"Human Emperor Successor, Imperial Dynasty Crown Prince."
Yuan Wuxing's voice was slightly shrill, yet he did not attack Chu Tian right away. Instead, he first glanced at the Five Elements Heavenly Bead in Chu Tian's palm.
The Five-Colored Pupils narrowed slightly the instant they saw the Heavenly Bead. It was an exceedingly subtle change, gone in a flash.
Then his gaze shifted away, sweeping across this vast world, across the five bands of light in the heavens, across the three floating Altars at the peak of the world.
At last, his gaze returned to Chu Tian.
"His Highness, the Human Race's Crown Prince."
His voice was cold, but not with the coldness of provocation. It was a coldness that seeped from his bones, an indifference toward everything.
That coldness was not an act. It came from the depths of his bones, as though it carried a sense of despair.
"I truly envy you. This fragment of a world left behind by the Five Elements Heaven Clan—generation after generation of Heavenly Kings and God Emperors from my clan searched for countless eras. They even turned over every corner of the Myriad Realms Ruins, yet they never found it. You had barely entered, and it appeared before you."
He paused, then took a step forward.
That step landed in the void. Five-Colored Divine Light exploded beneath his feet, transforming into a five-colored lotus.
The instant the lotus bloomed, all the power of the Five Elements in heaven and earth surged toward him. It was not because his connection to this world ran deeper than Chu Tian's Five Elements Heavenly Bead, but because of his terrifying strength. At the peak of the Emperor Venerable Realm, he had condensed three Emperor Venerable Daos. He was only one step away from condensing the Five Elements