Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 580 - 314 Can You Pity Me a Little_3

Even after making up for this flaw, he felt that more flaws were emerging, but Kane still opened his eyes with complexity and looked at Louis, saying:

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"You've just started practicing the Visualization Method, so how did you come to understand so quickly that the Ego God is a reflection of the mind?"

Louis furrowed his brow, "Do I need to understand it?"

"Don't you need to?"

"Do I need to?"

Kane fell into silence: "…No wonder the Patriarch said you're a monster."

"Hey, why are you insulting me?"

Kane was deeply conflicted in his heart; he was always the one others envied.

An 18-year-old Demigod, a unique presence in today's demigod circles across the continent, yet he now felt defeated.

The Ego God is a means for Curse Swordsmen to shape their own mental world into a self-deity.

This makes Curse Swordsmen believe in themselves rather than in deities, thus gaining the essence of the Extraordinary.

But from the birth to the aggregation to the shaping of the Ego God, each step is a difficult hurdle.

To use a romance as an analogy, the birth of the Ego God is akin to you needing to "understand" what kind of romantic partner you like.

Who can clearly express the characteristics of the girl they like most from the depths of their heart?

Not many can do that, right?

Moreover, even if you can express it, the degree of liking might differ.

It's like when you play a gacha mobile game and draw a bunch of paper waifu characters, each one exquisite. Can you immediately find your favorite and single-mindedly pursue her?

It's difficult.

So, the aggregation of the Ego God, the "understanding" step, is hard to break through.

Even if you've successfully chosen the romantic partner you like, and such a partner truly exists,

at this point, you face a problem: Does the person you like like you back?

Most of the time, the answer is no.

So, do you compromise?

No, clearly not.

This is when you enter the "knowing" phase.

You need to "know" how to compensate for your deficiencies to win the affection of your romantic target.

This is the aggregation of the Ego God.

"Knowing" how to "strategize" is a hurdle; if everyone "knew," there wouldn't be so many single people in college.

When you learn how to strategize to win over your romantic interest, you face the third problem: "doing."

Knowing how to strategize doesn't mean you're reassured. As an extreme example, if your target likes blue tulips but you're penniless, you might need to work to earn money to buy them and speed up the process.

Are you willing to work for her, even if you know that doing so will surely draw her closer to you instead of her taking a bridal payment and running off?

You might say you can do it... but what if she doesn't want tulips and instead wants a stable home?

The difficulty is different; are you still willing to pay that price?

If you take action and, after a long period, finally succeed, that is "doing," it is practicing the Self, aggregating the Ego God.

Of course, using romance as an example isn't exactly appropriate either.

That's why Kane finds Louis incredible.

From understanding needs to knowing what to do, to finally practicing the Self to achieve it, each step is separated by deep chasms, difficult to cross.

Even Kane doesn't dare to claim he clearly understands his own true self.

But he discovered that Louis is different.

Louis is very clear on what he needs, as if he had set a goal for himself early on, and everything he does is to piece together, like a puzzle, the road to the future.

—Including the Ego God as well.

The Eye of Truth grants Louis the ability to find out where his flaws (or true self) lie, which is normal.

But to actually be able to "analyze the true self" directly, and even tell him "how to do it more easily," that simply isn't a function the Eye of Truth should possess. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Your Highness the Prince, what exactly are you?"

Upon hearing Kane's words, Louis rolled his eyes and said, "Are you done talking? Continue, don't waste my time."

"…Alright."