But at the Immortal Peak Competition, the Five Great Families' heaven-defying Great Emperors would certainly take part. When the time came, they would not even need to join forces. A single heaven-defying Great Emperor from any one of those families could easily kill Fang Chen.
Fang Chen nodded. "Yes. The Immortal Peak Competition is held only once every hundred thousand years. It's a grand gathering for all the Great Emperors of the Human Race. If I miss it, I'll have to wait another hundred thousand years. I don't want to miss this chance!"
Great Emperor Yunxin looked at Fang Chen. "The Five Great Families' heaven-defying Great Emperors will all compete. If you enter too, they won't let you go. Aren't you afraid of dying?"
Fang Chen smiled. "What's there to fear? Immortal Peak is inside the Heavenly River Diagram too. Even if they kill me, I can come back to life a hundred years later!"
Great Emperor Yunxin looked at him. "You've got nerve. If you're not afraid of the Five Great Families, then we who have nothing to lose can throw in our lot with you. I'm willing to join Floating Immortal City!"
"So am I!"
"And I!"
The other Spirit Planters spoke up one after another. They no longer cared about the Five Great Families. If the sky fell, Fang Chen would be there to hold it up for them.
Besides, many of these Great Emperors believed they had almost no chance of breaking through to the Half-Immortal Realm. They expected to spend most of their lives in Golden Cicada Ridge.
Fang Chen was now the strongest person in Golden Cicada Ridge, so they would follow him. If he was defeated someday, they would follow someone else.
Nor did Fang Chen need their loyalty. For now, each side