It had taken the Dark Elf Emperor a full three hundred years to advance from the Qi Refining Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm. That was close to the limit of an ordinary elf's lifespan.
Members of the Elf Race in the Qi Refining Realm lived little more than three hundred years at most.
At nearly every realm after that, the Dark Elf Emperor had broken through only when he was nearing the limit of his lifespan. It was not by choice. Even after giving everything he had, he had barely managed each breakthrough before his time ran out.
It had taken the Dark Elf Emperor twenty-three thousand years to advance from the Qi Refining Realm to the Great Emperor Realm. Only tremendous perseverance had carried him that far. Before him, rumors had always claimed that the Dark Elves of the Elf Race were cursed by the gods. Everyone believed a Dark Elf could never become a Great Emperor.
But the Dark Elf Emperor had proved to every elf, through his own strength, that a Dark Elf could become a Great Emperor.
After becoming a Great Emperor, the Dark Elf Emperor had awed an entire era with his extraordinary archery. No one in his time could rival him. That era had belonged to him alone.
The archery techniques left behind by the Dark Elf Emperor flashed through Fang Chen's mind. He pushed the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique to its limit. At that moment, his awareness seemed to break through some unseen boundary. Everything around him gradually vanished. In his vision, only the two red beads remained, moving in intricate patterns.
Fang Chen slowly drew the Dark Elf Divine Bow again. Energy surged toward him from every direction, gathering on the bowstring into a Light Arrow. Images flashed through his mind,