"What Immortal Peak Competition?"
Fang Chen and the others were surprised to hear Little Golden Cicada mention it.
Little Golden Cicada replied, "The Immortal Peak Competition is a contest the Outer Heavens holds specifically for Great Emperors once every hundred thousand years. It takes place in the Heavenly River Diagram's highest-level cultivation Secret Realm, Immortal Peak. When the time comes, all Great Emperors can enter the Immortal Peak Secret Realm to compete. The rewards are exceptionally generous..."
Little Golden Cicada told Fang Chen and the others some of the competition's details.
"There's actually a competition like that?"
Fang Chen and the others were stunned. Excitement stirred in them as well.
"Yes. By my reckoning, less than seventy years remain before the Immortal Peak Competition begins!"
Fang Chen's Little Golden Cicada answered.
"Why didn't you tell us something this important sooner?"
Fang Chen could not help asking his Little Golden Cicada.
"Exactly! Why didn't you tell us sooner?"
The Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm questioned their own Little Golden Cicadas too.
Seeing their expressions, the Little Golden Cicadas looked rather aggrieved.
Fang Chen's Little Golden Cicada said, "At first, we never imagined your strength would grow so quickly, Master!"
Great Emperor Huo Li laughed when he heard that. "Fang Chen, you can't blame them for this!"
"Mm."
Fang Chen nodded. The Little Golden Cicadas had a point. Even he had never imagined his strength would grow so quickly.
Great Emperor Huo Li smiled at Fang Chen. "For us, the Outer Heavens truly is a sacred ground for cultivation. If we'd stayed in the Barbaric Ancient Region, our cultivation would never have reached its current level. Of course, with the Land of Ending calling to us, we couldn't have stayed there anyway!"
"That's true."
Fang Chen nodded gently. Among the