The war merit system was coming along nicely.
Meng Tianzheng secretly invited the Supremes of the Nine Heavens and many cultivators at the peak of Dunyi to hear him lecture on Sage Arts.
Their shock went without saying.
One great cultivator at the peak of Dunyi even broke through on the spot.
Hearts stirred, and all sorts of thoughts and schemes surfaced.
A True Immortal!
But in the face of the power of the Immortal Dao, there was nothing they could do about any of those ideas.
As for what they thought afterward, it no longer mattered.
Those who heard the lecture tried, but they could not even warn their juniors not to provoke Meng Tianzheng.
After all, no one had dared provoke Meng Tianzheng in the first place. What would such a warning be but painting legs on a snake?
Revealing the secret of Meng Tianzheng's ascension was even further beyond them.
Wang Changsheng had not come to hear the lecture. He remained active at the Emperor Pass, seeking chances to slay Supremes from the Foreign Realm.
He already had one Foreign Realm Supreme's head in his hands.
Meng Chuan also appeared while Meng Tianzheng lectured and announced the war merit system he intended to introduce.
The system astonished them greatly, perhaps no less than Meng Tianzheng's ascension had.
When they looked at Meng Chuan now, they saw only layer upon layer of mist. They had never been able to see through him, and now he seemed more mysterious than ever.
Of course, once the war merit system was proposed, some people began entertaining crooked ideas.
They considered joining forces to suppress Meng Chuan and seize his Treasures.
But Meng Tianzheng was the only True Immortal in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. His power to deter them was