Xuan Zhen.
That name brought Qi WuHuo's memories back to the past, to when Teacher had taken him through the Human World, where he had seen his senior brothers and sisters make their choices and reach their respective ends. At last, Teacher had spoken of the many Great Daos. Senior Brother Xuan Zhen was the only one who cultivated the most supreme Great Dao—and the Supreme disciple who ultimately fell.
And if Senior Brother Xuan Zhen was the Human Emperor who had blazed with heroic spirit eight thousand years ago—
He had opened the Dao of Human Emperor Destiny, invited Heaven to drink with him, and brought the warring nations of a chaotic age to heel!
Ripples stirred in Qi WuHuo's eyes, but he kept his expression calm. He raised his gaze to Nan Qingzi and asked, "But why did the Ghost Emperor go to the Human World and encounter the Human Emperor and the Demon Emperor? I'd like to know the reason behind that, too."
The Southern Ghost Emperor answered in a quiet voice:
"...It was nothing remarkable."
"I, too, wanted to seek the highest Dao. But simply following my innate, utmost yin constitution could never let me glimpse a more distant path. How could I remain trapped in this Yin Spirit forever? At that time, the Seventy-Two Departments of Fengdu City were still functioning smoothly, carrying out countless good works. The great calamity had yet to begin. I thought that Fengdu City would manage just fine without me, so I went to the Reincarnation Platform to seek Meng Po."
"I wanted to try drinking Meng Po Soup, sealing away my memories while leaving my nature unchanged."
"Then I would be reborn as a human and try to glimpse the mysteries of yin and yang through the tribulations of