Meng Qi stepped out of the Real World in plain sight, with no intention of hiding.
He could not have concealed it anyway, but he had never meant to try.
As for Maitreya and the others...
Meng Qi was not waiting for someone else to create an opportunity for him. He had created one for them.
Whether Maitreya and the rest could seize it was no longer Meng Qi's concern.
As Meng Qi moved, gazes fell upon the Real World from Tusita Palace, the Demon Emperor Hall, Sukhavati, Vacuum Hometown, Bodhi Pure Land, the Summit of Spirit Mountain, and the Fusang Ancient Tree Domain, all fixed on him.
Those seven places were where the normal Other Shore Beings of this age resided.
The Time Blade on Jade Emperor Mountain, the Heavenly Dao Monster hidden in the shadows, and Fuxi Emperor were all abnormal Other Shore Beings.
In the Lamp-Burning Pure Land, Ananda's phantom told Lamp-Burning Buddha that Su Meng was about to attempt the Other Shore, leaving him shocked and terrified.
It had come so suddenly that he was caught completely off guard.
If Su Meng attained the Dao, Lamp-Burning Buddha would not only lose his chance at the Cause of All Fruits; he would likely meet an end that was far from pleasant.
At that moment, Lamp-Burning Buddha was panicked and helpless.
But he resolved to step in and stop Su Meng's attainment of the Dao when the time was right.
During an attempt to reach the Other Shore, other Other Shore Beings were not the only ones who could interfere. Those at Perfected Creation could disrupt it too.
An Other Shore Being's intervention was a tribulation of the highest order. Without protection from Heaven's Will at the same level, the candidate would be as good as dead.
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