(Chapters 502 and 503 combined)
The two boys were fourteen, but their cultivation was far from weak. Both had reached the first heaven of the Immortal Platform, the realm of Half-Step Great Power.
They stood at its peak, on the verge of stepping into the second heaven. Either could break through to Great Power at any moment.
For boys their age, it was astonishing, rare even in the present era.
Though cultivators nowadays had longer Longevity, they deliberately slowed their cultivation to take in the scenery of every realm.
But for true Heavenly Prodigies, Severing the Dao and the Saint Realm were only the beginning of the Great Dao. Only then did they slow down, carefully contemplate the myriad paths, and enrich themselves.
They rushed through the earlier realms even faster, aided by better resources, environments, and cultivation methods, hoping to enter the Saint Realm sooner and comprehend their own Dao.
Though they had more time overall, before achieving Changsheng, there was never enough.
As for the Sea of Bitterness, the Dao Palace...
They practically crossed those realms in a single stride. Just like Ye Fan in the original story, all they needed were Source Stones.
"Two young boys of the Human Race, why are you fighting?"
Meng Chuan quietly approached them and asked with a smile.
"Senior!" Both boys startled at his appearance. The boy in white still had his fist against the black-clad boy's face, while the black-clad boy still had a fistful of the other's hair.
They fought less like Half-Step Great Power experts than children who had never begun cultivating.
And it was in that very position that they called him senior.
"Peace is precious in all things." Meng Chuan prepared to talk some sense into the boys.
"You're both peerless Heavenly Prodigies, from what I