I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

“Yes, everyone is still hoping for victory,” Williams sighed. “Only those of us who have witnessed the Book of Madness are here embracing despair.”

But we are not afraid of sacrifice; we are afraid of not being able to win.

Therefore, many escapist ideas have emerged among us, including my own, and I have also considered leaving this world.

But as His Majesty said, this is the end of the world, not war. We can avoid war, but we cannot avoid the end of the world. Therefore, we can only face it head-on and find a way to achieve victory.

Williams' words plunged everyone in the study into an atmosphere of despair.

Roland quietly observed the expressions on everyone's faces.

He noticed that the Thousand-Eyed King's expression remained unchanged, while Harland seemed somewhat excited after seeing everyone's despair.

"Ahem, everyone."

Harland couldn't help but add, "What if we have the chance to defeat Heaven? But if we start a war, we might not even have the chance to be reincarnated again?"

"Don't even mention your bullshit Alaye, or that shitty Samsara!"

An old man from the Wilmick Mental Hospital said, "If I had heard about Rolandi's reincarnation before I went to the Forbidden Library, I would have definitely prescribed a few extra doses of medicine for both of you to take together!"

Another person said, "Reincarnation is meaningless to us mortals. Only gods would prolong life."

For us, death is death. The two versions of myself that step into the same river are not necessarily the same me. In the next cycle of reincarnation, my future path will be completely different, and I will not be able to generate the same thoughts and memories as him. How could he be me?
At least I don't agree with that version of myself.

Even if that is me reborn, I'm still trapped in a time prison; it's better to die sooner and be free.

A white chess elder said, "If sacrificing myself can bring a true future to my students, then I am willing to wear the holy name and become a sage."

"Stop beating around the bush, Harland," old Johnson said, frowning. "You've been rambling on and on from the start. What kind of lousy idea are you trying to come up with?"

"Gentlemen, we cannot defeat the gods simply because we cannot exist on the same dimension as them. Therefore, we may not be without the possibility of victory."

Harland looked at Roland with red eyes, his whole body trembling with excitement, and said, word by word, "But if we bring both the human realm and the divine realm into the Holy Lord's divine kingdom, then even the Mad God will begin to bleed!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically, and they all looked at Roland.

All the wizards who participated in the Malrod Wars knew that when Roland and Aurelie and others combined, they could unite people's power and unleash supreme divine power.

Now, the wizards possess the 'Dawnlight,' an artifact that can unite everyone's thoughts and power.

If Roland were to use the light of dawn and the concept of "all are me" to unite all people in the world, even the gods would have to retreat.

But what if Roland were not ruling over ordinary people, but over gods who had ignited their madness?

Once the people of the world are ignited with the fire of madness and united by Roland with the light of dawn, they will become a collective of mad gods with supreme power!
This collective of mad gods understands that all beings are part of the same self. It can drive gods into madness, making them believe they are part of the collective of mad gods, and then absorb them into the collective of mad gods.

At that time, all the people in the world and all the gods in the heavenly kingdom will be gradually devoured by this monstrous amalgamation of gods.

The orderly power of Dawn's Light can suppress madness. After Dawn's Light is upgraded, its orderly power can even allow a wizard who has activated the Prisoner within him to use the power of the Mad God while maintaining his sanity.

Therefore, this collection of madmen must be able to maintain their rationality for a period of time.

In this short period of time, this aggregate of mad gods will devour all things in heaven and earth, unleashing unparalleled and awe-inspiring divine power. And the name of this aggregate of mad gods is Alaye.

“Roland understands that all beings are one, and now he has the divine artifact of the Dawn Light, which can unify thoughts.” Brianna looked at Roland and said, trembling all over, “So, in a sense, Roland can indeed become the foolish god of Alaye worshipped by Harland and his group of old-fashioned madmen!”

Brianna's words were a wake-up call!

Everyone turned to look at Roland, their expressions becoming quite interesting.

Harland always regarded Roland as a holy master, as a true god. Is this a coincidence?
Whether this is a coincidence or not, Roland perfectly fits the definition of the foolish god Alaye. Therefore, Roland cannot be Alaye. In a sense, Roland is the foolish god worshipped by the Old Church!
Even more coincidentally, the Old Church has been secretly controlled by the King of a Thousand Eyes since a thousand years ago, and great prophets such as Harland were all his students!

Upon closer reflection, Roland realized that the Alaya visualization method he had been learning from the very beginning was also co-authored by the King of a Thousand Eyes and others.

On the day Roland came of age, the King of a Thousand Eyes even descended upon Roland's homeland in the name of the King of Yellow Ferns, and lured his daughter to Valeria with the 'Yellow Fern Holy Grail' to teach Roland.

Did the King of a Thousand Eyes actually know Roland's father?

Did he know the forbidden wizard who used the alias 'Anthony', and the Grand Templar Victor who used the alias 'Baron Hall' but was actually from the Dawn Order?
Now, the Dawn Society has been established. From the very beginning, the King of a Thousand Eyes has repeatedly emphasized that this new society is named after Dawn and Alaye, and that the believers in the South must worship the Dawn God Alaye in the future—this is simply creating the necessary conditions for Roland to devour the believers in the South!
The room gradually quieted down, and the Thousand-Eyed King, who had remained silent throughout, slowly opened his mouth and answered the questions in people's hearts.

"For a long time, I and the gods of heaven have been studying a mystery."

They called it madness, but I call it mystery.

The King of a Thousand Eyes seemed lost in ancient memories: "We all know that it was a huge shackle. It trapped everything in a cage."

In their search for salvation, the gods created a heavenly kingdom in the sky, gathering and controlling all the power in the world to prevent things from deteriorating further.

Meanwhile, I and the wizards erected a tower on the earth, pursuing and studying this mysterious phenomenon.

The old church was a product of this context.

As the Forbidden Grand Master Anthony, Roland's father Neptune, said, if humans and gods in this world are the same, products of madness and mystery, then we too can surely cultivate ourselves into gods.

And we will surely be able to see our own madness and evil in the lower world in our self-reflection.

There must be a way to perfectly unify people and shadows, thereby completely ending madness.

So my students and I reformed the old religion and created a visualization method that could lead people directly to the end of truth and to their true selves, and we tried to use this method to prove this proposition.

The entire verification process lasted for centuries, and countless people who volunteered to join the god-making project went mad. Some lacked the willpower to see their true selves, while others, after seeing their true selves, found their past, present, and future transformed into madness.
This proposition seems impossible to prove!

Because once a volunteer's past becomes that of a madman, then at the moment he participates in the experiment, he is observing his true self as a madman.

We must find someone who, after seeing their true self, becomes a madman, yet is by no means a madman.

This is a complete paradox!
The long passage of time has long since made me lose patience.

The plan to create a god has long been scrapped.

We have determined that this proposition cannot be proven.

Centuries later, when the old religion had nearly disappeared, Neptune found me once again in the brown fern forest.
He said he had brought a perfect 'volunteer,' and made one condition—that I teach Roland to become a true wizard. (End of Chapter)