"Dao Union."
"I plan to join with the Dao."
Meng Chuan's voice was clear and calm as he told Ruthless what he intended to do.
"I'll join with the Great Dao, then ultimately transcend it. That's what I want to do."
Ruthless's eyes flickered when she heard him. She asked:
"Dao Union... Is it like what you did before?"
She was referring to what Meng Chuan had done when he advanced from Great Luo to Primordial Unity.
Back then, Meng Chuan had dissolved into the Dao of Heaven and Earth and vanished from sight. He had finally revived from Nirvana and attained the Primordial Dao Fruit.
Meng Chuan shook his head. "No. They're fundamentally different."
"Back then, I didn't join with the Dao of the Heavens. I supplanted it with my own Dao."
"I made the Great Luo Dao support the Heavens, and the Dao cultivated by countless living beings became the Great Luo Dao."
"But ultimately, I did that so I could enter a state of absolute nothingness, revive from it, and attain Primordial Unity."
"Supplanting the Dao was only a way for me to enter a realm of nothingness similar to the one you entered while breaking through to Above Sacrificial Dao."
The Dao of the Heavens had not been what mattered. What mattered was making Meng Chuan disappear.
"This time, though, I intend to join with the Dao—to unite with the Great Dao Matrix."
Even setting aside the deepest distinction, the difference was plain on the surface. One was supplanting; the other was joining. Only one word separated them, yet they were as far apart as heaven and earth.
"The sole purpose of Dao Union is for me to become one with the Great Dao, for the Primordial Unity Dao to become one with the Great Dao