"Senior Brother Xiao has the best luck!" Dui Qimeng covered her mouth and laughed. "Back in Myriad Thunder Valley, we were all worried about whether he was dead or alive. Yet he was doing splendidly—after not seeing him for a few hundred years, he had actually cultivated to a realm we did not even dare imagine..."
Xiao Hua said gravely, "Fortuitous opportunities have always walked hand in hand with danger! Though this Xiao has achieved success in cultivation, the journey was fraught with peril. One misstep, and I would have been consigned to eternal damnation! These past few hundred years, to this Xiao... were nearly tens of thousands of years!"
"Yes, I understand!" Dui Qimeng's expression turned solemn as she hurriedly replied. "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."
After speaking, Xiao Hua rubbed his hands together. Several crystalline rays fell into the air, sealing off the area around the cave abode. Only then did he continue, "Of course, this Xiao does not deny that my fortuitous opportunities... far exceeded anything you could imagine! Otherwise, it would have been impossible for this Xiao to cultivate to such a realm in so short a time!"
"Godfather..." Xiang Zhili could not help calling out. "What realm are you at now?"
Although Xiao Hua had told them of his experiences, he had never liked to show off. Matters such as slaying Great Sages of the Demon Race and Devil Race Demon Venerables had been skimmed over in a stroke. Thus, Xiang Zhili and the others had no idea of Xiao Hua's strength. Just as Zhuo had thought, at most he was in the Integration realm.
Xiao Hua hesitated briefly, then said, "Godfather has already become a Human Race Supreme. Before long, I may ascend!"
Everyone was startled. Their mouths hung open, yet none