With Chen Beiwu's thorough preparations, Iron Egg and Xuele encountered no mishaps whatsoever in their attempts to become Fourth-Realm Demon Kings. They completed their transformations in just ten years.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
One True Lord, three Demon Kings.
Their four vast pressures mingled, enveloping the surroundings and making the Heaven and Earth Spirit Vigor outside the Water-Evolving Residence incomparably viscous.
Some of the Jade Purity Golden Core prodigies who had gathered at Azure-Ming Peak, drawn by the celestial phenomena, felt their bodies sink slightly and their breathing catch. The Golden Cores within them trembled, and even remaining on their feet became a struggle.
At this sight, the four Nascent Soul True Lords-Yue Chenfeng, Su Muyu, Mo Chen, and Jiang Chuan-shook their heads slightly, seemingly somewhat disdainful of the Azure-Ming lineage's younger prodigies.
Yet when they looked toward the cave abode, a trace of gravity and solemnity entered their gazes.
In the Immortal Alliance, strength ultimately spoke loudest.
That remained true even though their junior brother belonged to the same generation as them.
Golden Core True Persons and Nascent Soul True Lords might seem only one realm apart, but their standing was as far apart as heaven and earth.
Now that their junior brother had successfully attained the rank of Nascent Soul True Lord, the last lingering trace of condescension in their hearts vanished without a trace.
Under everyone's gaze, the doors of the Water-Evolving Residence slowly opened.
The first thing the cultivators saw was a magnificent, imposing black hound that Golden Core True Persons dared not look at directly.
Then a tall, slender figure slowly stepped out, cradling a purple fox, bearing five qi upon his shoulders, and standing atop a Flood Dragon.
It was Chen Beiwu, clad in simple white robes, having successfully attained the rank of Nascent Soul