In the end, the Dao Venerable broke the silence.
"Fellow Daoist, with a single breakthrough, you have already drawn close to Limitless. You truly have no equal."
When in doubt, trade compliments.
The Dao Venerable gave Meng Chuan a little praise. Truth be told, the feat deserved it.
"I grew up hearing legends of the Dao Venerable on my way here," Meng Chuan said admiringly. "You surpassed the Three Pure Ones and outshone Buddha. Your brilliance was peerless."
"It's a pity that although I visited your homeland many times, I never had the chance to meet you."
The Dao Venerable gave an inscrutable laugh. "Though I attained the Dao Fruit, from then on I could only gaze at my homeland from afar. I could never return."
"So much of the past lies beneath the bright moon, all turned to smoke and cloud."
Understanding dawned on Meng Chuan. He knew what the Dao Venerable meant.
"The Three Pure Ones achieved Transcendence and attained the Dao Fruit. Perhaps they have already told you the secrets of my homeland," the Dao Venerable said.
Meng Chuan nodded gently.
The secrets of the Lifetime World naturally concerned the nine Dao Fruit positions that the Six Chaos Limitless had created together.
The Dao Venerable continued, "It was not that I chose not to welcome you. Those of us who have attained the Dao Fruit can no longer remain in our homeland."
"Apart from leaving a Legacy, we can do nothing else there."
"This is a rule set by the six Limitless ones. Naturally, I can only abide by it."
When a native living being of the Lifetime World, rather than one of the six Limitless ones' Projection bodies, attained the Dao Fruit, they learned of this rule through the Unseen.
If a Dao Fruit Bearer did