Zhang Chen did not mind cooperating with the Queen Mother of the West. If she could preserve her strength, that was also a form of safeguard for him.
Just like this time, when they had refined the Eighteen Heavens and transplanted the Heaven Reaching Jianmu—without the Queen Mother of the West's help, Zhang Chen could never have accomplished it with his strength before attaining a Dao Fruit.
"I appreciate your kindness, but your Small Chiliocosm has only just been established and still needs stabilizing. It would not be appropriate for me to draw out its Innate Qi, lest I delay its evolution. Only once it evolves into a Middle Chiliocosm can I enter it and sleep, completely resolving my hidden danger. I can afford to wait, so do not worry about me," the Queen Mother of the West said.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen did not try to persuade her further. At the Queen Mother of the West's level of cultivation, she naturally knew what needed to be done and when. There was no need for him to stand on ceremony with her.
"By the way, what method did you use to conceal the aura of the Small Chiliocosm and keep it from being invaded by the Great Thousand World?" the Queen Mother of the West asked, her voice full of curiosity.
The Eye of Heavenly Punishment concerned Zhang Chen's final trump card. It had always been hidden in the deepest part of his consciousness, unnoticed even by the Queen Mother of the West. It was his life-saving ace, and he had no desire to let outsiders know of it. Facing her probing, Zhang Chen replied with a smiling face, "This is one of my most closely guarded methods. I ask Your Majesty to forgive me for being unable to reveal