Chen Yu did not lie about his answer to this question.


    He indeed experienced this dream, and in the dream, he lived a lifepletely different from his current one.


    In the dream, Chen Yu still inherited the legacy of a Necromancer and simrly came to Tokyo to study medicine, but after graduation, he chose a path that was entirely different from the one he took in reality.


    Using the environment of Tokyo, where suicides and disappearances ur daily, he performed human sacrifices and created Undead Servants, allowing him to sessfully transition into bing a Necromancer.


    After this transformation, he used various cruel methods tomit massacres and spread fear, collecting Negative Energy while sacrificing the dead to an Evil God in exchange for immense power.


    In the dream, there were also Transcendents in Tokyo who, together with the police, discovered Chen Yu''s actions andunched a coordinated pursuit against him.


    Because the power Chen Yu acquired wasn''t strong enough, he was cornered by governmental Transcendents. In his despair, he yed his trump card, spreading a gue in Tokyo and performing a sacrifice. Ultimately, he conducted a blood sacrifice of Tokyo''s ten million inhabitants, breaking through to be a Demigod, and for a time, he became the world''s most feared criminal.


    Afterward, Chen Yu moved through Southeast Asia and India, using thebined poption of over a billion people as sacrifices toplete an even more horrifying ritual. Not only did he seed in achieving Divine Enthronement, but he also summoned an Outer Domain Evil God, nearly transforming the entire Earth into a Demon Realm.


    However, this Outer Domain Evil God was caught in a trap pre-designed by Chen Yu. Sealing the entity, he extracted all of its power and knowledge, attaining an unimaginably immense strength himself.


    At the dream''s end, Chen Yu even used the power obtained from the Outer Domain Evil God to devour all the deities in the Earth''s world, using their essence as fuel to propel the entire, along with the Moon, into the Netherworld, bing yet another fresh Outer Domain God within the Multiverse.


    Chen Yu''s actions in the dream startled the Inari God, who almost attempted to extinguish him while he remained in the dream.


    It wasn''t because the Inari God bore any malicious intent, but because Chen Yu''s near-destruction of the entire world, and his act of hurling the into the Netherworld, thereby annihting almost all life on it, had profoundly shocked the deity.


    The Inari God clearly understood that Chen Yu not only had the capability to do so but also the potential willingness to carry it out.


    However, since it was merely a dream, once Chen Yu woke up, the Inari God abandoned the thought of killing him.


    As for Chen Yu himself, he wasn''t surprised by the things he had done in the dream.


    Humans are two-sided creatures. Some outwardly appear cheerful but harbor secret darkness within; others look like outright viins yet might be devotedly filial at home; some may shine as workce elites or corporate powerhouses, only to seek familial sce after stepping inside their homes...


    The idea of exterminating the world''s entire poption to perform sacrifices for power didn''t strike Chen Yu as abnormal in the least.


    Back when he hadn''t yet entered that ancient tomb and obtained the Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium, he was already someone with a rather dark inner world.


    This was somewhat influenced by his mindset and surrounding environment at that time. It was also impacted by some of the dark-themed novels he read—books that, by today''s standards, might fall under "404 content." Indeed, young Chen Yu once entertained the idea of "I''ll kill everyone if I had the power."


    Nevertheless, at that time, such thoughts were mere youthful impulsiveness and fleeting Negative Emotions.


    However, after obtaining the Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium, Chen Yu now had the capacity to make such thoughts a reality.


    But the restraints of moralw in the real world, the societal values he had internalized over the years, and the efforts required to master necromancy all contributed to his choosing not to walk a dark path but rather to embrace a path that was more eptable to this world and more bearable for himself.


    Sacrifices and ughter… These are the simplest and most straightforward shortcuts for a Necromancer to gain strength.


    As long as one is willing to forsake their humanity and cross the boundary of morality, a Necromancer could inte with power as easily as blowing up a balloon.


    If Chen Yu wanted, he could replicate in reality the mass sacrifices he performed in the dream—the ten million poption of Tokyo, the billions of Southeast Asia and India. But in doing so, he''d no longer be human; he would cease to be a person.


    What makes someone human is our thoughts and morals, our ability to restrain ourselves—not acting purely on instinct.


    Every person should have a moral baseline, knowing what should not and cannot be done.


    Humans cannot, or at least, should not...


    This might be a popr saying, but it perfectly encapstes the necessity for everyone to draw a line in the sand within their hearts.


    For this reason, Chen Yu ultimately chose his current path, rejecting the so-called "shortcut" and the "stronger path" chosen by those who discard their humanity.


    Sure, that approach might quickly lead to immense power, might earn fear from others, and might appear decisive and formidable. But beyond that, what''s left?


    Like in the dream, sacrificing one-tenth of the world''s poption, devouring all the world''s gods, and plunging Earth into the Netherworld to annihte almost all life—yes, that might appear overwhelmingly powerful. But then what?


    After aplishing all that, what would be left of Chen Yu? To ascend as an Outer Domain God? To live an eternity of loneliness, with endless time driving him to madness?


    Or perhaps, like all the other Outer Domain Evil Gods, tempting others to summon him periodically, so that he could destroy world after world, only to someday meet a real Brave that puts an end to him?


    If bing stronger led to these oues, Chen Yu felt it better to remain human and not pursue power.


    A true strong one? Having raw power has never been the hallmark of real strength; possessing the temperament to wield that power responsibly is the true measure of strength.


    Bing stronger has never been about isting oneself or transforming into the Demon King for Brave warriors to challenge.


    Those who seek power for power''s sake are either disposable side characters or fleeting backdrops in cartoons—they never survive beyond three episodes.


    Chen Yu''s pursuit of strength, at first, might have stemmed from mere interest or the desire to prove himself. But now, he believed his reason for growing stronger was to protect—his wife and his daughter.


    Perhaps, as those anime speeches would have it, people only unleash their full potential when they are trying to defend something important.


    And to protect his wife and daughter, Chen Yu was willing to pay any price—even if it meant bing the version of himself from the dream, even if it meant sacrificing one-tenth of the world''s poption...