Only when Zhou Ping'an and the others were almost back at the hotel did they realize that Chen Jue alone was missing from their group.
By then, Chen Jue had already returned to the place where he had seen the three rivers converge earlier, rather than following the others.
At that moment, like Pure Yang Lüzu attaining Enlightened Quanzhen in the Eight Immortals Stance, Chen Jue had comprehended his own Dao.
In that instant, his thoughts flowed freely, his thinking became a furnace, and his spirit and will seemed to draw inward just as his body had, beginning to grow whole and clear.
Chen Jue's body and will had simultaneously formed a Golden Elixir and attained the Dao, just like the sudden enlightenment of ancient sages.
And at the very moment Chen Jue understood his mind, saw his true nature, and comprehended the "truth" of the Dao, a brand-new status bonus appeared on the Attribute Panel: [Immortal in the Mortal World].
[Immortal in the Mortal World]: Stroll through the mortal world, wander freely among humanity, savor the myriad experiences of life, and become the sole immortal among ordinary mortals. Status description: This status greatly enhances willpower, concentration, perception, comprehension, and other faculties.
As this new status appeared, Chen Jue felt sparks of thought flying rapidly. Countless memories and pieces of knowledge flashed through his mind, and questions about life and cultivation that had once puzzled him began to resolve themselves. His intelligence, previously displayed as 1.61 (1.11), also twisted and changed at that moment.
The value of 1.11 in parentheses began rising at a visible rate until it disappeared altogether, leaving his current value fixed at his peak, just like his other three attributes.
Watching the waters of the three rivers merge and swirl, Chen Jue felt as