"Greetings, Daoist Friend Fang Chen!"
Azure Lotus Immortal King, founder of the Tang Family; Golden Light Immortal King, founder of the Bai Family; Penglai Immortal King, founder of the Qin Family; and Pure Void Immortal King, founder of the Lu Family, all bowed to Fang Chen with deep respect.
When Fang Chen had first arrived in the Outer Heavens, the Five Great Families had monopolized most of the Human Race's resources within the Heavenly River Diagram. Back then, the diagram's Artifact Spirit had been gravely wounded and could scarcely spare any attention for them.
Under the Five Great Families' combined pressure, Fang Chen had not only refused to buckle but had struck back against the odds. In the end, he had brought down all five families single-handedly.
He had not wiped out their members or killed their founders. He had merely punished them.
After the Five Great Families submitted to Fang Chen, he had taught them top-tier cultivation techniques and formations all the same. Over the years, their members had worked harder than anyone else and made outstanding contributions to the Human Race.
With the Outer Heavens' abundant resources behind them, the five founders had now all reached the Immortal King level.
Back then, they had only been Great Immortals. Now all five had reached the peak of the Six-Turn Immortal King level.
"Family Heads, there's no need for ceremony!"
Looking at the five founders before him, Fang Chen could not help recalling his battles with the Five Great Families.
When he had first arrived in the Outer Heavens, those families had seemed like colossal powers to him. To other Human Cultivators, they had been five mountains no one could cross.
Yet Fang Chen had crossed those five mountains in the end.
Looking at them now, Fang Chen saw the