For now, let's leave Ling Chou aside. After receiving the news, Chu Ying rushed toward Ling Tian's location as fast as she could. Meanwhile, Ling Tian continued setting up the grand formation. As time passed, the formation grew more and more powerful, which put his mind increasingly at ease—especially since the Lord of the Universe showed no sign of attacking him.
Though the formation was still only beginning to take shape, it already offered powerful protection. Ling Tian believed that even the Lord of the Universe couldn't destroy it in an instant. That meant he would be relatively safe inside it; at the very least, the formation could buy him time to react and give him a better chance to use Devouring the Starry Sky and his other methods. In other words, even if he couldn't use Devouring the Starry Sky on instinct this time, he needn't fear being suppressed in an instant. Besides, the Eastern Emperor Bell was ready to take him into its inner space at a moment's notice.
"Ling Tian, why did you deliberately ask the Lord of the Universe for so much time before?" Dan Bi's voice rang in his mind. "Wasn't five thousand years too long? It seems like there was no need for that much time. Even if you had a rare chance to reunite with your friends and family and had lots to tell them, it shouldn't have taken that long."
"Heh, Ling Tian wouldn't need that much time just to talk with his friends and family. But other things take time, like setting up the formation or hiding in Senior Dong Huang's inner space to cultivate," Poxiong explained on his behalf. "Especially the latter. Five thousand years outside would be several million years in Senior Dong Huang's inner space. That's plenty of