After Laozi appeared in the Demon Cave Time-Space, he soon followed Dao Ancestor Hongjun to meet Destruction Demon God Locke.
The meeting did not last particularly long.
At least, the outside world received few details about it.
Locke did not make any special effort to explain it publicly.
Hongjun remained as elusive as ever, showing his head but never his tail.
Laozi himself was even less inclined toward idle talk.
Thus, most core powerhouses of the Destruction Divine Kingdom only knew that another powerhouse from the Immortal Domain Civilization of the Material Star Realm had ascended dimensions to the Higher Dimensional Plane.
And this person was Dao Ancestor Hongjun's eldest disciple.
The one whose emotions fluctuated most greatly was Duan Ning.
Duan Ning made a special trip to Laozi's presence to pay respects to her master.
Neither she nor Laozi was someone who wore their emotions on their sleeve.
Laozi in particular cultivated the Supreme Emotionless Path. Back in the Material Star Realm, his face had remained as still as an ancient well for years on end.
Back then, after Hongjun departed the Material Star Realm and ascended dimensions to the Higher Dimensional Plane, Laozi succeeded him as the Dao Heavenly Saint. In many respects, he had appeared even closer to the Heavenly Dao than Hongjun himself.
He was calm, restrained, and detached. It was as though the myriad emotions of the world could scarcely leave a trace upon his face.
Yet after so many years apart, when master and disciple reunited in the Higher Dimensional Plane, they could not truly have felt nothing at all.
Duan Ning's movements were steady as she bowed to Laozi.
But at the instant she lowered her eyes, a thread of the faintest fluctuation was still caught by several High-Level Strong Practitioners beside Locke.