Again and again, Meng Chuan traveled to the future, then doubled back to the present.
The present and future alternated, space-time folding over itself.
Across these Myriad Heavens and Worlds, Meng Chuan set foot in futures where he existed and futures where he did not.
He experienced what it felt like to pass between the present and the future.
The insights he had gained from Lingbao Heavenly Venerable and Primordial Heavenly Venerable were rapidly taking shape, and Meng Chuan found himself understanding more.
Yet he was also left with more questions.
At last, Meng Chuan left Virtuous Heavenly Venerable's Myriad Heavens and Worlds and returned to Tusita Palace.
It had been an unforgettable journey, and one from which he had gained a great deal.
Meng Chuan thanked Virtuous Heavenly Venerable again. This visit to Tusita Palace had helped him immensely.
Unfortunately, the futures he had visited lay within Virtuous Heavenly Venerable's Myriad Heavens and Worlds. They could not let him attain the Dao directly.
"The future is unsettled. If you descend into it, you will inevitably encounter many problems," Virtuous Heavenly Venerable said in warning.
"Losing your way, sinking into oblivion, being left behind, barriers of illusion, the real and the unreal..."
"If you do not exist in the future, how will you know that the one who descends there is you?"
"If you do not exist in the future, how will you be certain you are yourself once you descend?"
"If you do not exist in the future, how will you come to understand that you are you?"
With that, Virtuous Heavenly Venerable fell silent.
It was probably the most he had said in any of his meetings with Meng Chuan.
Perhaps he had offered this warning because what Meng Chuan intended to do was far from safe and