Other Chaos Bodies had nine shackles. He had ten.
Just then.
The space within the Spring and Autumn Stele rumbled as three figures appeared.
They were an old man, a rooster, and a black crow.
The rooster resembled a phoenix chick, crimson gold all over, neither quite chicken nor phoenix.
The black crow was pitch-black from head to toe, without a single trace of white, its entire body seeming to meld into the darkness.
Originally, the three of them had watched Chu Jiang refine the Path-Joining Fruit and noticed that wisp of his true self slowly awakening. If he wanted to fully refine the Path-Joining Fruit, then even with Chu Jiang's monstrous talent, it might have taken several centuries.
Thus, the three had gone to sleep, waiting for him to finish refining it.
Yet in the time it took them to take a nap, the Spring and Autumn Stele underwent a tremendous upheaval. When their gazes once more fell upon where Chu Jiang was—
"Saint!!!"
"This guy actually broke through to become a Saint..."
The man and two birds were utterly dumbfounded, thinking their eyes were playing tricks on them.
This was simply outrageous beyond belief.
"This kid's talent is unparalleled. How many in this age can stand shoulder to shoulder with him?" the black crow croaked hoarsely, flapping his feathers.
The time was simply far too short.
Others might not know, but he knew perfectly well that this Path-Joining Fruit already contained the power of many Saints and had later assimilated countless powerful figures. Refining it in just three short years was utterly inconceivable.
If it had been some peerless Great Saint-level expert, that would have been another matter. The key was that Chu Jiang had only been in the Quasi-Saint Realm, separated from the Great Saint Realm by