Three rays of light emerged in succession, immediately resonating with one another.
In the unseen depths, a bond of fate seemed to link them, drawing their minds together.
Li Chen noticed the changes in the two men, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. "You actually pulled it off."
Yue Dongyang and Lu Yuan asked in shock, "Who are you?"
Li Chen also bore the aura of a Second Sage of the Confucian Dao. Clearly, he had already attained something through this path.
What he had realized was a wholly new Confucian Dao, copied and extrapolated step by step beginning with Tang Taibai. It approached the utmost limits of idealism, yet also pursued investigating things and extending knowledge, sharing a common lineage of meaning with the Neo-Confucianism Yue and Lu cultivated.
Li Chen intended to use this Dao Fruit to augment the power of his mind-only transformation, ultimately applying it to creation law to perfect his path as a Puppet Dao Grandmaster.
No wonder Yue Dongyang and Lu Yuan sensed such an exceptionally familiar energy from him. Red lotus, white lotus root, green lotus leaf-the many paths were one family after all!
A sudden stirring in their hearts brought both men to a realization.
This man looked familiar!
Connecting this with everything that had happened before, an unbelievable conjecture surfaced, leaving them both utterly shaken.
"Could he be..."
"No matter what, this man cannot be allowed to live!"
The two soared high, hanging across the sky like suns, their auras as Second Sages of the Confucian Dao growing even stronger.
The imperial dynasty fortune seemed to sense them. Like magnets drawn together, its surging torrents rushed toward them.
At that instant, Li Chen felt the Sacred Spirit Grand Formation, previously entirely under his control, shudder violently. Qi channels surged