Even though one side was nearing the summit while the other had only just reached the foot of the mountain and begun to climb, both had touched the "mountain" at last. Naturally, they had much in common.
It was no longer like before, when they could scarcely converse on the level of the Dao.
As the five exchanged insights, each revealed the mysteries of their own Great Dao, leaving them all praising the others' extraordinary attainments.
Judged solely by the heights of their Great Daos, all five stood on the same broad level. Their true words of the Great Dao, their Dao Sources and foundations, made the other four clap and laugh, each gaining much from the exchange.
Five Chaos Ones—an assembly many Limitless factions could not boast—had gathered here. It was a magnificent sight.
Rarer still, none of the five held anything back. Each laid everything out for the others to observe and contemplate.
Even Chaos Ones belonging to the same faction in the Chaos Sea seldom went this far.
Belonging to the same faction did not mean they could entrust one another with their lives or trust one another without reservation.
Gradually, the five's true words of the Great Dao transformed this place into a Dao Realm, as though it lay at the very Origin of the Great Dao. The others, who had been chatting and laughing, fell silent and slipped naturally into contemplation of the Dao.
Could they understand or follow what Meng Chuan and the others were saying? Of course not.
Yet even the Dao's lingering resonance and intent could leave an Immortal Emperor lost, trapped so deeply that they could not free themselves.
Later, people began disappearing from this place one after another. Meng Chuan had sent them out.
Had they stayed any longer, they