"Xiao Wu, since you want to go, then go. It's been so long since you last saw them—Peacock Demon Emperor and the others must miss you terribly as well. They lack the potential to become gods, and they likely don't have much of their lifespan left. If you want to see them, go while you still can."
"After you get there, don't interfere too much with Zhanji and the others. Let them gain experience and grow on their own. Go early and return early. Don't delay the 'great undertaking' that will begin before long."
"Thank you, Third Brother..."
At that moment, Xiao Wu was practically jumping for joy. It was as though she was not leaving the Great God Circle, but escaping a stifling cage that had trapped a peacock like her!
After all... she, Mei Gongzi, was not a rabbit in a cage, but the proudest Peacock Princess in the entire world of Falan Planet!
Time flew. The God Realm knew no passage of time, yet a thousand years had passed in the lower realms.
After Xiao Wu left, Tang San utterly immersed himself in the frenzy of secluded cultivation. He poured out the entire foundation of the Great God Circle, even draining the life force from several subordinate planes, and finally pushed the "Great God Star Dimensional Ascension Array"—which he believed could overturn the laws of the universe—to its ultimate limit.
More precisely, the "Blood River God-Slaying Array" he had designed when elevating Douluo Planet into a half-God Realm for his so-called "ten-thousand-year grand plan" had merely been the most rudimentary prototype of his current idea.
Just as everything was ready, the Heavenly Gate of the Great God Circle swung wide open.
At last, Huo Zhanji returned from Falan Planet in grand procession, leading his "Blue Silver