The next day.
Gong Xiong arrived on time.
He had changed into another set of black bear hide, looking positively radiant and full of vigor, with wind in his stride.
"Come, come, come! I'll take you to meet the Emperor."
The Emperor had not said he wished to see Ye Lingfeng and the others, so Li Tianming went alone.
After all, he had fought against the Sun Emperor before. Now, meeting the Starfeather Emperor, one of the two most supreme figures on Purpleglory Star, did not make him nervous at all.
Gong Xiong, on the other hand, was rather nervous, constantly tidying his clothes along the way.
"Hey, brother, this outfit of mine looks alright, doesn't it? My hairstyle's not bad either, right?" Gong Xiong asked.
"Brother Xiong, you don't have any hair."
"Ah! I forgot. I'm too nervous!"
The two sped toward "Thousandstar Imperial City."
Sure enough, more than seventy of those assigned to protect him had split off and remained nearby at all times.
"They are the Star-Chasing Group, all core direct descendants of the Emperor. Every one of them is a top expert. The Emperor has ordered them to protect you for at least five hundred years," Gong Xiong explained first.
"The Star-Chasing Group?"
Li Tianming could only marvel at how excellent this treatment was.
A stellar-source behemoth truly had money to burn.
"That Ye Chen has enjoyed the resources of the Divine Radiance Imperial Dynasty for years and only managed to fight you to a draw. You, meanwhile, have been away all this time and only recently gained the qualifications to cultivate on the ninth level of the Purpleglory Star God Tower. If you ask me, you're far stronger than him," Gong Xiong praised.
Li Tianming smiled without commenting.
As they spoke, they had already reached