"Within the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Emperor once said that to become his successor, the necessary condition was to cultivate the Immortal Golden Body."
"And to draw the Heavenly Emperor Sword, aside from the Heavenly Emperor himself, one had to gain the Heavenly Emperor Sword's recognition. The Immortal Golden Body was the guarantee that would allow the Heavenly Emperor Sword to acknowledge a master."
Mandala's voice carried a hint of nostalgia. It was clear that she, too, wanted to see her adoptive father again.
If he had not protected her back then, she might have long since been harvested and used as an ingredient for refining medicine.
However, the subsequent events differed somewhat from what Fu Ye remembered. He had originally thought that the old fellow, the Heavenly Emperor, would have left behind some contingency, but perhaps because his arrival had caused a butterfly effect, that old bastard never appeared.
Still, with Fu Ye present, he simply slapped the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor into ashes before Xiao Yan and the others.
Only after the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor had been slain did that old bastard, the Heavenly Emperor's remnant soul, scurry out in disgrace.
Yet when he sensed Fu Ye's cultivation, along with that of Hu Liena and the others, he froze on the spot. Even his expression became somewhat restrained.
"Cough, cough. Well, I never expected so many Heavenly Sovereigns to appear here."
Although the Heavenly Emperor had been a peerless expert at the late stage of Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign in ancient times, facing Fu Ye and the others—three Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign Great Perfections—made him feel a surge of nervousness.
But soon, he noticed Mandala standing beside Fu Ye, who had already broken through to Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
"Mandala, I never expected that