He was going to break through, to charge toward Chaos. His Three Pure Ones bodies would cease to exist.
At least during his breakthrough, Yuan, Tai, and Ling would all disappear. Whether the three of them could return if he succeeded remained unknown.
But Xiao Nannan had always lived with Tai. If Tai disappeared...
Meng Chuan closed his eyes briefly. An idea came to him.
"Xiao Nannan, Big Brother and your grandpa need to go away together for a while." Meng Chuan crouched before her and spoke gently. "Could you stay with Big Sister Bibi Dong and the others until we come back?"
Sitting on Bibi Dong's lap, Xiao Nannan tilted her little head and looked at him. "What are you and Grandpa going to do, Big Brother? Can Nannan come too?"
"Not this time." Meng Chuan stroked her head. "We have to do something only grown-ups can do."
"Once we're done, we'll be able to stay with Nannan forever."
Xiao Nannan thought for a moment, turned to look at Bibi Dong, then looked back at Meng Chuan and asked in her clear little voice, "Then can Nannan live with Big Sister from now on?"
By Big Brother, she meant Meng Chuan; by Big Sister, she meant Ruthless. The "Big" in both names referred to someone in particular.
"Of course. Big Sister likes Nannan very much too," Meng Chuan said with a smile. "She just doesn't like to talk. You'll have to win her over with your cuteness."
"Nannan will!"
Meng Chuan and Bibi Dong took Xiao Nannan back to the Dao Realm. After playing with her for a while, Meng Chuan let Bibi Dong take her away.
Then Meng Chuan returned alone to his small world. He slowly closed his eyes and began adjusting his state, seeking to enter