The Emperors all knew something of Ruthless's past: her obsession, the driving force that had brought her this far.
And because they knew, Meng Chuan's speculation about the Similar Flower seemed all the crueler.
Didn't that mean Ruthless's brother could never Return?
"Oh!" Ji Lianxing cried. "Just because Meng Chuan can't do it doesn't mean someone at a higher level can't!"
"And Meng Chuan's guess might not even be right!"
"As long as we're alive and still advancing, anything is possible!"
"Exactly! The Dao has no end. There's still the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level ahead. If a Quasi-Immortal Emperor can't do it, an Immortal Emperor surely can!"
The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body chimed in too. Meng Chuan often taught them about Cultivation and had spoken of what he knew of an Immortal Emperor's powers.
Meng Chuan was not optimistic, but...
"An Immortal Emperor is not the end," Meng Chuan said. He did not know whether an Immortal Emperor was the end in the Shrouding the Heavens World, but across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, it certainly was not.
He said it to keep Ruthless's hope alive.
Not that Meng Chuan thought a few words from him could drive Ruthless to Sever.
She was the peerless Female Emperor. How could she Sever so easily?
Back when Changsheng had no gate, immortality had no path, and the Human Dao seemed the end of all things, Ruthless had never despaired. She had pressed on unwaveringly. How could a few words from Meng Chuan make her give up hope now?
At most, they had unsettled her.
"Heavenly Emperor, why do you know so much?" Meng Chuan's words had shocked everyone and stirred their curiosity.
Sure enough, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body asked.
"I have a friend..." Meng Chuan began, but the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body