It was precisely because he could that Fang Chen had been so utterly determined to kill him.
"...Since the two of you share such a bond, why not have him come to the Eternal Immortal Frontier to seek the Dao?"
Chen Xun's eyes flashed slightly. He did not believe Meng Sheng was someone skilled at scheming, even if he were plotting against an honorary disciple of the Immortal Realm. "Meng Sheng, there is no need to conceal too much before this old senior of yours."
He knew that Meng Sheng had once brought billions of living beings back to the Eternal Immortal Frontier. With such an excellent seedling before him, he was even less likely to let him go.
"Senior, I was the one who single-handedly helped him attain True Immortalhood."
"I guessed as much."
Chen Xun narrowed his eyes. "It seems you have already deduced the True Immortal Path. You told that disciple far too much about the wonders of True Immortals, and thus became his enemy. It seems there can only be one True Immortal upon a single Dao—the fated enemy."
Meng Sheng's expression darkened slightly.
In the past.
They had all believed that the struggle for the Dao began with Nine Tribulation Immortals. Only now did he realize that upon each Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Mountain, only one person could stand alone atop its solitary peak. One Dao, one True Immortal, supplementing the Immortal Realm Rules. In other words...
So long as a True Immortal stood upon this Dao, that Great Dao would not perish.
This was also a form of self-protection for the Immortal Realm.
Otherwise, the Nine Tribulations Dao Venerables, Saints, and others of the Three Thousand Immortal Territories could have stirred up an age of Dao extinction.
Meng Sheng kept telling Chen Xun everything