Time Reversal

The Demon Tomb Ghost Emperor lay sprawled on the ground.

He stared expressionlessly at Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu.

"I am a god and a ghost, not a human."

Jiang Fu looked baffled. "Don't deities in the Living World unlock their Sequences only after becoming gods?"

Shi Jiu chimed in, "Exactly! If you use an Abyss Potion to unlock a Sequence before becoming a god, you can't become one."

Jiang Fu added, "There's a World King called You Kui in the Eighteenfold Hell. He's a ghost too, and he unlocked a Sequence."

At those words,

the Demon Tomb Ghost Emperor's gaze sharpened.

His eyes remained fixed on the Abyss Fruit floating before Jiang Fu.

But he said nothing more.

A faint killing intent spread through the surrounding void.

Jiang Fu pulled Shi Jiu back a few steps.

"That Old Silver Coin really was faking it!"

The Demon Tomb Ghost Emperor was badly wounded.

But he was nowhere near so injured that he couldn't move.

As long as he remained in this Ghost Realm,

the Demon Tomb Ghost Emperor could neither die nor be destroyed.

Jiang Fu had something that interested him.

That was why he hadn't shown his hand right away.

He had lain there, playing along with them.

But now,

with a Sequence at stake, even a Ghost Emperor struggled to keep his composure.

He had given himself away.

Shi Jiu muttered, "Those Old Monsters who've lived for who knows how long really are all Old Silver Coins."

Realizing his act was over,

the Demon Tomb Ghost Emperor dropped the pretense.

He slowly sat up from the ground.

His God Emperor Level divine sense instantly locked onto them both.

He raised an arm that had returned to its normal shape, though it was still carved from stone, and slowly