Everyone felt immense pressure, a suffocating weight bearing down on them. Jiang Ming, however, was quite pleased. Under his pressure, Chen Nan had stepped into the heavenly rank earlier than he had in the original storyline.
That was enough.
It proved that his plan was feasible.
Besides, his son, Great Demon, had also broken through to the heavenly rank. That made the point even clearer.
As for his daughter Jiang Wan'er's breakthrough, that came as no surprise. After all, her true body was a Taiyi Golden Immortal, at the Heavenly Dao level.
Once the Fifth Realm opened, heavenly-rank experts from that realm would inevitably invade.
When that happened, these youngsters would have to pull their weight.
Still, every one of the Chen Family Eight Souls had the potential to reach the heavenly rank. He could not let them recover too quickly. This time, his daughter had disrupted his plan.
Next, he would have to see when his son Hidden Dragon would break through to the heavenly rank.
Time flew, and another three years passed.
On this day, inside the Tongtian Tower, Hidden Dragon completed a life-and-death battle against two early heavenly-rank savage beasts.
At last, the beasts died. Vast quantities of essence energy and imprints of laws flowed into his body. With the experience gained from this battle, he finally completed his transformation.
The heavenly rank.
He had successfully stepped into the heavenly rank, faster than expected.
Just after he reached the heavenly rank, Jiang Ming's voice rang out again. "I'll give you another seven years of arduous cultivation. After that, you'll leave the Tongtian Tower and return to your original world to temper yourself."
Hidden Dragon had not expected this turn of events.
There was nothing to say. All he could do was cultivate diligently.
As for Chen Nan,