"Okay!"
The Black Flame Saint answered in his mind, then said to everyone, "Fellow Daoists, Fang Chen just told me that he has indeed taken in the stone, but he hasn't refined it yet. He's doing everything he can to refine it now, and he doesn't know how long it will take. Please be patient and cultivate in the meantime!"
"That's fine. We're in no hurry. We've already waited five hundred years; a little longer won't matter!"
"Exactly. We're sure Floating Immortal Fellow Daoist will succeed!"
The Saints all spoke up in turn.
Most of these Saints were old fossils who had lived for thousands, even tens of thousands, of years. A few hundred years was not particularly long to them. The Spiritual Qi here was abundant, the space was stable, and it was an excellent place to cultivate. None of them was in a hurry to leave.
They had absolute confidence in Fang Chen. They believed that, with his abilities, he would surely refine the black stone.
Everyone found a place to cultivate within the Floating Immortal Great Array. They settled on its blooming, multicolored lotuses, and the moment they sat on the lotus platforms, they felt their spiritual perception grow much sharper. That made their cultivation far more efficient.
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine did not enter the Floating Immortal Great Array. They cultivated differently from the others. Over the past month, they had picked up many treasures on the island and were now eating them to increase their strength.
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm had grown much stronger over the past five hundred years, and so had the Chaos Demonic Star Vine. The vine was probably not far from undergoing its fifth Heavenly Tribulation.
Thirty years later.
Fang Chen, who was cultivating, trembled