When defeating the Five Elements Demon Gods, he had already witnessed the cycle of generation and destruction, the ebb and flow of the five elements.
The Five Elements Demon Gods were beings who perfectly unified the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, peak Demon Gods at the Hunyuan Wuji realm.
Fang Ming, along with Yang Mei Great Immortal and the Five Elements Demon Gods, had fought fiercely for a thousand years, and had thoroughly understood the power circulation system of the Five Elements Demon Gods.
Jin Bifeng, this ancient sage, was heavily influenced by the Five Elements Demon Gods. Being a person who valued relationships, his Dao evolved from the Great Dao of the Five Elements of the Five Elements Demon Gods to the Laws of the Primordial Five Elements. It was a natural progression.
"Great Awakening Immortal Dao..."
From the perspective of the golden-armored man, Fang Ming seemed to be pondering, then he said, "I wonder what the strength level of the Great Awakening True Immortal is?"
His battle-hungry eyes instantly turned to the golden-armored man.
The golden-armored man smiled wryly and said, "Fellow Daoist, I am only at the early stage of Great Awakening True Immortal. I have only constructed one primordial world, and have not yet constructed a second. I cannot be considered a peak Great Awakening True Immortal."
"I am definitely not your opponent."
"Fellow Daoist, just join the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, and you will have plenty of opponents in the future."
Fang Ming nodded, "Alright, I will go with you to the Five Elements Heavenly Palace."
In just a few words, their destination was decided.
At this moment, the hundreds of cultivators from other realms no longer looked at Fang Ming with their previous arrogance, but with respect.
In any place, respect was earned through strength, and the Five Elements Heavenly Palace was no exception.
Previously, these cultivators from other realms dared to be disrespectful to Fang Ming because they believed that even a peak Hunyuan Wuji, a half-step Great Dao realm cultivator, was nothing special in a chaotic epoch.
They merely delved deeper into the laws of the Great Dao! After joining the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, they would still be like inner disciples, still needing to transition from the Great Luo Dao to the Great Awakening Dao, and still needing to comprehend the initial profoundness.
They were on the same level, or even a lower level, than these inner disciples who had already comprehended the initial profoundness.
It was unknown how long it would take to comprehend the initial profoundness and step onto the Great Awakening Dao.
It was precisely for this reason that they had treated Fang Ming disrespectfully.
However, Fang Ming's gaze alone was enough to kill Chu Lingtian, who was in the initial profoundness realm. The golden-armored man, a true Great Awakening True Immortal who had truly stepped onto the Great Awakening Dao, admitted that he was inferior to Fang Ming.
This signified a great difference.
A genius was a genius everywhere. Such a being who transcended the Great Dao Sages, if they transitioned to the Great Awakening Dao, comprehending the initial profoundness should not be difficult, and stepping into the Great Awakening True Immortal realm would likely not take much time.
They were in no way comparable.
The disciples quickly apologized to Fang Ming, making amends for their previous transgressions.
Chu Lingtian sighed inwardly and walked up to Fang Ming, lowering his head.
"Senior, please forgive me. It was my fault before. I am willing to offer all the cultivation resources I have accumulated over ten chaotic epochs for your use."
As he said this, Chu Lingtian felt a pang of pain. This was one-tenth of his life's wealth! All because of his careless words, he had to give up ten chaotic epochs' worth of accumulated wealth. How much money had he lost in these few sentences?
But Chu Lingtian had no choice. It was better to submit now than to wait until the young man rose in the Five Elements Heavenly Palace and then submit. By then, he might not even have the chance to submit, and it would likely be a dead end.
Losing wealth to avoid disaster was unavoidable.
Ultimately, life was more important.
After speaking, Chu Lingtian felt extremely conflicted.
If Fang Ming accepted, this grievance would be settled. If he did not accept, he would have to increase his offer.
Would it be one-fifth of his wealth, or half, or all of it?
Thinking of this, Chu Lingtian felt immense pain and began to pray inwardly that Fang Ming's appetite would not be too large.
"Oh, all the cultivation resources of ten chaotic epochs?"
Fang Ming glanced at him slightly, then said unceremoniously, "Then bring it all over. This grievance will be settled."
Chu Lingtian was merely a tool for Fang Ming to establish his authority.
Fang Ming used this tool to deter the disciples, to deter the golden-armored man, and to elevate his status after joining the Five Elements Heavenly Palace.
He served this purpose.
As a tool that had already served its value, Fang Ming would not dwell on it further. Therefore, after a punishment, it was concluded.
After settling the grievance.
Fang Ming moved his palm and collected the entire chaos, a chaos with the volume of one hundred thousand universes, into his inner world.
All the people of the Human Race Heavenly Court were collected by Fang Ming into his inner world. This move also greatly surprised the golden-armored man.
"Your inner world technique seems to be extremely proficient."
Fang Ming shook his head slightly, "This inner world technique was something I comprehended after studying the structure of the Chaos Bead."
"However, my power circulation system does not rely on the inner world."
"It is not as good as the Great Awakening Dao, which specializes in cultivating the inner world technique."
What Fang Ming said was true.
His strength was mainly based on his powerful magic power, primordial spirit, and physique.
But it did not rely on his inner world.
Although Fang Ming had comprehended the inner world technique from the gourd world within the Immortal Slaying Gourd and had opened up his inner world, it was more of a casual endeavor. Fang Ming's inner world had not brought him any significant enhancements.
If he lost his magic power, primordial spirit, and physique, relying solely on the power of his inner world, Fang Ming would definitely fall from the Immortal King level to the True Immortal, at most the Red Dust Immortal level of combat power.
The inner world was also a disadvantage for Fang Ming.
The Great Awakening Dao of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, constructing primordial worlds within the body, was undoubtedly a method that specialized in cultivating the inner world.
Naturally, this was something Fang Ming needed to learn.
The golden-armored man, after hearing Fang Ming's words, said, "Although your inner world is not as good as the inner worlds of us Great Awakening Immortals, being able to cultivate such an inner world within a chaotic epoch is enough to prove your potential in this path."
"In the step of constructing primordial worlds, you will find it much easier in the future."
"Follow me."
The entire chaos had already been collected into Fang Ming's inner world.
Fang Ming naturally had no lingering attachments and, through the spatial passage, went with the golden-armored man and the cultivators from other realms to the realm where the Five Elements Heavenly Palace was located.
...
In a flash, ten years had passed.
In the library of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, Fang Ming, dressed in a white robe, was reading a book.
After entering the realm of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, he had joined the Five Elements Heavenly Palace faction and become a core disciple. After ten years, he had gained some understanding of this realm.
The true situation of this realm was that it had evolved from an ancient sage. It had only existed for ten years. Ten years ago, these cultivators from the realm did not exist at all. All their history was fabricated.
However, it was easy for an ancient sage to create countless cultivators with memories of trillions of years of experience.
For example, a cultivator like Chu Lingtian had a self-perception of having lived for a hundred chaotic epochs, which was trillions of years.
Trillions of years ago, he was still in a chaotic epoch, in the Kui Shui tribe of the Witch-Demon era. A powerful figure from the Five Elements Heavenly Palace descended, took him as a disciple, brought him out of the chaos, and from then on, he practiced in the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, transcending the chaos.