"Through truth and illusion, I have glimpsed the Dao. Now I understand!"
When that voice suddenly thundered through their minds, every Great Luo being in the True Realm turned pale with shock.
"Where did that voice come from?!"
"How is this possible? Someone actually shook my mind!"
"That voice appeared alongside the rainbow clouds covering the Chaos Sea. Could it have come from the person who just attained Great Luo? The voices sound almost identical!"
"It is his voice! But we are Great Luo, and so is he. How can the gap be this vast?"
"Surely he hasn't glimpsed a realm beyond Great Luo?"
"Fellow Daoist Kun Xu, that is laughable. For countless eons, we've traveled through innumerable universes and crossed layer upon layer of Chaos Seas, yet never found a trace of anything beyond Great Luo. That proves Great Luo is the summit."
"Forgive me, but I disagree. Great Luo is by no means the highest realm. If a supreme being truly exists, it must be omniscient and omnipotent. How could you or I claim either? Besides, where did these countless Chaos Seas come from? Did they arise naturally? I have always believed an unsurpassed Creator made everything—"
"Ha! Rather than believe in a Creator, I'd sooner believe that an unknowable Dao created and evolved all things."
"The Dao you speak of might well be a Creator! It simply need not take the form of a human, god, demon, ghost, or monster."
"Nonsense! The Dao I speak of has no subjective consciousness. Think of it as a natural phenomenon. What you describe is a living being with feelings and awareness like ours, and such a thing cannot possibly exist!"
"Enough arguing! Look at the sky!"
As the Great Luo beings argued, an old Daoist in a feathered robe suddenly