Boundless Star River

Fan Gu Hall, deep within.

Chen Mu sat facing Fan Gu God Monarch's incarnation. A chessboard lay between them, its pieces representing "cause" and "effect" tangled together, weaving countless threads.

"Mo Ang and Ming Fan have stood at the Eighth Heaven for long years. Though they have made little progress for a very long time, they still possess some tricks. It was fortunate that you crossed the Eighth Heaven Threshold. Otherwise, facing the two of them would have been quite perilous."

Fan Gu God Monarch placed a piece upon the board and spoke in an even tone.

Chen Mu had raised his strength to the Eighth Heaven Threshold in such a short time, which greatly surprised him. In truth, he had long made preparations and countermeasures. He had even arranged one of his battle incarnations in the Void Current River, so that should anything unexpected happen, he could intervene at any time and lend Chen Mu aid.

Yet the course of events had left him astonished. Under crisis, Chen Mu had directly erupted with the strength of the Eighth Heaven Threshold. Facing Shang Mang and four other Divine Lords at the Seventh Heaven Peak, he had still held the upper hand despite fighting one against four.

Even after the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan, two Eighth Heaven overlords, made their move, he had still been able to retreat calmly.

"Just luck. Without Senior Fan Gu's Haotian Mirror, I would have struggled to break through the boundary of the Eighth Heaven."

Chen Mu sipped his spiritual tea, placed a piece on the board, and spoke leisurely.

Fan Gu God Monarch smiled. "Divine Weapons are merely external things. To reach the Eighth Heaven, the key lies in your foundation and reserves. If you can comprehend the power of Three Mysteries Fusion, you