Long years passed. After those in the Chat Group who had always been destined to attain the Dao reached that point, someone else finally broke through his limits and surpassed himself.
Yang Jian lived up to everyone's hopes. Before the Yang Jian of the Chaos Sea could make his second attempt at the Chaos Domain and succeed, he took that step first.
That also meant he had shed his identity as the Chaos Sea Yang Jian's Projection and become fully independent. From then on, the Chaos Sea Yang Jian could no longer affect him.
Yang Jian's Attainment of the Dao thus carried a significance beyond that of others taking the same step.
Meng Qi had also told the Yang Jian of the Chaos Sea about the Chat Group's Yang Jian.
Even if Yang Jian had been a step slower than his Chaos Sea counterpart, he could still have used that personal connection to gain independence.
After all, the Chaos Sea Yang Jian would certainly have done Meng Qi that favor.
But standing on his own feet was best.
Yang Jian's Attainment of the Dao also raised the curtain on something new.
It marked the beginning of those who could never have attained the Dao in their original paths of fate surpassing their limits.
After all, even without the Chat Group, Meng Qi, Luo Feng, and the others would have reached this point in the end.
Yang Jian was different. Without the Chat Group, this Yang Jian would have died.
The same was true of the others. Without the Chat Group, they could never have attained the Dao and become Supreme Ones.
Yang Jian was the first of the "ordinary" Group Members to attain the Dao and become a Supreme One.
As for The Ancient One...
She had started out as