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The instant Shen Qian heard that voice, his first reaction was not surprise, but a moment of daze.

Though the voice was different, it carried the same gentle, approachable feeling.

For an instant, Shen Qian had even thought Big Shot Gao was speaking to him.

Then he came back to his senses and spun around. At some point, a young man in azure robes had appeared behind him. Half his face was covered in strange patterns, giving him an eerie beauty.

Shen Qian had seen him in the revelation provided by the system. Now that he was certain, he hurriedly bowed. "Greetings, Demon... Greetings, Grandmaster!"

Shen Qian had originally intended to address him as the Demon King, but remembered what the other man had said and changed his words at the last moment.

Though more than ten thousand years might have passed, he really should address this man as Grandmaster.

"You came a little later than I expected."

The Demon King raised a hand, signaling Shen Qian to rise.

Shen Qian straightened up and quietly studied the azure-robed man before him, then glanced at the enormous body lying nearby. His eyes were filled with confusion, and he hesitated to speak.

"Do you find it strange that I do not look dead?"

The Demon King smiled faintly and took the initiative to speak.

Shen Qian nodded. That was indeed his greatest question.

Leaving aside the fact that the Demon King's true body beside them was clearly still alive, merely seeming to be in a dormant state, even the Demon King's human form standing before Shen Qian was no illusion. Shen Qian could even vaguely sense fluctuations of his Soul Power.

This was unlike the consciousness projections of the Nine Kings Shen Qian had encountered before. This was a living, breathing body.