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Li Heng spoke these matters aloud.

The Spirit of the Throne trembled for a moment, muttering to itself, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how could you create such... such a twisted cultivation art!?"

It was somewhat panicked; such a cultivation art that violated human nature...

Twisted? Li Heng smiled upon hearing this.

"Do you think this is twisted? Could it be that in your eyes, everything is about the weak being prey to the strong, the strong exploiting the weak, and no one ever truly acts for the sake of all living beings?"

He asked the Spirit of the Throne in return.

The Spirit of the Throne immediately retorted, "Isn't it?"

But the next moment, it fell silent again.

It recalled the words of His Majesty from back then.

"The Heavenly Court did not appear to dominate all living beings."

Recalling it now, His Majesty's earnest teachings were still engraved in its mind, echoing incessantly. It just had never taken them to heart, feeling they were merely empty words for show.

Perhaps the Heavenly Court was not created to dominate all living beings. But all living beings must be under the domination of the Heavenly Court! This was the thought of most Immortal Gods in the Heavenly Court.

"It seems you already have an answer."

Seeing the Spirit of the Throne deep in thought, Li Heng said calmly.

"The Great Void is endless; there will naturally be those who establish a heart for the Void and establish a destiny for all sentient beings. If you think all the strong are merely preying on the weak, that is what you call naive, and it is not comprehensive."

"But, but, most living beings are selfish, aren't they?"

The Spirit of the Throne spoke in confusion.

"Yes, that's right, selfish. And the scope you mentioned is still too small; it is not just most living beings, one could say the vast majority, ninety-nine percent of living beings are selfish."

Li Heng responded with a smile.

"Then, why..." the Spirit of the Throne asked in doubt.

"Because being selfish does not mean one cannot benefit others, and being selfish does not mean one must damage the interests of others, or must exploit others to achieve oneself; otherwise, how could the word 'win-win' even exist?"

Before the Spirit of the Throne could finish, Li Heng had already explained.

"Win-win, isn't that too naive?"

The Spirit of the Throne was astonished, feeling it somewhat absurd.

One must know that the human heart is unfathomable. Thinking of cooperating with others for a win-win? The other party might not think so at all; they might be thinking of stabbing you in the back, devouring everything you have, and achieving themselves.

Such naive people usually do not live long.

"Yes, that's right, naive."

Li Heng nodded, not denying this viewpoint.

Proposing a selfless viewpoint amidst selfish human nature is indeed very naive in most situations, and even makes one a complete fool, nothing more than a flower in a greenhouse.

"Then..."

The Spirit of the Throne just wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Li Heng the next moment.

"But so what if it's naive? If the weak do this, it is indeed naive, and they die quickly. But for the strong, this kind of naivety cannot cause any impact at all."

"Because if you don't cooperate with me for a win-win, I'll just slaughter you and change to the next partner. In any case, the Great Void is infinite, and the worlds and living beings are countless; there will always be one who is obedient."

"You call others naive, but they call this verifying their own path. If you block their path, then you must be slaughtered."

Li Heng spoke calmly, his tone without a ripple, but precisely because of this, in the stark contrast, his words made one think deeply and feel terrified, causing one's scalp to tingle; they contained intense killing intent and baleful aura.

"They just feel that the Great Void should be 'you are good, I am good, everyone is good', cooperation and win-win, everyone like a dragon, and use this to verify their own path. You think it won't work, but they think it will; if you are still unconvinced, both sides have a fight, and whoever survives is right."

Finally, Li Heng summarized and said.

The Spirit of the Throne fell into an endless silence.

It understood a little.

But its understanding was not an understanding of the Heavenly Emperor's love for all living beings; it still found that absurd. Its understanding was merely that after hearing Li Heng's words, it felt this was just His Majesty verifying his own path, treating the Great Void as a testing ground, nothing more.

Li Heng knew that this Spirit of the Throne's understanding must have deviated somewhat, but he was too lazy to continue speaking; after all, the worldviews of the two were not on the same level.

It is like asking a remnant of the feudal era to understand modern society; even if they knew the efficiency of modern society's operation was far higher than that of the feudal society, they would likely be scolded as people without lords or fathers, or as those who practice strange and devious crafts.

"You should probably understand now, right?"

"Your Majesty happens to be known as the first of all heavens."

The Spirit of the Throne nodded slowly; it did indeed understand this point, but if it hadn't guessed wrong, even if His Majesty left behind Heaven and Earth, he only intended to cultivate one Heavenly Emperor, right? How did it become cultivating countless Heavenly Emperors in the mouth of this Imperial Teacher?

Everyone is a Heavenly Emperor? Isn't that still nonsense?

Li Heng was clear about the thoughts of the Spirit of the Throne, but he was too lazy to continue explaining; this involved his confrontation with the Heavenly Emperor and the surprise he was about to give that Heavenly Emperor.

What is the meaning of the position of Heavenly Emperor?

Why did this position appear?

Is it purely to rule over all living beings?

He felt it was not.

In his view, this was merely because all living beings were weak, so they needed a supreme one to help guide their path and lead them toward a more powerful future, so as not to fall into internal strife due to differing opinions.

But this was limited to when all living beings were weak.

Once all living beings were not weak, or even everyone was like a dragon, then it would be a group of dragons without a leader, and the world would be at peace; where would there be any Heavenly Emperor? Everyone would be their own Heavenly Emperor, not worth them kneeling or bowing to.

The Heavenly Emperor might feel the Void was dim and Calamity was rampant, and that there needed to be another Supreme to help guide all living beings and protect them.

Li Heng, however, felt there was no need for such trouble.

It would be better to directly let all living beings grow up, making them all strong, all their own Heavenly Emperors; in any case, the Great Void is infinite, and resources are also infinite, which can fully support this possibility.

The most critical thing is that this also does not conflict with his path.

Although his path of containing everything involves the path of Heaven, the path of Heaven is not the path of the Heavenly Emperor; it is not to dominate all living beings, but to encompass everything.

It is like how people would rebel against an emperor, but would they rebel against Heaven and Earth? Unless the Heavenly Dao suppresses the Human Dao, it is rare.

Not to mention that his Way of Heaven is not the Way of Heaven and Earth, but an objective external world in the conceptual sense; if one wants to rebel against him, one must first rebel against oneself, for after all, humans have always been within the objective external world.

"Then, Lord Imperial Teacher, what do you intend to do?"

The Spirit of the Divine Throne spoke up to ask.

"No, you should ask this 'Heavenly Emperor Scripture'."

Li Heng looked toward this Heavenly Emperor scripture.

"You are already a mature 'Heavenly Emperor Scripture'; it is time to learn how to act on your own and spread the Dao yourself."

He said to the 'Heavenly Emperor Scripture'.

The Spirit of the Divine Throne was instantly stunned; what was Lord Imperial Teacher doing?

Wait, this is the Light of Sentience!

Suddenly, he saw a golden light burst forth from within the Heavenly Emperor Scripture, and he was horrified in his heart, immediately recognizing the properties of this radiance.

Then he heard a voice coming from the 'Heavenly Emperor Scripture', slightly immature, yet incomparably firm.

"Many thanks to the Imperial Teacher for opening my sentience; I guarantee I will complete the mission!"