Three hundred years later
"I broke through again." Zhou Hao looked smugly at Murong beside him.
Murong shot him a disdainful glance and said blandly, "You've been stuck at the God Emperor Fourth Layer for two thousand years. What's there to be proud of after one breakthrough?
"In just three hundred years, I went from the God Lord Third Order to the God Lord Sixth Layer. Am I proud?"
Hearing this, Zhou Hao gave her a serious once-over, nodded solemnly, and replied, "You are proud. Extremely proud."
"Uh..." Murong paused slightly, then waved her hand and changed the subject. "You're already a God Emperor Fifth Layer powerhouse now. If you draw on the Ling Tian Group's strength, how far can you reach?"
"I'm not sure." Zhou Hao lowered his head to look at his hands, shook his head, and said, "I sparred with An Tian before. He said I had the strength of the God Venerable Seventh Layer, but my endurance was insufficient. Averaging it out, I should be around the God Venerable Fifth Level.
"Now that I've broken through another minor realm, I can withstand a little more power. I should be able to reach the God Venerable Sixth Layer or Seventh Layer."
Murong nodded lightly, thought for a moment, and remarked, "You can now be considered among the universe's top-tier combatants."
In less than ten thousand years, such progress was truly terrifying. Even she, who had become a peak powerhouse in just over thirty thousand years, found it astonishing.
"Haha~" Zhou Hao laughed happily, then changed the subject. "The matter we discussed before should be ready to put into action now, right?"
Murong's willow-leaf brows rose slightly as she nodded. "We can prepare to set off."
Years ago, she and Zhou Hao had discussed traveling through the universe