Xiao Chen had broken through.
It stirred ripples in his heart.
Yet.
He was a Sun King.
The fifth realm was not enough.
Far from enough.
Even if Xiao Chen had concealed his strength before, playing the pig to devour the tiger.
So what?
Before absolute strength, everything was an illusion, destined to be ruthlessly crushed.
From beginning to end, Qin Qiankun never realized that Xiao Chen had hidden nothing. His cultivation far surpassed what it had been because he had broken through on the eve of battle.
Qin Qiankun was no fool. Naturally, he found it rather strange that Xiao Chen would still choose to conceal his cultivation against an unparalleled foe like Jin Kui!
Yet.
Compared with breaking straight through five king gates in a few days.
The former was still somewhat more plausible.
After all.
Even he would struggle to break through five gates in a few days.
If Xiao Chen possessed such ability, why had he remained in the Moon King Realm until nearly twenty?
Could it really be as he claimed—that he had only resumed cultivation a little over half a year ago?
After their feud with Xiao Chen began, the Qiankun Dynasty had indeed sent people to investigate his life.
However, some of the information was too outrageous.
It was exceedingly hard to believe.
For example.
Xiao Chen had once fallen into an abyss and had only recovered recently.
The Qiankun scouts had scoffed when they heard this, assuming the Great Xia Dynasty was spreading smoke and confusion with false information. They never even reported it.
The first step in relaying intelligence was verification.
If they submitted information this utterly ridiculous, this obviously false, they might well bring death upon themselves.
Soon.
The great battle resumed.
Qin Qiankun condensed a divine spear and moved