Mu Chen was far weaker than he had been in the original story, but with Wu Yao, Luo Li, and the others charging ahead, he did not need to fight on the front lines.
This benefited him, but it also came with quite a few drawbacks.
As the former First Sequence God, Zhou Yuan was far stronger than Mu Chen.
After all, as his former strength returned, he had already begun cultivating the Ancestor Dragon Scripture.
Although his body was not as powerful as it had been in his previous life, relying on his past cultivation experience, he should be able to overtake everyone on the curve once he reached the Three Tribulations of the Sovereign.
The Body Tribulation and even the Spirit Energy Tribulation were not restraints to him at all. He would likely charge straight into the Divine Soul Tribulation.
After all, the Ancestor Dragon Scripture tempered the body and spirit energy. He would break through to the Divine Soul Realm at an astonishing speed.
Of course, while he was an unparalleled genius, Wu Yao, Luo Li, and the others had all been infused with Fallen Heart Flame by Lord Fu Ye.
It could continuously temper a cultivator's physique and spirit energy. Though it was not as savage, violent, and immediately effective as the Ancestor Dragon Scripture, it could subtly strengthen their physiques and temper their spirit energy.
Thus, their cultivation would not be much slower than Zhou Yuan's.
Mu Chen, meanwhile, was a Child of Destiny. His cultivation was the least worrying of all. After all, the Plane Spirit of the Great Thousand World was practically his second father. His cultivation might not have been the fastest, but he would definitely be the first to reach the Chief Sovereign Realm.
Having gone through so many worlds, Fu