Fang Chen smiled. "I'm still in the Great Emperor Realm. Unless something unusual happens, I don't want to break through to the True Immortal Realm just yet!"
Fang Chen knew that the lower his cultivation remained, the more he would be able to contribute on the future battlefield.
"Whoa!"
"That's insane!"
"He's incredible!"
When they learned that Fang Chen was still in the Great Emperor Realm, everyone was stunned all over again.
Fang Chen looked at them and said, "The Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit just told me that once my strength reaches the Immortal King Realm, I can enter the Outer Heavens Origin Space to cultivate. Time flows ten thousand times faster there than in the outside world. I want to go in, but I don't know when I'll return, so I gathered everyone here to meet and talk!"
"Time flows ten thousand times faster in the Outer Heavens Origin Space than outside?"
Fang Chen's words shocked everyone again.
"Yes."
Fang Chen nodded. "At my current level, making any further progress will be incredibly difficult. So I want to enter the Heavenly River Diagram Source Space and use its accelerated time to make another push. I want to see whether I can go one step further and surpass the Immortal King Realm before the Great Calamity arrives!"
"Surpass the Immortal King Realm?"
Everyone stared at Fang Chen, eyes wide with shock.
None of them had even reached the strength of a Half-Step Immortal King, yet Fang Chen was preparing to challenge the realm above Immortal King.
"Yes."
Fang Chen nodded. "The Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit told me that the Heavenly River Diagram's master was once a powerhouse beyond the Immortal King Realm—an Immortal Emperor-grade Expert. Unfortunately, he fell during the Second Great Calamity!"
"Immortal Emperor Level!"
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