Thin lines of blood formed clear words along his arm.
"The people above have been driven away by Luo Zheng. You're safe."
The Eastern Emperor stared at the words on his arm, his eyes widening slightly, his face filled with disbelief.
Luo Zheng?
Had he entered the Thirty-Three Heavens?
The Eastern Emperor had received Luo Zheng twice at the Supreme One Heavenly Palace. Even then, Luo Zheng's momentum had been unstoppable.
After entering the Desire Realm, he had even led the human race to occupy the entire Fourteenth Heaven!
The Eastern Emperor had placed great hopes in Luo Zheng, even believing that he might reach the Immortal Realm.
But believing was one thing...
How long had it been? Had he already reached Taiqing Heaven?
The Eastern Emperor reached out and nudged Ying Lao nearby. When she opened her eyes and saw the words, her face filled with astonishment, with a trace of delighted surprise mixed in.
Spending years immersed in Soul Aversion Water was far from comfortable, and the Dark River was fraught with danger.
When she had been forced into the Dark River, she had not only been pursued by those of the Alien Race, but also hunted by three Toothed Sturgeons in its darkness. Had the Eastern Emperor not found this passage at the bottom of the Dark River, she would probably have died long ago.
The two had been waiting at the bottom of the Dark River all this time. Occasionally, the Eastern Emperor would slip out to investigate, but those of the Alien Race were extraordinarily patient and gave them no chance to escape.
The last time the Eastern Emperor had surfaced to investigate, a vicious creature in the Dark River had attacked him, and he had nearly failed to return.
Both of them had felt