"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
He Pingsheng's face was a little pale. "Without you, Senior Brother, I certainly wouldn't have been able to reach the Seventh Heaven today!"
He was not lying.
Back in the Chaos Heavenly Eye, He Pingsheng truly had been unable to climb any farther at the very last moment.
Wang Dun had given him a hand at the crucial moment, allowing the two brothers to make it up.
Still, He Pingsheng was not discouraged.
Although he could not yet reach the Seventh Heaven on his own, he had still done considerably better than Han Houzhi.
After all, He Pingsheng's cultivation was a layer lower.
He felt that if his cultivation reached the eleventh layer and he trained his Divine Sense to greater strength, reaching the Seventh Heaven would not be much of a problem.
Han Houzhi, however, had not made it up.
"What's there to thank me for? We're brothers!" Wang Dun curled his lip, then swept his gaze around. "Still... there doesn't seem to be much point in climbing up here!"
"Exactly!" He Pingsheng agreed. "Unless we reach the Ninth Layer, it's all meaningless!"
Just then, light flickered before their eyes.
A dignified-looking middle-aged man appeared.
He Pingsheng did not recognize him.
But he could deduce his identity.
Anyone who could climb this high had to be a Sage.
Of the Immortal Realm's five great Sages, Everlasting Life had gone into Reincarnation, while three others were in the Sixth Heaven. Only one was unaccounted for.
Then this man before them had to be the Central Pole Heaven Emperor.
The two hurriedly stood and cupped their hands in greeting to the man.
"Greetings... Central Pole Heaven Emperor!"
"Mm!" The Central Pole Heaven Emperor nodded, his gaze sweeping over He Pingsheng and Wang Dun. "Wang Dun, He Pingsheng..."