Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

When things are going badly, all you have to do is flip the chessboard, and you'll never lose.

Unfortunately, Mu Ling'er wasn't as fierce as the chess master in the story; she couldn't just grab the chessboard and smash it on someone.

Poor Mu Ling'er would always take advantage of Mu An's "inattention" to flip the chessboard to the side, scattering chess pieces all over the ground.

Every time this happened, Mu An would gently tap her on the forehead, grab the wine gourd, and go back inside.

Mu Ling'er was too embarrassed to let the maid see such a scene, so she always cleaned up the chess pieces scattered on the floor by herself.

However, there's no need to use such a powerful move today.

After taking a sip of wine, Mu Ling'er stopped paying attention to the chessboard in front of her and turned to look at Mu An.

"Since the chosen one will be born in Changzhou, Da'an, why don't you take this opportunity to give them some help? Planning ahead would be beneficial to us."

Seeing that Mu Ling'er had no intention of continuing the game, Mu An also put down his chess piece and looked in the direction where Wan Shu had left.

"What do you think is the ultimate goal of the Great Harmony Path?"

After a moment's thought, Mu Ling'er gave an uncertain answer.

"Creating what they call a utopian society? That's a grand dream, but I personally think it's impossible to achieve."

Mu An nodded slightly, affirming Mu Ling'er's idea.

"The Great Harmony society described by Zhuangzi is actually a society that is always in progress. Old problems are solved, and new problems arise. In the process of constantly solving problems, it continuously develops towards a more ideal state..."

"Forever in progress?" Mu Ling'er murmured.

Seeing that Mu Ling'er was feigning confusion, Mu An simply said a few more words.

"Take you as an example... Do you remember what made you happy and content when you were little?"

Mu Ling'er rested her chin on her hands, thought for a moment, and answered in a reminiscent tone.

"That's simple. Delicious candy, novel toys, and a few words of praise from you or my two grandmas, and I'll be happy for a long time."

Mu An nodded to Mu Ling'er and asked with a smile.

"And now?"

Hearing the question in a daze, Mu Ling'er fell silent for a moment, her hand that had been supporting her chin dropped. After a long while, she whispered.

"I don't know, but it's extremely difficult to achieve..."

Seeing Mu Ling'er's sudden drop in mood, Mu An didn't press her for details, but simply shrugged at her.

"That's roughly the idea: the more you have, the more you want... It can be material things, it can be emotions... As long as human desires are endless, a utopian society will never exist..."

"Material things can be plentiful, but emotions are not uniform. Everyone wants different things. Some people want companionship, some want excitement, and some want to bring back the deceased..."

There will always be wishes that cannot be fulfilled, and things that cannot be done...

"Of course, these are not the main reasons why I am unwilling to help them."

Perhaps thinking about the past, Mu Ling'er's emotions were not as high as before. She leaned on the table and stared at Mu An with her eyes turned to the side.

"Not the main reason?"

"Whether or not a utopian society can be achieved is none of my business. What truly makes me unwilling to help them is that they will eventually regard us as their enemies... regardless of whether we help them, whether we do good or evil."

Mu Ling'er, who was lying down, made a muffled sound.

"Why? Wan Shu and the others aren't bad people, they wouldn't repay kindness with enmity like this, would they?"

Mu An smiled and shook his head, then tapped Mu Ling'er's head.

"Are you genuinely unaware, or are you pretending not to know?"

Mu Ling'er shook her head without hesitation and told a lie without feeling the slightest shame.

"I really don't know."

Seeing her like this, Mu An didn't expose her... In fact, Mu Ling'er understood everything so far, even more thoroughly than he did, but since the little one wanted to chat with him a little longer, then let them chat a little longer.

"Because in the eyes of the world, I am a god, and in the eyes of the world, Qishan Road is a feudal lord that affects the stability of the world, and the place of the god's kingdom."

While feudal lords can be incorporated into the empire, gods cannot be treated in the same way, and the divine kingdom of gods cannot be incorporated into the empire of mortals.

If I had chosen to help them, and after countless efforts, I had defeated all the other terrestrial deities, allowing these mortals to create a world belonging to humans.

So the next person they want to kill will be me, the deity they've given the title of "benevolent god".

Because the "evil god" is dead, mortals no longer need the protection of the "good god," or rather, the former "good god" has become the new "evil god."

This may not happen at first, but as time goes by, it will eventually become inevitable.

If the world no longer needs the existence of God, God will become the enemy of millions of mortals.

No one wants to have such a powerful and unrestrained deity above them.

In the world that Datongdao wants to create, there is undoubtedly no place for God…

As he was speaking, Mu An suddenly raised his hand and gently grabbed Mu Ling'er's head, revealing a gray hair in his hand.

He looked at Mu Ling'er, who didn't seem to mind her hair color, and muttered something to himself.

"Black hair looks better..."

Mu Ling'er, who was lying down, raised her head and reached out to touch her hair.

"A little bit of white in your hair looks good too, there's no need to deliberately maintain it."

After staring at Mu Ling'er, who was fiddling with her hair, for a while, Mu An suddenly spoke up.

"In my imagined world, there could be more gods..."

Upon hearing Mu An's words, Mu Ling'er narrowed her eyes and her lips curved into a crescent moon.

She didn't respond, but instead started talking about other things.

"Whatever, instead of all this nonsense, tell me what exactly this 'Chosen One' thing is all about?"

Actually, I've always felt that I'm the chosen one! I've always had exceptionally good luck since I was little!

Seeing Mu Ling'er change the subject, Mu An silently told himself that he didn't have much time left...

There's still a lot to prepare if you want to try creating a god...

Under Mu Ling'er's slightly surprised gaze, Mu An grabbed a handful of chess pieces and threw them into the air.

"In the eyes of heaven and earth, the so-called children of destiny are like these chess pieces, scattered randomly throughout the world, and then left to play their roles in their respective positions."

These dozens of chess pieces all have the potential to become the chosen one, but only the most useful and successful one can transcend its original function and attract everything around it...

Ultimately, this chess piece will gather the vast majority of fortune into its own body, becoming a truly chosen one... the so-called Chosen One.

As he was talking, Mu An suddenly stopped and rubbed Mu Ling'er's head, who was lying down.

"It's not wrong to say that you, Ling'er, are a chosen one, but compared to the seeds that heaven and earth scatter at will, you are far more special..."

The voice gradually faded, turning into unspoken thoughts, which Mu An did not utter aloud.

"After all, the heavens and earth can sow seeds at will... There can no longer be anyone else who can form this kind of connection with me..."

……

In the fifty-eighth year of Qiming, the True Dragon Clan, in alliance with the Spirit Clan, set a trap, using the treasure of longevity as bait to lure the White Bone Demon Lord and the Crimson Wind Demon Lord of the Yin Yin Domain to the Land of Return to Nothingness.

Three Holy Spirits, four Dragon Kings, a nine-headed true dragon, and twelve adult spirits laid an ambush in the Land of Return to Nothingness.

Both the White Bone Demon Lord and the Crimson Wind Demon Lord perished.