"Gu Shen... You're not dead."
Yun Hu stared fixedly at the gaunt-faced man before him.
The Tan Yao eruption had sunk Sang Continent Grotto.
News of Gu Shen's death had spread across the Five Continents—
That had been a full five years ago!
Over those five years, the Source Tower's divine envoys had mocked Nagano's Investigation Team plenty. This death case had been closed for five years, yet now he was seeing a living man!
Absurd. How utterly absurd!
"Sorry, but I'm still alive."
Gu Shen spoke blandly and tossed the Cloud Ring at Yun Hu's face, where it landed with a light slap.
The latter's expression grew even darker and uglier.
The moment Yun Hu saw the ring, he understood everything...
The cloudship fell into dead silence. Every Transcendent present had heard that name before, but five years was a long time, and many had already forgotten Gu Shen.
Those who still remembered only vaguely recalled that this name had once resounded across the Five Continents.
"Eastern Continent... really knows how to put on a show..."
Yun Hu laughed softly. "No wonder the Investigation Team stopped making any moves afterward..."
Gu Shen raised an eyebrow.
He could not be bothered to explain. He merely crouched down, looked at this divine envoy "old friend" whom he had not seen in a long time, and softly greeted him, "Over these five years, you must have bullied Gu Xiao Man quite a bit, right?"
Yun Hu froze for a second.
In his mind, the name Gu Xiao Man had not the slightest connection to Gu Shen.
Back during the Cloud Mirror Mission, it had been sabotaged by an unknown "City of Light Transcendent."
To recover the mission target, even Vermillion Bird had died in Sang Continent Grotto.
Later, Red Dragon had brought