The Sea of Ashes had fallen silent.
"What are your plans?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"...The Reincarnation Heavenly Book...is in your master's hands."
The Eternal Thought-Seizer said.
—Now, he should be called the Previous Heavenly Emperor.
Gu Qingshan said, "That book has been in the hands of the demonic body all this time. It must have developed all sorts of problems long ago. No wonder my master wanted the book, but not its artifact spirit... So I advise you to find another weapon."
The Previous Heavenly Emperor murmured, "Xie Daoling... In the age when the Six Paths first came into being, I don't think I ever heard that name."
"I don't know my master's origins, either." Gu Qingshan shrugged.
The Previous Heavenly Emperor fell silent for a moment, then said, "I've recovered my memories. I have to go to the Land of No Return now."
"Because your body was sealed there?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Yes. Only after I find my body and use the 'Reversal' aspect to return my soul to it can I fully recover," the Previous Heavenly Emperor said.
Gu Qingshan looked thoughtful.
"I advise you not to go now," he said.
"Why?" the Previous Heavenly Emperor asked.
"Even at the height of your power, you couldn't break free of that seal. What makes you think you can now?" Gu Qingshan said.
"Then I'll scout ahead first. After all, in all of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, I'm the only one who knows how to reach the Land of No Return," the Previous Heavenly Emperor insisted.
Gu Qingshan sighed inwardly.
—When someone like the Previous Heavenly Emperor set his mind on doing something, no amount of persuasion would stop him.
The Previous Heavenly Emperor clasped his hands into a seal and intoned, "Thought Technique, appear!"
A white speck, radiating