(MC POV)
Well it happened. I saw it clearly that because of Cain, Lian Li had ascended to godhood because of him and there she was.
Pretty ingenious of Brendan to make use of that memory potion again, repurposing it into a skin lotion so that he could use it covertly on Lian Li since she definitely would have rejected drinking a potion.
Since Cain redirected most of Lian Li's feelings of love from me to himself, Brendan simply made Lian Li experience her life again to rekindle her feelings for me once more.
The fact that she was manipulated must have frustrated her to no end and she decided right there that she would not stand it anymore.
And because Lilith had already told her about the limitations of Cain's abilities, Lian Li concentrated all her efforts to ascend to prevent herself from being manipulated again.
