The secret chamber fell silent for two breaths.
Emperor Jiang Wu was the first to shake his head.
"No. The Supreme One Token's backlash damaged her foundation. On top of that, the four of us joined forces and drove her back in public, leaving her utterly disgraced. Until she heals her injuries and prepares all her trump cards, she won't show herself lightly again."
"A few years at least, several decades at most," the Alliance Leader added.
Zhou Xuan nodded and raised one finger.
"Good. That settles the first question. Our outside enemy won't come anytime soon."
He raised a second finger.
"Second question: even if I collected every Law Artifact from everyone outside today and piled them up in this secret chamber, could I immediately break through to the Longevity Realm?"
This time, even Old Ancestor Xuanming fell silent.
The Alliance Leader's phantom flickered, and he gave a bitter laugh.
"No."
"To break through to longevity, you must completely fuse your anchor point with your own Great Dao."
"Every strand of law fragments remaining in those Law Artifacts has its own unique properties and patterns. You must comprehend them one by one, refine them one by one, and embed them into your origin fetus one by one."
"Even if your talent is unmatched throughout all of history, this process..."
The Alliance Leader paused.
"Would still take several decades at the very least."
Old Ancestor Cangwu nodded in agreement. "Fusing laws is painstaking work, like grinding away with a water mill. It can't be rushed. The more you rush, the easier it is for something to go wrong. At best, your cultivation will go berserk; at worst, your origin fetus will shatter."
Zhou Xuan lowered his two fingers and spread his hands.
"Well, there you have it."
He leaned back