"Wasn't that it?" Seeing Gu Xiaosang smile without answering, Meng Qi deliberately asked in return.
Admiration shone in Gu Xiaosang's eyes. She raised both hands and clapped lightly, the crisp sound ringing out:
"Husband, you're amazing. You even figured that out—there's no hiding the slightest thought from your keen eyes!"
"Don't be so over the top..." Meng Qi said, the corner of his mouth twitching. He tentatively pieced it together. "Proving the Legend at the Origin of Life and Death... using Emperor Fengdu... to break His scheme and get out unscathed... Could it be that you want to use His attack to pry open the Origin of Life and Death, refining part of it as you prove the Legend, and blending in certain aspects of the Way of Life and Death to pave the way for the future?"
After reaching the peak of the Legend, one had to meet three conditions to advance to the Creation Realm. First, one had to be able to directly feel the River of Time washing over them. Second, one had to experience the existence of the Sea of Suffering for real. Third, one had to distill and elevate one's knowledge, developing it in the direction of the "Way."
To cross the Sea of Suffering and ascend to the Other Shore from the Creation Realm, one had to pass two further barriers. First, one had to be able to reach the River of Time, retrace the past to a limited extent, and glimpse the future. Second, one had to gradually deepen one's cultivation of the "Way of oneself" condensed upon ascending to the Creation Realm, attaining the level of being "close to the Way." This would allow one to form a "Fruit of the Way," commonly known as a phantom Dao Fruit or half a