of the person closest to the gods in this world.
"That's not it. It's just that a mortal's body and soul is unable to bear our power, so it's best to only accept the power and knowledge of one god."
Li Ke nodded and walked past the goddess in front of him, continuing towards the peak of Giant God Peak. There were still many things he needed to understand, so he wouldn't stop for anyone.
"I understand."
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