Gradual Escalation

After Suiren, Sanqing and Tathagata also brought their respective lists of powerful figures. After Ju Hua explained the situation to them individually, he went on to observe these figures one by one to see if they had been controlled by Source Elder.

There was nothing particularly noteworthy about the list brought by Sanqing, but the list from Tathagata actually included "Buddha Jueming"!

Although Jueming had long since become a True God, he had always maintained a very low profile. In the eyes of the gods and fiends of the Three Realms, he had always been a rather ordinary True God Dao Ancestor.

Yet, Tathagata had specifically included him on the list.

Of course, this was not hard to understand.

Ju Hua had always claimed to have received the inheritance of the powerful figure who built the Moonlit Pool, and his current progress was enough to leave everyone dumbfounded. As the only person other than Ju Hua to have walked out of the Moonlit Pool, it was no surprise that he would be valued by Tathagata.

In fact, Ju Hua knew that Tathagata's choice was correct.

Although Jueming had not received the massive amount of techniques and the sword arts pointing directly to a World God like he had, he had obtained two great divine abilities: "Withered Silence World God" and "Nine Origin Annihilation." Over countless years, Ju Hua estimated that Jueming could have broken through to become an Ancestral God long ago. The only reason he hadn't was likely because he did not wish to leave the Three Realms.

After all, according to the Life-Bound Oath within the Moonlit Pool, once Jueming became an Ancestral God, he would be required to leave the Three Realms within a thousand years and head into the Chaos to search for Tiancang Palace.

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