Meng Chuan spoke with the others from the Shrouding the Heavens World one by one.
Nothing about their futures—the opportunities they would encounter or the experiences they would have—was hidden from Meng Chuan.
He could guide them from every angle without forcing anything, letting matters take their natural course.
He could help them make the right choices at certain moments, then magnify the rewards those choices brought.
That way, each of them would have a good outcome and surpass limits they could never have crossed before.
Of course, this applied to the kings of the Dao Realm.
For Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and the others, who had already cultivated to the Immortal Emperor and Sacrificial Dao realms, the road ahead was clear.
Meng Chuan could help them without interfering with their paths, but sometimes it was better to let them walk those paths and undergo those experiences themselves.
Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and the others were different from everyone else, after all.
Finally, Meng Chuan said to Ruthless:
"Because of Nannan, your cultivation may be affected for a while, Great Emperor."
"But don't worry. The effects will all be positive."
In Lifetime, even those who practiced Reducing to Emptiness received feedback when the person they had chosen reached the Dao Fruit Embryo stage.
If Xiao Nannan had merely been an ordinary Great Luo, that feedback breaking Ruthless through the Sacrificial Dao Barrier would already have been the luckiest outcome possible.
But Xiao Nannan's current realm was profoundly mysterious. Ordinary minor realms could not be used to judge her, especially given her unusual relationship with Meng Chuan on the level of the Great Dao.
It was only natural that Ruthless would gain even more from Xiao Nannan as a result.
The source of Xiao Nannan's extraordinary qualities had been Ruthless all