The old Abbot had come to Luopo Mountain mainly to meet Zhu Lian. Unfortunately, he was somewhat disappointed. The man before him was far from waking from his dream.
Among Mortal Cultivators, only three and a half inspired the old Taoist priest's complete trust and respect: the Sage of Ritual, the White Jade Capital Great Sect Master, and that bodhisattva of the Western Buddha Country.
The remaining half, Lu Chen, had his trust but not his respect.
Still, the old Abbot had his doubts. Could Zhu Lian have awakened long ago, never truly having entered the dream in the first place?
What wouldn't that fellow Lu Chen do?
Once those few Fifteen Realm cultivators were gone from the world, every existing Fourteen Realm Cultivator, and every one who rose in the future, would lose the greatest set of shackles binding him, no matter which world he inhabited. He would be freer, closer to the word pure.
Fortunately, Vast Heaven and Earth still had the Sage of Ritual, who valued rules above all else. But in Azure Sky World, everyone knew the temper of White Jade Capital's True Invincible, the Second Sect Master Yu Dou. They had known it for thousands of years.
Every Ascension Realm Great Cultivator, whether Genealogical Cultivator or Wild Cultivator, would probably have to weigh his relationship with White Jade Capital carefully. Even the Fourteen Realm Cultivators already in Azure Sky World whose temperaments clashed with Yu Dou might need to arrange a way out early.
Of course, Wu Shuang Jiang of Sui Chu Palace and Daoist Master Sun of the Great Xuan Du Temple would be exceptions.
One was bent on a fight to the death with Yu Dou. The other was the unshakable fifth strongest in the world, no pushover in a contest of Daoist