Meng Chen was not afraid to act against these two Disciples of Intercepting Teaching. Based on their attempt to assassinate the Chan Sect's eldest disciple alone, he had more than enough reason to execute them on the spot. He merely wanted to leave these two scum to Our Lady of Wudang.
He wanted to train Our Lady of Wudang and teach her to kill decisively.
In the future, the Teaching of Humanity, Chan Sect, and Intercepting Teaching would unite to civilize the Primordial World. Meng Chen did not want his allies to be unable even to handle their own affairs.
Still, Meng Chen had great confidence in Our Lady of Wudang.
After the Intercepting Teaching was destroyed, Our Lady of Wudang changed her identity, called herself the Eternal Mother, founded the White Lotus Sect, and expanded it throughout All Heavens and Myriad Realms.
The Teaching of Humanity, Chan Sect, Buddhism, and various forces outside the scope of religious sects had joined forces to suppress it, yet they had failed to eradicate the White Lotus Sect. Its sacred flame had continued to burn brightly.
Our Lady of Wudang had her own path, and Meng Chen had his. Now, he was about to advance to the Grand Golden Immortal realm.
Golden Immortals were indestructible; Taiyi was eternal.
Grand Golden Immortals comprehended the self, projected themselves across All Heavens and Myriad Realms, crossed the boundary between reality and illusion, and manifested countless incarnations. Their projections were imperishable, and their true bodies could not die. Even if their true bodies were slain, they could return to life from their projections.
In a sense, Grand Golden Immortals already possessed the traits of great powers. Thus, they were also called half-step great powers.
Three rivers of laws rose around Meng Chen, each winding endlessly and surging with majestic grandeur. Like roaring dragons, the three rivers rushed toward the three phantom forms above his head.
These three phantom forms were Meng Chen's essence soul, qi soul, and divine soul. Infused with the power of laws, the three souls gradually transformed and condensed into three flower buds.
Rumble!
The River of Fate appeared, surging with Fate Power. Meng Chen turned into a point of spiritual light and entered the River of Fate.
Only by entering the River of Fate and using a Spacetime Anchor Point to fix oneself at a particular point in time within it could one comprehend the True Self.
Once one comprehended the True Self and the Three Flowers bloomed, it would be time to break through to the Grand Golden Immortal realm.
Meng Chen stepped into the River of Fate, its Fate Power battering his body endlessly like raging waves. At his current level, he still could not rely on himself to remain at a particular point in time within the River of Fate.
After all, he was not a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Only Great Luo Golden Immortals could transcend the River of Fate and remain unaffected by its torrential current.
Meng Chen's heart was utterly calm. He revealed the Three Flowers above his head, and the three great laws of time, space, and fate surged forth from them, weaving an Anchor of Fate. This Anchor of Fate contained the power of a Spacetime Anchor Point and was the key to breaking through to the Grand Golden Immortal realm.
The Anchor of Fate was cast out and plunged deep into the bed of the River of Fate. With a sharp clang, it hooked onto the riverbed.
Rumble!
Meng Chen abruptly came to a halt within the River of Fate. Yet because of this, the River of Fate instantly became violent. Endless waters of fate swept down from above, seeking to smash him to pieces.
"Hahaha!"
Meng Chen laughed loudly. An Apricot Yellow Banner rose above his head, and countless golden lotus flowers emerged from the void, wrapping around his body.
It was the Innate Wu Ji Apricot Yellow Banner!
Why did cultivators love Innate Spiritual Treasures so much? At critical moments, Innate Spiritual Treasures could help their owners break through! During breakthroughs to Taiyi, Great Luo, and Quasi-Sage, those with Innate Spiritual Treasures held a greater advantage.
Once the Apricot Yellow Banner appeared, no matter how fiercely the waters of fate surged, they could not harm Meng Chen.
Meng Chen seized the opportunity and reached out, snatching a Little Azure Dragon from the River of Fate. This Little Azure Dragon was himself at the moment of his birth, and it was also where his True Self resided.
The True Self was the origin of a cultivator's birth. When many Grand Golden Immortals sought to erase a junior, they would bypass the person himself and erase him from the source of his birth.
Once a person no longer had an origin, that person would naturally perish.
Having grasped his True Self, Meng Chen and his True Self drew closer and closer before completely merging into one.
Boom!
The Three Flowers above Meng Chen's head bloomed, releasing boundless mana.
This power was immortality, eternity, and the heavens!
The great thousand world within him also underwent a transformation. It expanded and swelled without end, growing by an unknown number of times in an instant.
Rumble!
The void shook repeatedly. Meng Chen's consciousness reached the end of time, and his figure projected outward. Countless shadows of him appeared across the Primordial Wilderness and throughout the ages of spacetime.
In an instant, through the perspectives of these shadows, Meng Chen saw everything in the Primordial Wilderness.
At last, his great thousand world became an immortal kingdom, an eternal kingdom, and a Dao Fruit condensed within Meng Chen's primordial spirit—the Grand Golden Dao Fruit.
A vast aura rose from the Boundless Tree Sea. Clouds and rosy mists churned across the sky, while the song of fate resounded between heaven and earth. The Azure Dragon Avatar appeared once more beneath the heavens, and under the illumination of Divine Light, countless golden lotuses bloomed across the land.
Such a phenomenon startled the Teaching of Humanity, Chan Sect, and Intercepting Teaching alike. Every disciple who was not in seclusion looked toward the Azure Dragon Avatar in the sky, their hearts filled with shock.
Meng Chen had broken through to the Grand Golden Immortal realm!
Our Lady of Wudang had been judging the Azure Serpent Immortal and Pangolin Immortal, with many Disciples of Intercepting Teaching gathered together. Upon witnessing this sight, all the disciples of Intercepting Teaching fell silent.
They had all entered the sect at the same time. Most of them had not even taken the second step of the Golden Immortal realm, yet Meng Chen had already become a Grand Golden Immortal.
Grand Golden Immortals were known as half-step great powers. How could they fight the Chan Sect? How could they fight Meng Chen?
Daoist Duobao nearly suffered a heart attack. He roared inwardly, "Fate is unfair! Why was Meng Chen the one who broke through first?" He knew full well that he would never catch up to Meng Chen.
Meng Chen had left them behind by an entire major realm. Catching up would be far too difficult—far too difficult!
On the Chan Sect's side, Chijingzi and the others were equally stunned. Their Eldest Senior Brother had broken through, which was a good thing, a joyous occasion. Yet when they thought of themselves, they could not help feeling bitter.
The one who reacted most strongly was Wu Liangzi.
Wu Liangzi wore a smile, but inwardly, he had cursed Meng Chen to the heavens.
Then, he began to hate the Western Church.
Not long ago, he had found the secret letter left for him by the Western Church's spy. Using the cipher Sage Zhunti had taught him, he deciphered it.
"Fellow Daoist Ran Deng's predicament is already known to my senior brother and me. However, the Western Church is also facing difficulties at present. Fellow Daoist, endure for now. When the time is right, you will naturally recover your cultivation."
After reading the secret letter, Wu Liangzi gritted his teeth in hatred toward the Western Church.
"What a splendid Western Church. You are truly impressive, truly lofty! You sent me to the Chan Sect, but did you ever think of rescuing me?"
"Do you know what kind of humiliation I have suffered here? My cultivation was crippled, I cultivate the Four-Alike's technique, and I am better off dead."
"What kind of damned place is this? Damned place, damned place, damned place!"
Wu Liangzi had feelings too. The Western Church's indifference had utterly broken his heart.
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