Years flowed by, yet Zhou Tong remained seated quietly at the entrance to the great hall.
The blue-robed, white-haired Cave Mansion Spirit watched Zhou Tong and thought, As expected of a cultivator of the Path of Fire Element. After observing the Ultimate Fire Dao, he actually remained immersed in cultivation. It has already been ten years. Could he be planning to attempt the Dao Merge just like this?
This blue-robed, white-haired Cave Mansion Spirit had been paying close attention to Zhou Tong. In his view, Zhou Tong was extremely strong. Among the countless Dao Lords of the entire Chaos Universe, aside from Ultimate Dao Lords, Zhou Tong could rank among the top three.
If someone like him advanced another step, he would still have a chance of passing the third trial.
Time continued to pass. At last, after a hundred years, Zhou Tong opened his eyes. His gaze was far deeper than before, and it was clear that his cultivation had greatly advanced.
Yet Zhou Tong felt some regret. Over these hundred years, I have reorganized my own Ultimate Fire Dao, but there are still thirteen points of divergence. I do not know whether I am wrong, or whether this Four-step Dao Lord of the Ultimate Fire Dao was wrong...
Although his path contained many Daos from other worlds, Zhou Tong naturally would not foolishly reject his own path wholesale while comparing and verifying them. After all, this Four-step Dao Lord had failed his Dao Merge himself. His Dao was not necessarily correct.
Moreover, when Ji Ning failed his Dao Merge in the original story, he had also said that he was the first person in the entire universe to comprehend the correct Eternal Ultimate Dao, even though he had already failed his Dao Merge by then.
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