The Great Dao simply could not understand it, especially Qin Fen's words: "I'm not thinking about it. I'm already doing it." They made him want to kill himself. A little attention revealed that after the Heavenly Dao's confirmation, his devouring had not slowed down. But damn it, he could not freely control the other party either. Instead, it was like a glass of sugar water merging into a glass of salt water.
It was all fucking water anyway. The flavor had changed, but its nature had not.
The Great Dao was still the Great Dao. Unfortunately, the Great Dao representing the Heavenly Number of fifty was not him. As Qin Fen had said, he was the Great Dao, but he accounted for only forty-nine. Qin Fen had emerged from the Great Dao, but he had already grown to the level of fifty. In practical terms, who would you call the Great Dao? It had to be Qin Fen!
It did not matter who the Great Dao was. In short, the fixed total required for the Heavenly Number's completion never changed!
Thinking it through, he realized Qin Fen was merging him into himself! Holy fucking shit! Why wasn't this going quite as planned? No, it had completely turned the plan on its head!
He had wanted to merge Hongjun into himself and laid an elaborate scheme, only to be merged into Qin Fen. He had wanted to achieve Transcendence, plotted against the entire world, and tried to possess Big Chef, only to be possessed by Qin Fen instead!
What the actual fuck!
As he thought back, the Great Dao's chest heaved. Even the best composure would have shattered into dust!
If he had not forced Hongjun into a corner, Hongjun would never have desperately tried to merge with Qin Fen. If