Why were there so many legends about a being who had never existed?
The truth was already clear.
The legends had been passed down from the past, but their Origin was someone in the present.
It was because of what Meng Chuan was doing now that legends of Hongjun had arisen and spread through the world.
And it was not only what had happened with the Dao Venerable. Some of Meng Chuan's actions in the past Root Source Space-Time—even his mere arrival here—would have an impact, bringing corresponding changes to the future Chaos Sea.
Meng Chuan had not become Hongjun. Rather, Hongjun had been fashioned from certain aspects of Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan, here and now, was the Origin.
There was no reincarnated Hongjun, no Projection of Hongjun. He had never existed in the first place.
There was only Meng Chuan, who had given rise to the legends of Hongjun.
Hongjun was merely a description of one aspect of him, and Meng Chuan in his entirety was far more than that.
His life and his achievements could not be fully captured by those vague, rough-hewn legends of Hongjun.
The legend of Hongjun's Dao Union had its origins in Meng Chuan's Dao Union at this very moment...
The saying that Hongjun was the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao was not Hongjun, reflected Meng Chuan's current state as the spirit of the Great Dao...
The so-called Fortune Jade Disc was simply another name for the Great Dao Jade Disc...
Many of the legends had come from attempts to describe Meng Chuan's state of Dao Union.
Of course, legends and anecdotes were bound to become distorted as they spread. They could not match the facts perfectly.
Some events might have been conjured out of thin air, while others might have been exaggerated