Noticing something strange about "Lu Mingyu," Chen Changsheng immediately shot Zhang Bairen a glare.
Seeing this, Zhang Bairen obediently shut his mouth.
As Zhang Bairen fell silent, the stuttering "Lu Mingyu" slowly began to return to normal.
"By the way, Ming Yu, what level is your cultivation at now?"
"Chen Changsheng" asked. Having returned to normal, Lu Mingyu replied, "I'm ashamed to say that I am currently only at the Ninth Grade Immortal King Realm."
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng frowned slightly. "Given your circumstances, it's impossible that fifty thousand years would only have brought you to this level."
"Kid, are you plotting some other path?"
Seeing Chen Changsheng expose the little scheme in his heart, Lu Mingyu smiled.
"I knew this tiny bit of scheming of mine couldn't escape Teacher's discerning eyes. My current realm was intentional."
"Because I want to walk a path no one has ever walked before."
"You want to perfect the Bitter Sea System beyond Immortal King Ninth Grade?"
"Yes!"
Lu Mingyu nodded. "Thirty-eight thousand years ago, I entered the Immortal King Ninth Grade Realm."
"The entire process took me roughly ten thousand years."
"Over those ten thousand years, I constantly refined every realm of the Bitter Sea System. When I entered Immortal King Ninth Grade, I discovered that my realm could no longer be altered."
"At that time, two paths lay before me."
"The first was to choose a Great World to bear the Mandate of Heaven. After entering another realm, I would find a way to sever my own Mandate of Heaven."
"That method was far too simple for me, and it held no challenge, so I did not choose it."
"The second path was to nurture a world within myself, thereby stepping into the Heavenly Emperor Realm."
"Though this path was somewhat more