The River of Time faded away, and all things fell still. The sky was clear, and the wind and mist had dispersed.
Meng Chuan looked toward the Heavens and saw Luo Tianxian and Meng Hai.
Meng Chuan nodded to the two Immortal Emperors. Luo Tianxian and Meng Hai caught his gaze and nodded back. They said:
"Congratulations on reaching the End of the Path, fellow Daoist. You stand supreme among the Heavens, eternal and undying."
Compared with the last time Meng Chuan had seen them in the present, their condition had improved by far more than a little. They had recovered greatly.
And Meng Chuan had naturally sensed that the two Immortal Emperors had acted to conceal the commotion of his breakthrough as best they could.
Though they could not hide it completely, their efforts had indeed helped.
As for why Meng Chuan had not made preparations to conceal it himself...
A commotion like this simply could not be hidden.
The River of Time's many reactions, the countless changes throughout history, the reach of the Nine Dao Manifestations—all of it would cause an earth-shaking stir.
One only had to look at the commotion of his breakthrough to know there was no covering it up.
The Nine Dao Manifestations, for instance, were not like the Legend manifestations Meng Chuan had produced himself when he became a Self-Proven Legend.
They were manifestations born spontaneously from the resonance of the Great Dao and Heaven and Earth.
He was not in the Lifetime World, but the Great Dao was connected across worlds. Somewhere beyond perception, it responded.
He carried this method and used it to attain the Great Dao. The Great Dao had responded, and the corresponding manifestations had appeared.
They were manifestations, but they also proclaimed many things. They were the expression of