This was absolutely not Gan Mingfeng and Lu Hou'er's illusion. They were certain that this was reality—something that had already happened, without the slightest falsehood.
Meng Zhao had no time to mind the two of them. Smiling, he gazed into the distance at the three endlessly surging water veins and thought to himself,
I never imagined the power of the Dao Fruit could be so miraculous. Not only can it restore the broken and damaged parts of the Heaven-Illuminating Divine Mirror, it can also serve as an energy source and unleash the might of this supreme Divine Treasure. From this day onward, I will have no more worries. Even if Gods and Devils walk the world, I will not be wholly without the strength to fight back.
Having absorbed eighty percent of the Dao Fruit power from the three water veins, the Heaven-Illuminating Divine Mirror now possessed supreme might. It was no longer merely a supreme treasure that aided cultivation. As for why it had taken eighty percent rather than all of it, it was not that Meng Zhao did not wish to do so, but that he could not.
Twenty percent of each water vein's Dao Fruit power had already dispersed, transforming into an Innate Grand Array. Moreover, one of Emperor Yu's Dao-ban laws from back then had been infused within. Even the Heaven-Illuminating Divine Mirror could not absorb it. Still, three portions of eighty percent Dao Fruit power were already extraordinary.
In high spirits, Meng Zhao said to the two of them,
"The water-vein grand array is nothing to worry about. I have already grasped all its methods. The two of you, follow me to the Emperor Stele."
With that, Meng Zhao raised a hand and pointed. Wherever his fingertip reached, water condensed into ice, and an ice