Old Acquaintance Reunited

Suddenly, a mountain guard disciple's respectful report came from outside the hall.

"Reporting to True Monarch, a cultivator outside the mountain gate claims to be Chu Chengnan and says he is an old acquaintance of yours."

"Chu Chengnan?"

Within the main hall of Divine Firmament Palace, the lofty dome seemed to contain a galaxy. Purple-gold thunder Dao patterns faintly flowed between the jade pillars and across the floor, emanating a profound Dao aura.

Dressed in a purple-gold Dao robe patterned with lightning, Xu Yunfan sat upright upon the Cloud Platform, his aura deep and still as an abyssal sea, his gaze calm.

He had just finished contemplating his deductions regarding the Sea of Suffering of Reincarnation. With a slight movement of his divine sense, he sensed that familiar yet somewhat uneasy aura beyond the mountain gate.

Before long, guided respectfully by the mountain guard disciple, a figure entered the grand and solemn hall.

The newcomer wore a plain black robe. His face still faintly bore the features of years past, but the weathered gravity between his brows far surpassed what it had once been. It was none other than Chu Chengnan, who had weathered countless trials and set foot upon the Dao path once more.

His steps were steady, yet he could not conceal the complexity in his eyes. His gaze swept quickly across the hall's simple furnishings, all of which carried the aura of the thunder Dao, before finally settling on the figure seated atop the Cloud Platform, whose presence was unfathomably deep.

The Xu who had once been his junior fellow disciple had long since become a distant past. Now, he had attained the True Monarch realm that Chu Chengnan had dreamed of day and night.

Chu Chengnan took a deep breath. When he was still thirty zhang