Zhou Wanqian was Zhou Taihe's eldest son. Although he had failed his tribulation, he had at least managed to become a Wandering Immortal. Moreover, no one knew exactly what method Zhou Taihe had used, but in the short span of a hundred years, Zhou Wanqian had actually consecutively passed four levels of immortal tribulations, which was truly unbelievable.
One must understand that the path of a Wandering Immortal is such that each level of immortal tribulation is fraught with ten thousand difficulties, each tribulation a mountain to climb.
Among the Wandering Immortals of the Four Great Families and Seven Great Sects, some had remained at the first or second tribulation level for hundreds, even thousands of years. Yet this Zhou Wanqian had passed four tribulation levels in merely a hundred years.
By his own true ability?
No!
Almost everyone knew that if it were up to Zhou Wanqian's own abilities, forget about passing four immortal tribulations, it was unknown whether he could even survive a failed tribulation. The truth behind it was the full support of his father, Zhou Taihe.
Did Zhou Taihe possess such capability?
The answer was affirmative.
Yes.
If not, so many Chixiao People would not have been willing to follow him despite betraying their conscience and bearing the name of traitors. Nor would he have been able to win over so many Ancient Earth Immortals. Moreover, after these Ancient Earth Immortals began following Zhou Taihe, their cultivation had also advanced by leaps and bounds. It wasn't just the Ancient Earth Immortals; the same was true for the Chixiao People gathered in the grand hall.
They all possessed the great fortune of the Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephant, making breakthroughs in cultivation far more difficult than for ordinary people. However, ever since taking the Huayun Dan given by Zhou Taihe, their stagnant cultivation had shown signs of breaking through. Some had already successfully broken through, stepping into new realms.
As for why the Huayun Dan was so miraculous.
None of them knew. They only knew from Zhou Taihe that it was a pill specially refined for them, the Chixiao People, by the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty.
Zhou Wanqian stood in the grand hall with his hands behind his back, looking at those Chixiao People, and said with a smile, "Whether he is acting on behalf of the Monarch or is the true Monarch himself, so what even if he is the true Monarch?
Are we afraid of him?
The Present Era is not something the Ancient Times could compare to. The Immortal Dynasty of the Ancient Times was already corrupt and decayed, full of holes like rotten old wood. Even without the Monarch, it would have been overthrown by others. Even if not overthrown, it would have inevitably brought about its own destruction.
However, the Immortal Dynasty of the Present Era is different. To its left are the Immortal Families, to its right are the Immortal Sects, below are tens of millions of Immortal Mansions, within the court are the Great Luo Immortals, and above there is the Cloud Realm, comparable to a minor Nine Heavens.
To say something you all may not like to hear: if the Monarch were born in the Present Era, would he still have the ability to overthrow the Immortal Dynasty?"
Although many Chixiao People did not want to admit it, they had to acknowledge that what Zhou Wanqian said was true. The Immortal Dynasty of the Present Era was indeed not something the Immortal Dynasty of the Ancient Times could compare to. The gap between the two was like a chasm, one on the ground, the other in the heavens. If the Immortal Dynasty of the Ancient Times was like a dying, gasping old tiger or wolf, then the Immortal Dynasty of the Present Era was a soaring azure dragon in the Nine Heavens.
If given another chance, forget about overthrowing the Immortal Dynasty, they probably wouldn't even know how they died.
This point was not only agreed upon by most Chixiao People, but even Senior Huang Yuan was no exception.
He had also entered the world in the Present Era for a hundred years and naturally understood that the Present Era's Immortal Dynasty was not only incomparable to the Ancient one, but was probably far more terrifying than imagined.
Of course.
Agreement was one thing.
Agreement did not mean submission.
If given another chance, he would still follow the Monarch, campaign across the world, and angrily behead the Immortal Dynasty. Even if he died in battle, he would have no regrets.
"Let's not talk about the Immortal Dynasty for now. Let's talk about the Third Prince. Do you all think the Monarch and the Third Prince are comparable?"
The Chixiao People in the hall opened their mouths but hesitated to speak.
Zhou Wanqian had just said the Immortal Dynasty of the Ancient Times and the Present Era were incomparable, and they could not refute that.
Now Zhou Wanqian was saying the Chixiao Monarch and the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty were also incomparable, and they similarly could not refute it.
To be honest.
None of them had ever seen that Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty, not even once.
They had only taken the Huayun Dan refined by the Third Prince.
They were all experienced and knowledgeable individuals. They clearly understood that at their level of cultivation, so-called miraculous elixirs and wondrous medicines were fundamentally useless. This was especially true for Chixiao People. Each of them possessed the Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephant, and the Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephant was fierce and overbearing, making their Primordial Spirit Dharma Manifestations the same. Forget about miraculous elixirs; even immortal pills would have little effect.
As the saying goes, the Chixiao People succeeded because of the Dragon-Elephant, and failed because of it.
The Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephant gave the Chixiao People formidable and ferocious strength, but at the same time, because of its fierce and overbearing nature, it not only affected their foundations but also their meridian blockages, Violet Palace Dantian, Primordial Spirit Dharma Manifestations, and more, making breakthroughs in their cultivation extremely difficult.
No matter what profound formations or miraculous medicines they relied on, they could not shake the Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephant.
Yet, the Huayun Dan refined by the Third Prince had given their stagnant cultivation signs of breakthrough. It felt as if their originally heavy bodies had become light. In just a few years, they had successfully broken through, which was truly astonishing.
More importantly, it was rumored that the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty was the Holy Dragon Son born in response to destiny. Legend had it that when the Third Prince was born, a Seven-Colored Holy Dragon appeared to protect him.
Even more terrifying was that the Third Prince possessed the three great edicts of the Human Dao, the Natural Dao, and the Immortal Dao.
And just nine years ago, he had also obtained the Mandate of Heaven Fortune.
This Mandate of Heaven Fortune was not some minor mandate like Zhou Ting's, but the true Mandate of Heaven, the mandate of a Great Dao Star Lord.
Was that all?
No.
Rumors said that the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty laid his foundation in one day, established his True Body in nine days, opened his Violet Palace in eighteen days, condensed his Golden Core in twenty-seven days, gathered his Nascent Soul in thirty-six days, nurtured his Primordial Spirit in forty-five days, birthed his Dao-heart in fifty-four days, derived his Dharma Manifestation in sixty-three days, achieved Earth Immortal in seventy-two days, and ascended to become an Immortal in eighty-one days.
This was the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty's famously world-shaking achievement of becoming an Immortal in eighty-one days, hailed as the greatest in history since ancient times.
Whether in the Present Era, the Ancient Times, or even the Primordial Era, if one spoke of the speed of becoming an Immortal, it belonged to this Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty. At least, that's what many people believed.
Protected by the Seven-Colored Holy Dragon.
Possessing three great edicts.
Mandate of Heaven of a Great Dao Star Lord.
The pinnacle of eighty-one-day Immortal ascension.
The Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty was absolutely a peerless genius who gathered ten thousand fortunes upon himself, and the only suitable candidate to rule the Immortal Dynasty in the future.
And not long ago, it was heard that the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty had also been appointed as the Immortal Dao Law Enforcer of this world.
What did this mean?
It meant the status and position of the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty had almost surpassed that of all Immortals, representing the enforcement of Immortal Dao law. What an exalted status was this?
Even the Great Luo Immortals residing within the Immortal Dynasty would show him three parts of reverence upon meeting him.
Back then, the Chixiao Monarch, although also possessing many fortunes.
Most of those fortunes were strange and peculiar. Even though he eventually ascended to become the Immortal Dao Monarch and then the Demonic Dao Monarch, hailed as peerless through the ages, the greatest in history.
He was, after all, acting against the heavens, which the heavens and earth would not tolerate.
How could he compare to the Third Prince of the Immortal Dynasty, who gathered ten thousand fortunes and endless favor upon himself?