No One Is Special.

"Those tree people are also elves. The way that the shaman described them looks very similar to elves. So some elves went underground because of some great power. What is this great power? I should find out since I don't really have any priorities."

He has been going with the flow since he reincarnated. It is necessary for one to be flexible and adaptable in a strange unknown environment to survive. He went with the flow and he will continue to go with the flow because he doesn't have any major aim apart from becoming an origin God again. 

He reincarnated for the purpose of understanding the secret of the power of paragons. That is something he can achieve by simply being alive. Then he will become an Origin god if it becomes necessary to add the power of paragons to the repertoire of Legion in order to achieve perfection.