Meng Chuan had not been bluffing to Willow God and Little Pagoda. He really had gained enlightenment.
It was just that this was a Dao he could comprehend whenever he wanted.
Little Pagoda fled into the distance. Willow God said nothing, and when Shi Yunfeng and the others saw Meng Chuan preparing to cultivate, they stopped disturbing him.
They needed to seize the time to cultivate too.
They did not expect to keep up with Little Nonpoint. They only hoped it would be a little longer before he left them completely behind.
Did being his grandfathers mean they had no dignity to protect?
Whoosh!
Suddenly, flames sprang up around Meng Chuan as he sat beneath Willow God.
Several Stone Village residents nearly jumped out of their skins and almost went looking for water.
But on closer inspection, what rose from deep within Meng Chuan's flesh and blood only looked like flames. It was a mass of symbols gathered into the shape of a blaze.
That fire burned across Meng Chuan's skin, flesh, blood, and bones, tempering them.
His body merged with countless symbols, becoming crystal clear and shedding a gentle divine glow.
His Primordial Spirit stood amid the flames, drawing in the Myriad Daos' laws, radiant with Immortal Light.
Little Pagoda, who had only just fled, crept back and stared at Meng Chuan without moving.
"These flames..." Little Pagoda murmured, recognizing the origins of some of the symbols.
"The Heavenly Laws?"
"But not just the Heavenly Laws. There's more here, and it's more complete than what the Heavenly Rules Tribulation reveals."
"He gained this from a tribulation he faced in the past," Willow God said, clearing up Little Pagoda's confusion.
That Reincarnation Tribulation had targeted Reincarnation and Meng Chuan, an Emperor Light Immortal King.
Naturally, the laws it contained far