If Tang Changsheng had not surpassed the great sage Cedric in sheer power, then he must have surpassed him in the nature of that power.
And to surpass the great sage Cedric in that way, Tang Changsheng must have crossed the threshold into the realm of deities.
For more than two hundred years, Cedric had been unable to cross that threshold. No matter how vast his mental power grew, it had never undergone that transformation.
The gates of divinity were shut tight against mortals. If not for the present Age of Dharma's Decline, any mortal who dared peer into that realm would have met with merciless punishment.
This was the level the Sages' Society had dreamed of reaching for a thousand years. But they had long since lost hope, believing they would never set foot within it. No wonder the words had left even their speaker shaken!
Even the great sage Cedric started at the suggestion. The possibility had not occurred to him. He had only felt a faint sense of threat to his vast mental power when facing Tang Changsheng, which was why he had said what he had...
But now that the Protector Elder had voiced it, Cedric grew alarmed and suspicious. Had Tang Changsheng truly entered the realm of deities?
Remembering Tang Changsheng's unfathomable bearing, Cedric found he could not say.
"Where is Mr. Tang now?"
An answer came quickly. "Mr. Tang took his two female companions to visit Saint Bertholic Cathedral..."
"Visit a cathedral?" Cedric and the others were baffled. Since when had the people of Great Chu believed in those gods, let alone visited their cathedrals?
"Yes. Mr. Tang has visited several famous cathedrals over the past few days..." The steward reporting to them added alertly, "But something strange happens every time. The cathedral he