Meanwhile.
Fu Can Demon Emperor had just returned to his own lair, a seemingly ordinary house in a small city, when he suddenly sneezed.
"Who's talking about this emperor?" Fu Can Demon Emperor rubbed his nose. Then, looking at the secret technique Yan Siman had given him, he grinned. "With this secret technique in hand, even Azure Emperor won't be my match."
With that thought, Fu Can Demon Emperor immediately began studying the secret technique.
When Fu Can Demon Emperor discovered that using the secret technique three times would result in death, his expression instantly fell. Without another word, he threw the jade slip in his hand away and sneered, "What a joke. With such a huge drawback, how could this emperor possibly cultivate it?"
But after thinking it over, Fu Can Demon Emperor still picked the secret technique back up.
After all, if he were ever surrounded and attacked, this secret technique might truly come in handy.
Elsewhere.
Inside a jade-colored palace wreathed in clouds and mist.
A figure dressed in silver dragon robes, whose features could not be made out, sat high upon the dragon throne carved from white jade.
In the great hall below him, countless powerful figures stood in two rows, slightly bent at the waist.
On one side were divine generals clad in armor; on the other were immortal officials dressed in long robes.
A broad avenue ran between the divine generals and immortal officials.
Upon that avenue stood Sun-Shooting Immortal Emperor, Zhang Wenyyao, his expression respectful.
"Father Emperor, since Azure Emperor intervened to aid Dao Tian Immortal Palace this time, I could only withdraw helplessly." Zhang Wenyyao looked at the figure seated upon the throne, whose aura was as deep and vast as the sea, and spoke with an utterly helpless expression.
The figure