As Meng Chuan leaped beyond the First Origin Point, more and more of him emerged from the Great Dao, and he broke free ever more deeply.
The other Limitless Ones paid him more and more attention.
Who was an enemy? Who was a friend?
Until the moment they struck, no one could say for certain.
Yet Meng Chuan looked calm and untroubled, without a trace of tension.
It was as though he had no idea what was about to happen. Or perhaps...
He simply did not care.
As Meng Chuan leaped beyond the Great Dao, his understanding of certain things—and of the Limitless Realm—deepened.
There was a reason the two great traits of a Limitless One, the two manifestations of that realm's essence, were still only a prototype in Meng Chuan's case.
Though Meng Chuan had used the Chaos Cycle Seed as a springboard and had attained both essential traits,
beyond the Chaos Cycle Seed still lay the Chaos Sea, and the Great Dao Matrix still existed there.
Thus, Meng Chuan possessed both traits, but neither fully nor completely.
Only after breaking free of the Great Dao could he integrate and elevate his realm, then stand firmly in the Limitless Domain.
The Limitless Barrier had been breached, and Meng Chuan had met every condition for advancing to Limitless. Assimilation by the Great Dao had been dangerous, but it had also been an opportunity as vast as heaven.
What Meng Chuan had gained while being assimilated surpassed what others could imagine.
Integrating and elevating his realm would therefore not be difficult. In fact, it would be easy.
He only had to wait until he had leaped entirely beyond the Great Dao.
And the others, too, were waiting for the moment Meng Chuan did.
Everyone watched him break free bit by bit.