After Chi Mian entered the ritual tower, Lin Tingzhi and Wu Tingzhi waited in Mystic Chaos Heaven for the outcome.
They had originally intended for Chi Mian to make his breakthrough in Celestial Xia, but he was brimming with confidence about attaining the Dao within the Severed Realm. It was not that people like him were simply that way; rather, breaking through the barriers of the Dao relied solely on the cultivator himself. If a cultivator lacked confidence even in himself, then success would be impossible.
Since he insisted that the Severed Realm offered a greater chance of success, there was naturally no need for them to force the matter.
Both were Daoists of Pursuit of Completeness, and they understood that once a breakthrough began, no matter how many twists and turns it underwent, to the self in the main world it would last but an instant.
If he succeeded, he would return very soon.
And after only a moment, both men sensed that his aura, having vanished for an instant, had reappeared. By all appearances, he had succeeded. Otherwise, he would have fallen into the vast void, beyond all hope of retrieval.
The two had thought the overall situation settled, and that Celestial Xia's efforts had not been in vain. Yet in the next moment, they both frowned without prior agreement.
They had both sensed something wrong. Chi Mian's aura was outwardly no different from before, yet they could faintly feel a dark, deep, and obscure presence within it.
Both men's expressions immediately turned grim.
No. This man had clearly failed to attain Pursuit of Completeness—and not only that, for some unknown reason, he had become a Chaos monster!
Lin Tingzhi said, "Send word. Order Deng Tingzhi to stop him! We will summon assistance to the scene; have him