"Ancestor? Is it really you? Ancestor, I've finally seen you again. After hundreds of millions of years, you truly came back to life. What a blessing for our clan, what a blessing for our clan!"
In the central region of Blood Purgatory, the High Priest had been cheering nonstop ever since he saw the Blood Emperor, crying one moment and laughing the next.
The Blood Emperor's expression remained confused. He was reading through fragments of his memories, but he still had not pieced many things together.
"You mean I'm your ancestor?" the Blood Emperor asked with a frown.
The High Priest removed his robe and revealed his true form. He had the same bird-bodied, dragon-winged form as the Blood Emperor. He respectfully said, "Have you forgotten? After you returned to the clan severely wounded and used part of Evil Blood God Star's energy to create Blood Purgatory, you handed command of the clan to me. Our Divine Origin Thunder Flame Clan is one of the oldest races in the Primal Star Domain. You were the Primal Star Domain's only Saint-tier expert, known as the Thunder Flame Great Sage."
The doubt in the Blood Emperor's eyes gradually faded. A memory surged into his consciousness, and amid the endless fragments, he saw his former self.
"Ugh..." The Blood Emperor clutched his forehead and growled, "Tell me, how did I die?"
The High Priest said blankly, "You returned severely wounded from the Original Divine Realm, but you never explained what had caused your injuries. You only told me that the Great Emperor's Secret Art was flawed and forbade future generations from learning it. Then you immediately entered that space and never came out again. You left only a passage for me to offer sacrifices to you, yet for hundreds of millions of