"Senior Qiongqi!"
Shen Yi cried out in delighted surprise. He noticed that Qiongqi's face now bore a few more traces of life's hardships, as though he had gone through many things. Yet the aura around him had grown even more dense and solid, radiating an incomparably tyrannical sharpness.
Qiongqi nodded at him, then shifted his gaze to the Shadow Family Old Ancestor. With just a single look, he made the Shadow Family Old Ancestor feel an inexplicable terror.
"Rumor had it that Demon King Qiongqi had been guided to the Upper Realm along with the Yunluo Mountain Range. I never imagined it was false—you were actually still in the mortal world!"
The Shadow Family Old Ancestor was utterly stunned. No matter what, he had never expected Qiongqi to appear at such a time. In this sensitive period when every Spirit Transformation cultivator feared for their own safety, Qiongqi had openly revealed his strength so brazenly. Even he, despite having pledged allegiance to the Immortal Race, had to tread with the utmost caution.
"Ying Luo, you have grown old. The older one gets, the more one becomes timid and hesitant!"
From the exchange between Qiongqi and Ying Luo, it was clear that they had known each other long ago. Yet now they stood on opposing sides—one fought to protect the future of the mortal world, while the other had long since defected to the Immortal Race.
"Those who kill my clansman cannot live under the same sky as me. Even if that one came in person today, I would not stop!"
Ying Luo's words were firm as nails hammered into iron. Ying Feng was clearly extremely important to him. As Ying Feng's killer, Shen Yi had already become a dead man in Ying Luo's eyes.
"Hmph. Do not think outsiders know