After receiving the Chaos Great Immortal's orders, the True Immortals and Great Emperors of the Barbaric Ancient Region left the Tianyuan Immortal Mountain one after another.
Meanwhile, the Family Heads of the Five Great Families had gathered together in their clones, their expressions grim. Before the Immortal Peak Competition began, they had all believed it would end as it always had: first place, and perhaps even every place in the top ten, would go to their own people.
Instead, the results had caught everyone off guard. The winner was not from the Five Great Families, and their losses had been severe. In the final moments of the competition, Fang Chen had killed most of their Great Emperors.
Though the Great Emperors Fang Chen had killed could revive in a hundred years, this was still a heavy loss for the Five Great Families. Those who had remained in the competition were their finest. Most had souls that had reached the True Immortal Realm and could have broken through to become True Immortals at any time.
They could have grown far stronger in a hundred years. Now, because of Fang Chen, these talents of the Five Great Families had lost that time.
Iron River True Immortal, the Chen Family's Family Head, looked at the other four Family Heads and asked gravely, "What do you all think?"
Cloud Sea True Immortal, the Tang Family's Family Head, said, "This is a grave matter. Our Lu Family's ancestor has yet to emerge from seclusion and has not answered our messages. We cannot decide on our own!"
"The same goes for our Qin Family!"
"And our Bai Family!"
"Our Lu Family too!"
The other three Family Heads spoke up in turn.
Iron River True Immortal sighed. "Our Chen Family's ancestor is also in seclusion and has