It was precisely because he could that Fang Chen'ai had attacked him so desperately, without regard for anything else.
"...Since you share such bonds, why not have him come to the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory to seek the Dao?"
Chen Xun's gaze flickered slightly. He did not believe Meng Sheng was someone skilled in scheming, not even when plotting against a registered disciple of the Immortal Realm. "Meng Sheng, before an old senior like me, there is no need to conceal too much."
He knew that Meng Sheng had once brought billions upon billions of living beings back to the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory. With such an outstanding prospect before him, there was no way he would let him go.
"Senior, his attainment of True Immortality was brought about by my own hand."
"I guessed as much."
Chen Xun narrowed his eyes. "It seems you have already deduced the True Immortal Path. You told this disciple too much of the wondrousness of True Immortality, and in doing so, became his enemy. It seems there can only be one Dao True Immortal upon this path—fated enemies."
Meng Sheng's expression darkened slightly.
In the past.
They had all believed that battles for the Dao began with Nine-Tribulation Immortals. Only now did he realize that upon each Myriad Dao Immortal Mountain, only one could stand tall upon its lone peak. One Dao, one True Immortal, supplementing the laws of the Immortal Realm. In other words...
So long as a True Immortal stood upon this Dao, that great Dao would not perish.
This was also a form of self-protection for the Immortal Realm.
Otherwise, the Nine Tribulations Dao Venerables, Sages, and others of the Three Thousand Immortal Domains could have stirred up an age of Dao extinction.
Meng Sheng continued telling Chen Xun everything