After making the Great Dao oath, Ancestor Minghe turned his gaze and looked straight at Qin Mu.
"Daoist Qin Mu."
"I'd like to know how you intend to help me attain Sagehood."
"Through Merit, or by some other means?"
In the Primordial World today, there were roughly three paths to Sagehood.
The first was also the most difficult: Attaining the Dao Through Strength, as Great God Pangu had.
Minghe knew he couldn't manage that.
Beyond it, only Attaining the Dao Through Merit and Slaying the Three Corpses remained.
In Minghe's view, Attaining the Dao Through Merit was the easiest.
Aside from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had attained the Dao by Slaying the Three Corpses, all the other Saints who had appeared before had attained Sagehood through Merit.
The problem was that Minghe had no Merit to speak of.
He himself carried too much karmic burden from killing. Where could he possibly find any Merit?
That was precisely why Minghe wanted to know how Qin Mu intended to help him attain Sagehood.
Hearing Minghe's question, Qin Mu remained composed and smiled.
"Of course, I'll help you attain the Dao Through Merit!"
"Hm?"
Minghe frowned at that.
What worried him most was his lack of Merit.
Without enough Merit, even possessing Primordial Violet Qi was useless.
It was just like Hong Yun back then.
He had possessed the Primordial Violet Qi, the Foundation of the Great Dao, yet lacked sufficient Merit. As a result, Hong Yun had never managed to attain the Dao, and in the end, the Demon Race had driven him to blow himself up and die.
Now that Minghe heard Qin Mu say he would help him attain the Dao Through Merit, the excitement on his face faded considerably.
"Daoist Qin Mu."
"How hard it is to obtain the