Frustration

After rejoicing for a while, Yuan Yan merged the Merit he had obtained into the Merit Golden Wheel and suspended it deep within his Sea of Consciousness.

In an instant, the Merit Golden Wheel shone with brilliant golden light, its might greatly enhanced. Bathed in its golden Merit light, Yuan Yan's Innate Imperishable True Spirit gleamed brightly. No inner demons or stray thoughts arose, and his Dao Heart became crystal clear. He seemed like a child of heaven and earth; comprehending laws and the Great Dao became as easy as eating and drinking, and even his thinking and comprehension improved somewhat...

Naturally, Yuan Yan was not the only one to do this. Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Fuxi, and Nuwa, all of whom bore Great Merit and Virtue and had already condensed their own Merit Golden Wheels, likewise merged their newly acquired Merit into them and suspended them deep within their Sea of Consciousness.

As they sensed the immense changes in their Merit Golden Wheels, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling all smiled in contentment, their expressions filled with satisfaction.

Their Merit Golden Wheels were now absolutely no inferior to Top-Tier Defensive Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Yuan Yan could vaguely sense that although the Merit he possessed was still insufficient to allow him to attain sainthood, much less raise his cultivation to that of a Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal, it was absolutely enough to elevate an ordinary mortal to the Twelfth-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal, with plenty left over.

Moreover, if he gathered Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling's Merit onto himself, then that Immeasurable Merit should be enough to raise his cultivation to that of a Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal, with quite a bit to spare.

Yuan Yan and the other three were not