The human heroes all looked at Du Zhen with concern.
"He isn't dead," Du Zhen said with a nod. "The old man is alive and well."
Delight spread across the heroes' faces at those words, and Primal Celestial Venerable let out a deep sigh of relief.
Having heard the answer he wanted, he felt a surge of reassurance.
The human race of the Seventy-Seventh Chaos Era had never truly declined!
Primal Celestial Venerable had led the human heroes in surviving to this day, and his senior brother was safe and sound as well!
And their junior brother, Tongtian Jiaozhu, was also doing perfectly well!
Although Tongtian Jiaozhu stood on the opposing side, the survival of these three brothers was undeniably a miracle.
"Where has my senior brother been all this time? Why did he disappear after entering Yuqing Heaven?" Primal Celestial Venerable asked.
"It's a long story. After following Master into Yuqing Heaven, we ran into unprecedented trouble..." Du Zhen briefly recounted what they had experienced in Yuqing Heaven back then. It had all happened a very long time ago.
"To keep the Snake Spirit King from finding us, we've remained hidden inside an 'empty bubble,' with few chances to leave. Even coming here this time meant taking an enormous risk..."
"Then why have you come this time?" Nuwa asked.
Du Zhen's gaze swept past the heroes, as though searching for someone. Unable to find him among the human heroes, he said, "I came for Luo Zheng."
The expressions of Primal Celestial Venerable, Nuwa, and the others changed subtly.
With their intelligence, they could have guessed most of the truth even without being told.
Ever since Luo Zheng entered the Heaven Opening Temple, he had displayed extraordinary abilities.
When the divided souls of Primal Celestial Venerable, Nuwa, and the others