Within the Hidden Emperor Star's Hidden Territory.
A small bamboo grove, a house built of bamboo, several casually placed stone stools, and two or three stone tables stood amid the grove.
A white-robed, white-haired man and a black-robed, black-haired man sat around one of the stone tables, while a middle-aged man with a green beard held a teacup and gazed up at the endless sky.
Suddenly, a white-haired old man walked over. Upon seeing the green-bearded middle-aged man, he bowed and said, "Master..."
"I already know. Let Emperor Yu come in," the green-bearded middle-aged man said calmly.
"Yes, Master."
The white-haired old man said no more. There was nothing surprising about his master knowing that Emperor Yu had arrived.
"Quite a few people may come soon—Emperor Xuan, the Black Devil Emperor, and the others. You needn't stop them; just let them come directly," the green-bearded middle-aged man instructed again.
"Yes."
The white-haired old man accepted the order and turned to leave. Just as he vanished into the bamboo grove, a man in a purple robe appeared among the bamboo. It was Emperor Yu.
"Brother Lin, it has been a long time," Emperor Yu said as he strolled in, a faint smile on his face.
Emperor Yu's pace was neither fast nor slow, yet it carried a strange rhythm. The entire bamboo grove seemed to rise and fall along with that rhythm.
"Brother Feng Yu, I see you're about to reach the level of a ninth-level Immortal Emperor as well," the green-bearded middle-aged man said with a smile.
There were only a few people in the entire Immortal, Devil, and Demon Realm who dared call Emperor Yu "Brother Feng Yu," but the Hidden Emperor of Hidden Emperor Star was one of them.
"Brother Feng Yu."
The black- and white-robed Immortal Emperors