As Ruthless probed deeper, she discovered that the power within Xiao Nannan was steadily growing.
It grew only by a little, thread by thread.
But it never stopped. Every moment, power appeared from nowhere and flowed into Xiao Nannan.
That power was the source of the warmth Xiao Nannan had spoken of.
It also meant that every moment, Xiao Nannan was grasping more of the Great Dao's mysteries.
She clearly was not cultivating at all. Right now, she was just cuddling up to Ruthless.
If cuddling could bring enlightenment, everyone would want to do it. Meng Chuan certainly would have wanted to when he was still around.
"The power of the Dao at its very source..."
Ruthless murmured. Xiao Nannan was inexplicably comprehending the myriad Daos, while the power of the Dao inside her kept growing without any other sign of anything amiss.
She had gained that power directly from the Great Dao by comprehending it.
If Ruthless had not returned and come into contact with Xiao Nannan, she would not even have noticed.
Though Xiao Nannan had become independent, Ruthless could still sense her to some degree.
It was deeply strange that such a great change had happened to Xiao Nannan without Ruthless sensing a thing.
There was only one explanation: the power behind this change was stronger than she was.
Not stronger through sheer accumulation, but stronger by a leap in kind. It lay beyond her understanding, beyond the level of an Immortal Emperor.
Not even someone at the Immortal Emperor Pinnacle could have done this to her former Dao Fruit without her noticing.
More importantly, she had now detected the anomaly, yet no matter how she probed, she still could not find its source.
She could not discover why Xiao Nannan was comprehending the Great Dao so