"Already, even now?"
Mei Xuan was truly startled to hear this.
Long ago, Li Chen had told her that he would only bring the Azure Billow Immortal Abode into the open and develop it publicly, transforming it into a Sky City, after advancing to the Primordial Spirit Realm and gaining sufficient power.
Every Sky City represented immense wealth and a vast power base. Without enough strength to guard it, it would inevitably draw covetous eyes from every quarter. For that very reason, only a Puppet Master Grandmaster or someone of even higher standing could control one.
Puppet Masters had many enemies outside their ranks, and things were hardly all harmony within them, either. Back then, Li Chen had wrested control of the entire Guangyun Domain from the Centipede Daoist, then used it as his foundation to teach the Chess Mountain Domain a harsh lesson, building up a mortal kingdom's power from there.
If he exposed the Azure Billow Immortal Abode's existence without sufficient strength, he might not necessarily lose it. But if he had to govern it jointly with others, bringing in a whole crowd of elders, shareholders, and the like to take part in its development, just as he had with Broad Cloud Peak, wouldn't that rob the whole endeavor of its appeal?
Li Chen still wished to possess this place alone, making it the foundation upon which he would realize his ideal of a materialized heaven.
In the past, he had established himself in Guangyun to survive and grow. Now, he stood at the pinnacle of the present age. Though he might not be the strongest person alive, his Primordial Spirit cultivation and attainment as a Second Sage alone gave him ample confidence to do this!
What Li Chen meant by that single statement was that he no