Zhunti? If Meng Qi had not reached the Legendary Realm and gained the ability to scrutinize his own thoughts, he probably would have been unable to control his shock and fear.
This was most likely an Other Shore Great Figure!
Had he really run straight into an ancient Other Shore Being?
Meng Qi had first learned of Daoist Zhunti through Investiture of the Gods, a book suspected to be a projection of the Ancient Investiture of the Gods War. Most of its characters were real beings in the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, such as Yuanshi Tianzun, Moral Heavenly Venerable, and Tongtian Sect Master.
For that reason, he had always suspected that the two Western Teachings Cult Masters, who were on a par with the Three Pure Ones in the book, were likewise reflections of ancient Other Shore Beings. He had guessed that Daoist Jieyin was Amitabha Buddha, and Daoist Zhunti was Bodhi Ancient Buddha.
And who was Bodhi Ancient Buddha? An Other Shore Great Figure who had once overpowered Burning Lamp in the Primordial Era and achieved the Other Shore!
After the Investiture of the Gods War, his deeds had gone unrecorded. Like Yuanshi and Moral Heavenly Venerable, he had hidden behind the scenes, biding his time—only to appear before Meng Qi today!
Suppressing his fear, shock, and other emotions, Meng Qi's thoughts raced as he reviewed the encounter from beginning to end.
In that brief instant, inspiration struck, his wisdom flared, and a series of judgments came to him:
Daoist Zhunti had been spying on the ancient Other Shore battlefield, clearly searching for the whereabouts of Yuanshi Tianzun or Lingbao Tianzun!
With an Other Shore Being's abilities, if he had awakened and returned, descending in his true form, how could Yang Jian's seal possibly hold him back? Meng