I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

“Diana, just as you said. After baptism, the wizards of the East will, like those wizards in history who converted to the church, prosper in the Kingdom of Heaven and may even have a divine position.”

And as time goes by, they will forget what they once truly believed in—wisdom and truth.

They are fortunate, because even though they have forgotten their former identities and beliefs, they are still gods, and it is only at this moment that they have become true gods.

But the mortals who remain in the human world are unfortunate. Because in just a few hundred years, or even just three generations, they will be transformed from humans into sheep!

Then, this place will once again become a ranch. And we will become its new gods. Only, we will become its farmers.

And we will forget everything that once was.”

“Roland, you lack confidence in yourself.” Olivier shook his head and said, “You lack confidence in yourself, in us, and in all wizards. We will not fall. As long as we live, this world will never become a pasture.”

"Hehe. Diana, it's not that I lack self-confidence, but that you are too young. You haven't seen enough."

Roland sighed again. "Diana, I haven't seen 'this future,' but I've seen far too many similar things!"

I am not a saint, neither are you, neither are any of us, so we will eventually fall.

But there exists a true saint in this world, an absolutely selfless and absolutely rational saint, and he is the light of dawn.

Even with the guidance of the dawn, the decline of civilization could not be avoided.

Even if we start over a thousand or ten thousand times, as long as we accept the gods' 'amnesty,' civilization will inevitably decline!

Even if this generation of wizards is incredibly steadfast, the next generation, and the generation after that, will eventually utterly fall into depravity.

Roland looked at Olivia: "I remember when we were negotiating by the river, you said that the gods would create a peaceful Eden, and that people would only need to pray to the gods to obtain everything."

Power, wealth, desire—when everything is readily available, no one can resist the temptation.

When corruption begins to grow at the roots, the towering tree will decay and rot at an unimaginable speed, eventually collapsing to the ground.

Diana, the reason why the civilization of the Eastern Wizards has been able to grow into a towering tree is because we live in what the gods consider 'suffering'.

Labor is the only way for us to obtain resources for survival, therefore we will continuously develop productivity and move forward! We will never stop.

Once we enter Eden, we have reached our end.

The Garden of Eden required neither labor nor production, nor the fruit of knowledge.

This is the rule!

An irreversible law!
The structure of the Kingdom of Heaven is destined to prevent the flourishing of the great tree of truth!

The wizarding system requires curiosity, questioning, and a thirst for knowledge.

However, one should not be curious about, question, or pry into the secrets of God regarding the system of faith!
The Tree of Truth could not thrive in the Garden of Eden of the gods.

Once we enter Eden, the existing scientific system in the East will inevitably be replaced by a belief system.

In a few hundred years, or even just three generations, the Dawn New Church will become another Protestant Church of Light and Shadow, and we will become the new gods.

Roland spoke at length, but Olivia remained unmoved. She shook her head and said, "Roland, the reason why the Kingdom of Heaven opens its doors to you is not to make you become us, but to make us become you."

There are some things that the gods may find difficult to say, but you should be able to glean some insight from the Kingdom of Heaven's plans for the future—I've said it before, the Kingdom of Heaven needs to change!

Over the years, the gods have long seen the flaws in the Paradise of Light and Shadow. These flaws cannot be patched up no matter what, they can only be changed!
As you said, the existing system of Heaven is no longer suitable for the development of the times. Reform is the only way out, and it is precisely because the gods chose my proposal that this opportunity to break the cycle of reincarnation has come about.

Roland shook his head and said, "Diana, I know you hope that these new blood wizards can change the current Heaven."

Even many gods in heaven hoped that this reformation would change everything.

I can see that the Kingdom of Heaven hopes that the wizards can continue to develop our wisdom, and has even granted us great power.

But this reform was destined to fail!
Because the fall of the Kingdom of Heaven is systemic! It's a flawed system! It can only be overturned and rebuilt!
No matter how many new blood joins, within this system of faith, they are all destined to slowly forget the past and become true gods! And no matter how much turmoil they stirred up before their 'death,' it will eventually return to calm!
Therefore, we are destined to become you.

And when we become new gods, just like you did 70,000 years ago, who will be able to resolve the next crisis?
Should we train another group of wizards?

As Roland spoke, Olivia gradually drifted into memories.

"Roland, I faced the same choice as you back then. I ultimately chose to join the Kingdom of Heaven with the wizards."

Even in the countless reincarnations that followed, even when I regained my memories, I would make the same choice.

But that's not because I believe this path will work.

After a pause, Olivia continued, "Actually, I know better than anyone that the so-called reformation can only prolong the lifespan of Heaven and make the cycle of reincarnation longer. It cannot truly change everything."

I know that if we choose this path, we may continue to go through the same cycle again and again, and continue to suffer.

But we had no other choice.

Roland, you just said that after accepting the 'amnesty,' the wizards of the East might degenerate into new gods after three generations.

But we still have at least three generations to go, don't we?
Taking this path will allow the world to continue for at least another hundred years, and perhaps in that hundred years we will find true hope.

Besides, we had no other choice at all.

The gods did indeed say that the Book of Madness and Evil was no longer necessary, but that was after the divine and human realms had been connected. Once the divine and human realms were connected, this world and Heaven were completely anchored together and could not be separated.

Escaping before the passage is repaired is impossible, because if we escape, we can only travel on the Light of Dawn. This means we can only take the Book of Madness with us, which is like taking the gods of Heaven to another plane. We still cannot escape the control of the gods.

Roland, we cannot be separated from the gods. Do we have any other choice but to accept the conditions of Heaven and join them?

“Defeat them.” Roland said with absolute certainty, “Diana, we can defeat them—I once said that even if we carried out my and O’Reilly’s plan, it would be impossible to defeat them, but everything you have done makes me believe that we have hope of victory.”

Diana, we can defeat them! You almost succeeded once!

"Roland, that was a civil war in heaven. We thought we were all wizards, but we weren't!"
My former comrades-in-arms are now all seated on divine thrones, and I am the only one left.

Olivia shook her head and said, "Roland, you can't win! Even with my help, it's impossible!"

I was able to get to where I am today because there are more "people" on our side than there are "people" in heaven!

“Diana, we have more people on our side now than you did back then.”

Roland said in a very calm tone, "The church often says that the gods of heaven are like the stars in the sky, but we are the real stars."

The Eastern Territory has a population of two billion, a number far exceeding the number of gods and angels in Heaven!

“Roland, you’re being too simplistic,” Olivia said, shaking her head. “I thought you had some other good idea. No matter how fast the Eastern Wizards develop, they can’t possibly defeat Heaven.”

“I know that the wizards of the East cannot defeat the gods. Because for ants drawn on paper, it is impossible for them to attack three-dimensional humans outside the paper.”

The wizards of the East are like the ants drawn on this piece of paper, and the gods are like the people sitting at the table looking at this piece of paper.

Therefore, no matter how hard we try, we cannot attack God.

Therefore, the wizards of the East cannot defeat the gods of Heaven.

Roland slowly looked at Olivia and said, "But what if it's the wizard Alaye? What if I could make the ants drawn on the paper crawl out of the paper?"

Olivia's eyes widened suddenly.

(End of this chapter)