Of course, altering the gene pool of an entire supercontinent for selfish purposes was excessive, but it was worth it if it truly would help him reach the Transcendent Realm and beyond.
'I'm starting to understand why the Demon of Asmodeous had decided to consume all of Panama with the Gu,' Rui realized. 'The condition for achieving Transcendence is truly extraordinarily difficult. And extraordinary challenges require extraordinary efforts and solutions.'
He was starting to suspect that reaching Transcendence potentially required more than just enlightenment about finding water here and there. He was starting to suspect that Transcendent Candidates needed to go above and beyond to find their Paths across the entire world.
One way to do that was to drown the entire world with your path.
That would explain why Sage Asmodeous wanted to expand the Gu until it consumed all of Gaia, so that the world itself would become Death, helping him gain the ultimate enlightenment and transcend.
