Meng Zhao had in fact heard something of this. Emperor Taizong's martial prowess had been formidable; his foreign campaigns had won many victories, once crushing the remnants of the Hundred Clans until they could scarcely breathe. He had absolutely been a qualified successor.
However, Beitang Gong had already sealed the Divine Land at the time. Martial cultivation had entered its twilight age, and cultivation had become immensely difficult. Even as the supreme among men, an unparalleled Great Emperor bolstered by national fortune and Human Dragon Qi, he had still found it difficult to breach that boundary.
Thus, taking the path of alchemy in pursuit of immortality was entirely normal. After all, the Divine Land world was not the same as Earth in his previous life. The supernatural truly existed here, and the art of alchemy was genuinely a heaven-piercing Great Dao, not a scam.
Ancient records stated that the Dao Ancestor excelled at alchemy. The so-called Three Essence Divine Pill could gather a person's Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and after elevating them, forge a Primordial Spirit.
In other words, an ordinary person who understood nothing could ascend to the heavens in a single step after consuming a Three Essence Divine Pill refined by the Dao Ancestor, entering the realm of Celestials directly. It was far more radical than any crooked and wicked method, yet to a certain extent, it carried no lingering consequences at all.
There was also the Longevity Elixir. Swallowing one pill directly added a hundred years to one's lifespan, while every subsequent pill had half the effect. That was already exceptional.
There were also the naturally nurtured Purple Gold Immortal Peach and Jade Longevity Bamboo Shoot. Eating one of the former granted three hundred and sixty years of lifespan, while eating one stalk of the latter granted