After seeing the pill Qin Mu had taken out, Tongtian was shaken to his core.
"What?"
As a Heavenly Dao Saint, he could actually feel a heart-pounding force emanating from the pill in Qin Mu's hand.
Even deep in his soul, he felt a trace of fear welling up.
A moment later, Tongtian felt his entire body tense up. He couldn't stop himself from trembling a few times.
"How could this be?"
Tongtian was secretly astonished, his face full of disbelief.
He was a Saint, after all!
Yet a single pill Qin Mu had taken out had made him tremble uncontrollably.
After a long while, Tongtian finally forced down his shock. Staring at Qin Mu in disbelief, he asked:
"Disciple."
"This... What is this?"
Qin Mu smiled faintly and replied:
"Master."
"I obtained this pill in a mysterious place. It's called the Meteorite Breaking Pill!"
"If you take it, it can sever the connection between a Saint and the Heavenly Dao."
"Your cultivation won't decline, either."
Qin Mu spoke in an utterly calm tone.
But to Tongtian, his words rang like thunder from the highest heavens.
"What?"
Tongtian exclaimed in shock, his face paling with alarm.
As a Heavenly Dao Saint, he understood better than anyone what being a Saint meant.
It meant supreme authority and power, but also invisible shackles and restraints.
In particular, Saints like them, who had attained Sagehood through Heavenly Dao Merit, entrusted their Primordial Spirits to the Heavenly Dao. They were indeed immortal and undying, but their path, and even their life and death, were also under the Heavenly Dao's control.
As the saying went, "A Saint who defies Heaven cannot remain a Saint." That was the principle.
The Heavenly Dao's will stood above even them, the Saints.
After Tongtian attained Sagehood, the Heavenly Dao