The Tragic Lin Yan

"Li Zhōujūn, people once called me the Azure Emperor too." Li Zhōujūn smiled.

[ Ding: Congratulations, host, on completing the task! Your cultivation has broken through to the Ninth-Rank Dao King realm! ]

At that moment, the system's notification sounded.

Li Zhōujūn found it rather strange. This task had been far too easy.

Could the system have run into something delightful?

"The Azure Emperor?" Northern Star Great Emperor nodded at Li Zhōujūn. "You certainly live up to that title."

Li Zhōujūn smiled without saying anything.

Northern Star Great Emperor continued, "Thank you for your guidance today. I won't disturb the two of you any longer."

"Very well. Take care, Northern Star Great Emperor." Li Zhōujūn nodded.

"Azure Emperor, wait." Northern Star Great Emperor smiled. He then slung his long spear onto his back and strode down the mountain with his tall, upright figure. Before long, he vanished from sight.

However, before Northern Star Great Emperor disappeared, his gaze swept toward where Emperor Mo Ran was hiding.

Emperor Mo Ran instantly felt as though he had been struck by lightning. His entire body was utterly immobilized.

Clearly, Northern Star Great Emperor had discovered Emperor Mo Ran hiding there long ago.

However, Northern Star Great Emperor did not attack Emperor Mo Ran.

He assumed that Emperor Mo Ran was someone Li Zhōujūn knew.

Otherwise, with Li Zhōujūn's cultivation—powerful enough to personally help someone withstand a Dao Emperor's Lightning Tribulation—he would have discovered Emperor Mo Ran's presence long ago.

As Northern Star Great Emperor's figure disappeared from sight,

Emperor Mo Ran finally let out a sigh of relief.

But soon, Emperor Mo Ran's heart sank.

Northern Star Great Emperor had been able to discover him.

Then how could the equally formidable Azure Emperor have failed to notice him?

At that thought,