"Defeating a projection is just a mark, no need to act like a big shot!"
This disciple seemed extremely arrogant.
The leading golden-armored man's tone softened slightly, but he didn't stop the disciple's outburst, clearly tacitly agreeing.
"Young man, you've also heard how powerful the true Five Elements Heavenly Palace is."
"Our Five Elements Heavenly Palace transcended long ago, five thousand kalpas ago, and has since looked down upon the Primordial Era."
"Looking down for five thousand kalpas, through the cycles of Dragon-Phoenix, Witch-Demon, Investiture of the Gods, and Journey to the West, a full five thousand times!"
"Now, a great figure from the Five Elements Heavenly Palace wishes to interfere in this Primordial Era, to take your created faction as a subordinate force, to bring your established power under the banner of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace."
"Do you agree?"
The golden-armored man first explained, then added, "In the Primordial Era, one cannot transcend without becoming a Great Dao Saint."
"You need to think carefully."
"The descent of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace is not a bad thing; rather, it is your fortune and opportunity. Without the assistance of our Five Elements Heavenly Palace, you would almost certainly be trapped in this world, utterly destroyed by the immeasurable calamities billions of years from now."
"Compared to pursuing the Great Dao, compared to the fate of being trapped in this world, submitting to another is not so bad. The Five Elements Heavenly Palace, as a transcendent force beyond chaos, has not mistreated you."
The golden-armored man offered the hope of transcending chaos!
In his view, transcending chaos required the cultivation of a Great Dao Saint. Since the young man before him had not yet transcended, he was at most at the half-step Great Dao realm, and would surely yearn for the path of transcendence.
Seekers of the Dao pursuing transcendence would not necessarily find submission unacceptable. There was a considerable possibility that this young man would submit.
Of course, even if he didn't submit, the golden-armored man wouldn't care; he would simply forcibly annex the faction then.
After all, with his strength as a Great Enlightenment True Immortal, even ordinary Great Dao Saints would be defeated, so why worry about dealing with a mere youth?
However, at that point, even if the Human Heavenly Court was annexed, this young man would no longer be given the opportunity to transcend this chaos.
The stunningly beautiful youth in the black brocade robe, after hearing this, seemed to ponder for a moment before giving his answer.
"I am willing to submit to the Five Elements Heavenly Palace."
Upon hearing this, many cultivators from other chaotic realms showed expressions of 'as expected' and 'good, you know your place.'
Then, the youth's tone shifted, becoming cold.
"But there's a condition: you must first show me what the Five Elements Heavenly Palace is capable of!"
At these words, many disciples were enraged.
"This person is utterly arrogant! Esteemed Officer, there's no need to waste more words with him, strike him down on the spot!"
"This chaos is merely a speck of dust! To dominate a speck of dust and then arrogantly wish to oppose the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, truly a fool who knows no fear!"
"Esteemed Officer..."
The numerous disciples were furious.
The golden-armored man, however, found some merit in the statement. "Indeed, if you don't witness the strength of our Five Elements Heavenly Palace, you might not be truly convinced even if you submit."
"Adding an extra procedure to make you give up is a minor matter!"
"You will fight him, and then you will know the foundation of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace."
Seeing this, the golden-armored man casually assigned a disciple with the aura of a half-step Great Dao realm to fight Fang Ming.
He did not find Fang Ming's attitude and tone strange. How could someone who dominated a Primordial Era willingly submit without witnessing the true strength of their enemy?
At least a battle was necessary, right?
And in the golden-armored man's understanding.
Only those with the strength of a Great Dao Saint could transcend chaos and become a transcendent.
Since this young man was still within this chaos, he was not a transcendent, not a Great Dao Saint.
The ability to unify a Primordial Era could stem from the peak of Hunyuan Wuji, or it could be the half-step Great Dao realm.
It depended on the specific circumstances of each Primordial Era.
In this current Witch-Demon era, those who unified the Primordial Era, because the powerhouses on both the Myriad Worlds side and the Primordial World side had not truly reached their peak, it was possible for someone with only Hunyuan Wuji peak cultivation to unify the entire chaos.
In past kalpas, the golden-armored man had encountered such rulers several times.
Unifying the Primordial Era in the early Witch-Demon period faced less resistance.
If it were in the late Dharma era, unifying the Primordial Era would inevitably mean a being at the half-step Great Dao realm.
This was because in the late Dharma era, the resistance was immense, with at least one half-step Great Dao realm obstructing entity, and more likely, multiple Chaos Demon Gods having cultivated to the half-step Great Dao realm. In such a scenario, the strength of one who could unify the Primordial Era would be extremely formidable.
But whether the youth was at the peak of Hunyuan Wuji or at the half-step Great Dao realm, in the eyes of the golden-armored man, he was no match for the person he was sending to fight him.
The Five Elements Heavenly Palace had transcended chaos for five thousand Primordial Eras and had developed a cultivation system that completely surpassed chaos.
This cultivation system was called the "Great Enlightenment Immortal Dao"!
It was a cultivation system that exhausted the origins of the Five Elements and surpassed the Great Dao of the Five Elements in a single Primordial Era!
Great Enlightenment True Immortal, Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal, Hunyuan Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal...
Even the lowest-ranking Great Enlightenment True Immortal was fundamentally superior to an ordinary Great Dao Saint.
Ordinary Great Dao Saints would almost certainly be defeated by a Great Enlightenment True Immortal who had condensed a world of Five Elements Origin Power.
And the disciple he sent was, of course, not a Great Enlightenment True Immortal, but he was infinitely close to it, having comprehended the power of initial mystery. As long as he could construct any one Origin Power world using various powers of initial mystery, he would truly become a Great Enlightenment True Immortal.
A disciple of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace who was only one step away from becoming a Great Enlightenment True Immortal, in the eyes of the golden-armored man, was capable of defeating Fang Ming, this unifier of a Primordial Era.
After all, this disciple had cultivated in the Five Elements Heavenly Palace for nearly a hundred Primordial Eras. Dealing with a cultivator confined to one Primordial Era, even a peerless genius who dominated a Primordial Era, was not a difficult task.
The Five Elements Heavenly Palace disciple assigned to deal with Fang Ming was the same arrogant disciple from before.
He directly said, "Kid, wouldn't it have been easier if you just joined the Five Elements Heavenly Palace obediently? Now you have to fight me..."
Fang Ming ignored him.
After activating the energy converter, he saw the holographic screen before him.
[Name: Chu Lingtian]
[True Identity: A replicated entity created by Gu Sheng Jin Bi Feng, imbued with memories and cognition, a part of the original power of Gu Sheng.]
[Self-Perceived Identity: A prodigy of the Human Race from the Kui Shui Tribe during the Witch-Demon era, one hundred Primordial Eras ago.
His cultivation was only at the Xuan Immortal realm. When facing a life-or-death crisis, he was chosen by a transcendent elder from the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, who had transcended chaos. He joined the Five Elements Heavenly Palace and thus became a transcendent, transcending above chaos.
After a hundred Primordial Eras, he finally comprehended the initial mystery, and is only one step away from condensing a Five Elements Origin World within his body to become a Great Enlightenment True Immortal.]
[Position: Inner Disciple of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace]
[Cultivation: Initial Mystery Realm (Essentially equivalent to the half-step Great Dao realm, but his combat power far surpasses cultivators of the same level, capable of fighting over a hundred half-step Great Dao realm cultivators.)]