The Demon of the Dao's Opposition was shocked and furious as he fought off Meng Chuan's assault.
The other Limitless Ones had watched from the sidelines all along, but they were no less astonished.
A mighty Oneness and three Daos pushed to their peak left the nine Limitless Ones watching in amazement. They could only sigh that new waves of Chaos were sweeping the old ones ahead.
"No wonder Daoist Friend Pangu couldn't stop thinking about this stroke of fortune. Who knew its effects would be so astonishing?" Houtu said, surprise threading her voice. At last, she understood Pangu.
Pangu himself was only at 1+2, not 1+3. Even setting aside his lofty ambitions, the prospect of reaching +3 was enough to keep him from giving up.
+3 and +2 were worlds apart. The resistance from the Great Dao Matrix to advancing from two to three was almost unimaginable.
Of course, though Pangu was only at 1+2, his Power Dao was fiercely domineering and especially suited to battle. It gave him a distinct edge in a fight.
So despite being only at 1+2, Pangu's combat strength was ferocious, no weaker than that of those few Limitless Ones at 1+3.
Pangu's Power Dao Limitless One path was not like Meng Chuan's Primordial Unity Limitless path. It did not stand on a higher plane than the paths of other Limitless Ones.
His Power Dao was simply formidable in battle. Its level was still the same as the other Limitless Daos.
But the extraordinary strength of the Power Great Dao came at a price.
This Great Dao rejected "external Daos" far more strongly than other Great Daos did.
In a sense, power could be seen as an "orphan" Great Dao, standing apart from the other Daos, barely connected to them, even faintly opposed to