He Mu's words were like a shot in the arm, providing the most effective encouragement and instantly lifting the gloom from the Netherworld Venerable's heart.
With the Netherworld Venerable's state of mind, he would not normally have said what he had earlier. After all, everyone's Road to Immortality was different; neither speed nor efficiency could be judged by a single standard.
The problem was that He Mu's Road to Immortality had been far too smooth, and his progress far too swift!
Back when he had first met He Mu, He Mu's cultivation had been formidable, but it had only been comparable to his own, perhaps even a shade inferior.
Yet afterward, He Mu had trampled through the myriad Daos and battled the Evil Immortal, leaving the Netherworld Venerable unable to fully fathom him and entirely unsure that he could still hold the upper hand.
And now, although he himself had made considerable progress and gained new ground on the path to longevity, the Immeasurable Heaven Venerable was clearly even more terrifying, almost absurdly so. In just a few tens of thousands of years, he had reached such heights, far beyond the Netherworld Venerable's understanding and imagination.
Such an outrageous change had momentarily thrown the Netherworld Venerable's Dao Heart off balance.
The Netherworld Venerable followed the Reincarnation Great Dao, which demanded a great deal of the mind; otherwise, it was all too easy to fall into a tribulation of the heart. That was precisely what had been happening.
Fortunately, He Mu's timely words had finally brought him to his senses, allowing him to quell the turbulence in his Dao Heart rather than fall into the tribulation and lose his true self.
But before the Netherworld Venerable could thank He Mu, he heard him continue.
"Enough, Daoist Friend Netherworld Venerable. Let us