The emerald-green glow faded from Fang Yan's fingertips, and the entire void fell silent for three full breaths.
Emperor Guixu's dark gray eyes locked onto Fang Yan.
"Three paths cultivated together, and all three are invincible at the first level of God-King!"
Fang Yan did not answer. He merely turned his head toward Wuxin God-King, whose fleeing light was slowly fading nearby.
Wuxin God-King emerged from an extremely thin film of silver light.
She shook her head at the others and said:
"That world won't do. The dozens of Second-Level God-King Dream Domain creatures inside are too troublesome."
Emperor Guixu paced a couple of steps. Dark gray currents churned around him as though he were weighing something.
A moment later, he stopped and turned to King Tiandu and Wuxin God-King. After another glance at Fang Yan, he said gravely:
"Since Fellow Daoist Wu Yong is far stronger than expected, I have a proposal."
King Tiandu raised an eyebrow.
Emperor Guixu looked over the four of them.
"You all know why we chose to explore the shallow Dream Domain this time. First, we wanted to learn to work together. Second... we were accommodating Fellow Daoist Wu Yong's strength.
But from what we've seen, Wu Yong alone can fill three vacancies in our team. Why keep wandering the shallows? Shouldn't we revive our original plan to explore the edge of the deeper region?"
King Tiandu's expression tightened slightly.
Of course he remembered that plan.
Though it was called the "edge" of the deeper Dream Domain, every venture there was like walking a knife's edge, even for Peak Second-Level God-Kings like them.
The Dream Domain creatures there often had combat power at the peak of the second level of God-King, or even the ultimate level.
Before Fang Yan joined them, the three had