The next moment, Fang Chen felt the Tortoise Shell begin to tremble. The characters on its inner wall peeled away one after another and became a white-haired old man. He was sallow and gaunt, with dark, sunken eyes. Leaning on a crooked staff, he looked as though he might breathe his last at any moment.
Fang Chen stared at the old man, the corner of his mouth lifting. "Finally decided to come out?"
The old man smiled. "If I'd stayed in there any longer, you'd have wrung the last breath out of me!"
As he spoke, the old man lightly tapped his staff against the Void.
Faint green ripples spread through the Void. As they expanded, Fang Chen's Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth vanished.
Fang Chen looked at the old man and asked, "You must be Senior Wangxian Turtle?"
The old man nodded slightly. "That's me!"
Fang Chen bowed to Wangxian Turtle and said with respect, "I'm Fang Chen. Greetings, Senior!"
Wangxian Turtle waved a hand. "Your Majesty, there's no need for ceremony!"
Fang Chen frowned slightly at the title. "Senior, why do you call me the Human Emperor too?"
Wangxian Turtle smiled at him. "Because you are the Human Emperor!"
"I'm the Human Emperor?"
Fang Chen studied Wangxian Turtle. He had a feeling the old turtle meant more than he was saying.
Wangxian Turtle nodded. "With your current strength, if you don't become the Human Emperor, who else among the entire Human Race could?"
"But—"
Fang Chen frowned and was about to say more, but Wangxian Turtle cut him off.
"No buts. You weren't the Human Emperor before, but once you return from Immortal Forget Island, you will be. Whether you want it or not, you are the Human Emperor!"
Wangxian Turtle did not speak loudly, but the