The Tang Family experts in the Great Hall all nodded slightly.
At the Chen Family's estate on Floating Mountain, Iron River True Immortal and the others received the news too.
Iron River True Immortal and the Chen Family experts were somewhat surprised.
When the Chen Family's Absolute Void Great Emperor and Great Emperor Hongwu had attacked Fang Chen, he had not been capable of killing them. Now, however, he could kill Thousand Hand Great Emperor.
Though Iron River True Immortal and the Chen Family experts were surprised, they took no action. After Heavenly Emperor Hongwu and Heavenly Emperor Juekong had failed, they had decided to leave Fang Chen alone for the time being.
Elsewhere, the Five Great Families might have sent a cultivator with a higher Cultivation than Fang Chen's to deal with him. But Fang Chen was on Golden Cicada Ridge. Unless they possessed a special token, as True Immortal Ling Xia did, cultivators above the Great Emperor Realm could not enter.
Even True Immortal Ling Xia had to follow Golden Cicada Ridge's rules after entering. If she interfered in its affairs, its Laws would erase her.
Powerful as True Immortal Ling Xia was, Golden Cicada Ridge's formidable Laws could still erase her with ease.
A month later, Fang Chen's Heaven Refining Furnace flew out of the Tribulation Clouds. Crystals of every color jutted from its surface, making it look like a hedgehog.
"Why has it grown so many spikes?"
The myna bird could not help asking Fang Chen when it saw the crystals covering the Heaven Refining Furnace.
Fang Chen smiled. "I don't know either!"
As Fang Chen spoke, great quantities of Dao Patterns peeled away from the crystals and were absorbed by the Heaven Refining Furnace. The crystals seemed to have formed entirely from Dao Patterns of