Queen Mother of the West frowned again upon hearing this.
What Taishang Laojun said did make some sense. In this conflict within the Three Realms, an especially large number of people wanted to advance into the Saint Realm.
"Your Majesty, I have another doubt," Taishang Laojun said.
"What doubt?" Queen Mother of the West looked at Taishang Laojun.
Taishang Laojun said, "Based on my prediction of future trends and my understanding of the Deva Path this time, I do not believe the Deva Path would produce quasi-saints so quickly. At the very least, three people in the Three Realms would need to reach the Saint Realm before such a situation could arise.
"Yet in the Three Realms, only the Carefree Great Emperor and Tathagata Buddha of Spirit Mountain have reached the Saint Realm. Everyone else is a Great Luo Golden Immortal. The Deva Path could not have changed its rules so quickly."
Queen Mother of the West's brow twitched slightly at those words. By that logic, she was the third person in the Saint Realm. The Deva Path could not possibly turn her into a quasi-saint unless...
"Laojun, are you saying there is another hidden Saint Realm expert in the Three Realms?" Queen Mother of the West looked at Laojun in astonishment, scarcely able to believe it.
Taishang Laojun said, "I do not understand it either. It simply feels strange. If someone else had truly entered the Saint Realm, it would be impossible for no one in the Three Realms to know."
Queen Mother of the West nodded. Every person who entered the Saint Realm would undergo an immensely powerful heavenly tribulation. Its effects would make the entire Three Realms aware of it.
Yet no such event had occurred.
For now, Taishang Laojun only had a suspicion. He suspected that