Meng Chuan had raised more than one child with his own hands. They were all close to him, all family.
But he had only ever had one true son.
Meng Chuan had not raised him, and they were not related by blood.
But if anyone said that man was not Meng Chuan's son, Meng Chuan would lose his temper with them.
Wasn't that right, Meng Qi?
"This is Little Meng's last hurdle, isn't it?" Zhang Sanfeng asked after a moment's thought.
"More or less." Meng Chuan nodded. "The Demon Buddha calamity when he attained the Dharmakaya, and the Golden Emperor calamity when he returned from the Other Shore—both are ordeals that will profoundly affect him."
Neither calamity would kill Meng Qi, but for someone like him, living could sometimes be harder than dying.
During the Demon Buddha calamity, Meng Qi had "lost" his Dao Companion. During the Golden Emperor calamity, in the original storyline, Meng Qi himself went mad, and nearly all his friends and family were slaughtered.
Both calamities had dealt Meng Qi a heavy blow.
And the Golden Emperor's calamity was essentially the last great hurdle Meng Qi would face.
As for the hurdle of attaining the Other Shore afterward...
It looked perilous beyond measure, but with all the information and the truth in hand, that hurdle was actually the safest...
The Golden Emperor had long been single-mindedly intent on pushing Meng Qi onto the Other Shore.
Then there was the final struggle for the Dao Fruit. That was not merely Meng Qi's calamity. It was a calamity for the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, for everyone on the Other Shore.
"Once he gets through this, Little Meng will have a smooth road ahead," Zhang Sanfeng said with a sigh.
"As long as he doesn't suddenly decide to fight