Meng Chuan's sudden disappearance, leaving no trace of Karma and no trail anyone could follow, had an impact...
It truly brought darkness to tears. How could such power still exist in the Boundary Sea?
If even the combined might of the kings could not seal Space-Time, what could possibly hold Hongjun?
And it broke Little Stone's heart.
Why? Why had this happened?
Father, am I no longer your favorite child?
Meanwhile, tales of Hongjun spread rapidly across the Primordial Boundary Sea.
Thanks to the expanding Dao Realm, news traveled countless times more easily than before.
Each of Meng Chuan's Other Selves served as a signal station, a hub linking the Dao Realms of different worlds.
It was unrealistic for Meng Chuan's True Self to cover the entire Boundary Sea with his own power. But with countless Meng Chuans, it became simple.
Signals were sent and received, connections formed, and people could communicate.
Sending objects across worlds was a little troublesome, but even that took little effort.
His Other Selves could contact one another with ease. Opening a Space Passage was enough to connect them across worlds.
The story of Hongjun casually suppressing a Dark Supreme Giant, then calmly facing the dark kings before departing in style, spread ever farther through the Boundary Sea's Dao Realm.
Countless cultivators took him as their model, a vanguard against the darkness.
But as the story spread, some versions grew increasingly outrageous.
One claimed that after Dao Ancestor Hongjun vanished, he rode alone into the darkness and slew several Dark Immortal Kings wreathed in the radiance of Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
Another claimed that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had suppressed the Supreme Giant using only half his strength. Surely it was true: throughout that battle, he had not even opened his eyes to look at his opponent.
Yet