"There's trouble."
After Meng Qi attained the Half-step Dharma Body and learned the truth of the matter, he returned to the Divine Capital once more.
However, the trouble he spoke of was not the fish issue he had noticed long ago.
Regarding the Dao Mark fish, prompted by the sensation brought by the Haotian Mirror fragment, Meng Qi had specifically activated his Earthling incarnation in the Investiture of the Gods World and had it begin spreading the Dao there while carrying that copy of the Dao De Jing.
Having officially become a product of the Three Pure Ones' Reduce and Seek Emptiness, he had already begun taking gradual measures to deal with it, intending to sever the connection when he found an opportunity to attain the Dharma Body.
Now that he had an idea of what to do on that front, he naturally would not keep dwelling on it. The trouble he spoke of now was the imminent war between the righteous and evil factions.
His trip to the Southern Desolation, along with his forceful display just before leaving afterward,
had made Meng Qi sense that something was amiss.
Then, using the investigative advantages of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, he had learned that Recoome had successfully advanced to become an Earth Immortal and had begun consolidating the evil factions.
Although the exact details remained unknown, the issue laid out before them was already terrifying enough.
During the trip to the Nine Heavens, Meng Qi had also learned that the Heaven Punishing Axe was the tangible manifestation of the Dharma Principle of Heavenly Dao's Punishment.
Now that both had reached the Earth Immortal level, they presented an exceptionally thorny problem.
The Righteous Path did possess three Peerless Divine Weapons from the same first page: the Human Emperor Sword, the Overlord's Peerless