A thousand years passed in the blink of an eye, and Fang Chen and the others were teleported back to Floating Immortal City.
"Finally, we're back!"
Fang Chen looked at Floating Immortal City with a faint smile. He had been granted three uses of the hundredfold Time Acceleration Secret Realm, each lasting a hundred years. In effect, he had cultivated for thirty thousand years.
"Thirty thousand years, and I've only gone from the True Immortal Level to the Great Immortal Level. That's too slow!"
Fang Chen could not help muttering.
Great Emperor Huo Li heard him and laughed. "Fang Chen, don't be so hard to please. Your growth over thirty thousand years was terrifying. Even top Great Emperors like Chen Tianjiao of the Five Great Families couldn't reach the True Immortal Level through thirty thousand years of cultivation unless they broke through to the True Immortal Realm!"
Myna bird chimed in, "Exactly. Having strength comparable to a Great Immortal while still in the Great Emperor Realm isn't something you can measure in years. Spending longer in the Great Emperor Realm doesn't necessarily make you stronger. It comes down to talent. Without talent, someone could cultivate for another hundred million years and still never reach your level!"
Great Emperor Huo Li nodded at Myna bird's words. "Fellow Flower Daoist is right. Time and resources alone can't bring someone to your current level. It takes talent too!"
Ye Qingci said to Fang Chen, "You've mastered the power within you now. With the strength of a First-Turn Great Immortal, you won't have a match even in Mantis Mountain!"
"Mm!"
Fang Chen nodded. Before, he had not dared enter Mantis Mountain because he was not strong enough. He had worried that the Five Great Families would surround and attack him there. Now that his