Qin Yi arrived at the Nether Emperor Sect and paid a visit to the Phoenix Emperor.
The Phoenix Emperor's direct disciple, Nether Emperor Jade True Person, personally came out to receive him.
He looked exactly like the corpse of the black-robed Daoist in that tomb.
However, Qin Yi knew that the reincarnated Jade True Person with the one-character mustache in the future truly did not recognize him. That future Jade True Person had not inherited and awakened his past life. He had cultivated to the Formless Realm on his own, and his path was the myriad phenomena of asura. It was no longer the Nether Emperor's path.
At most, he would recall a few karmic ties through some vague intuition. For instance, upon seeing Qing Ying, he might feel that he still had unfinished karma with this little girl and thus take her as a disciple. It was not that he truly remembered much of his past-life memories.
Therefore, that first-meeting reaction from the future Jade True Person upon seeing him had been genuine. Unlike Old Xu, Book Immortal, and that bunch of bastards, who were all fucking pretending.
The facts proved that even in the ancient era, supposedly overflowing with Formless cultivators like dogs, the Formless Realm was still worth its weight in gold.
At the very least, Er Zhuzi, Bai Ze, and the others had not reached the Formless Realm.
The Jade True Person of this era had likewise bitterly sought the Longevity Method without success. Even now, he was merely at the perfected Qianyuan Realm. He genuinely envied and respected those at the Formless Realm.
So much so that he had come out in person to greet him.
"Dao Friend, your esteemed arrival honors us. Forgive me for failing to welcome you from afar." Jade True Person