Shangguan Luoyang managed to return safely to Xuantian Pavilion, which spelled grave danger for Xuanyuan Yueyan. But at this moment, Evan Chu was still inside the Timewheel Bracelet, continuously absorbing Immortal Essence.
Now that he had broken through to the Ninth-Heaven Arch-Immortal Realm, his need for Immortal Essence had grown even greater. Normally, it would take three full days of absorption to complete one full circulation in his body, but Evan often split his mind and used both channels at once to absorb Essence.
This method was extremely taxing on his mental power, but it also served as training. Inside the Timewheel Bracelet, time passed like a fleeting cloud—before he knew it, five hundred years had flown by, and Evan hit another bottleneck in his cultivation.
He had now reached the late Ninth-Heaven Arch-Immortal Realm, and the Chaos Immortal Liquid in his dantian was slowly condensing into a solid state. At the spot in his dantian, a bead the size of a fava bean had formed. Evan didn’t interfere with its development—he knew instinctively that this bead was definitely something good.
After pausing his cultivation, Evan flew a lap around the Timewheel Bracelet’s inner world. Suddenly, he heard a thunderous roar—a voice he knew all too well. It was Shadow! By his calculations, Shadow and Goldwing had already cultivated here for over eight thousand years, and Evan was truly eager to see what realm their strength had reached.
With a flash, Evan appeared at the source of Shadow’s roar. There, a Bloodshadow Berserker Lion the size of a small mountain was locked in fierce combat with a gigantic bird covered in golden feathers. Their battle was so intense and evenly matched that Evan couldn’t help but be shocked.
Now that Evan had broken through to the late Ninth-Heaven Arch-Immortal Realm, he could clearly gauge the power of these two beasts. Both had reached late Immortal Lord Realm, and with their divine beast constitutions, their true combat strength was already at the level of early Immortal Emperor.
Evan’s sudden arrival made Goldwing and Shadow stop instantly. A flash of red and a flash of gold—then, in a blink, they transformed into human form and flew over to him. Shadow now stood just a bit taller than Evan, looking like a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old youth, strikingly handsome.
"Boss!" "Big Brother!" the two called out to Evan.
"Excellent, excellent! I never thought your strength would surpass even mine—I'm truly happy for you both," Evan said.