Recognition, Rescue

When they saw Lamp Holding Siming publicly kneel and kowtow to everyone, they were all dumbfounded.

This six-armed Lamp Holding Siming could actually humble himself so completely, smashing his gleaming forehead heavily against the ground.

Those few bangs were solid and crisp.

The dignified Lamp Holding Siming, who oversaw every treasury in White Jade Capital, was actually kowtowing to people like them?

Were they dreaming?

Dragon maiden Ao Jiao reached out and pinched her brother Ao Yan's face.

"Does it hurt, brother?"

Ao Yan furrowed his brow. "It hurts. Why?"

"Then we're not dreaming. Lamp Holding Siming really is kowtowing to us?"

Ao Jiao felt as if she were living in a dream. It was all so unreal.

The others, especially Ember Extinguishing Immortal, Dragon Tiger Immortal Venerable, and the rest, all assumed guarded stances.

"Master, do not believe him!"

"Immortal Li, this man is exceptionally vicious and especially skilled at false virtue. You absolutely cannot trust him. This is a feigned surrender!"

As everyone discussed it heatedly, Lamp Holding Siming replied coldly.

"With my strength, there is no need for me to feign surrender."

Those words calmed everyone somewhat.

Indeed.

With Lamp Holding Siming's strength, he might not necessarily lose in a direct battle against Li Yan.

Li Yan had only managed to seize Lamp Holding Siming's body through the accidental fortune of turning side effects into benefits.

It could only be said that the clever had been outwitted by their own cleverness. Lamp Holding Siming thought himself smart when he left behind a Thread Pulling Lamp with side effects, yet Li Yan had instead caught hold of that very flaw.

Without that Thread Pulling Lamp, Li Yan truly would not have found it easy to subdue Lamp Holding Siming.

At the very least, it should have been a hard-fought, drawn-out battle between them.

Once they had calmed down, several of them asked curiously.

"Lamp Holding Siming, weren't you quite arrogant? What happened?"

Lamp Holding Siming, who no longer possessed any self-awareness, answered stiffly like a puppet.

"I lost to my master in a battle of techniques. That is all."

"I have been shackled and reduced to my master's Shadow Slave."

When Lamp Holding Siming admitted it himself, the people within Abyss Palace were so utterly shocked that they could not speak for a long while.

Dragon maiden Ao Jiao immediately rushed to Li Yan's side and cried out, "Little Bean Sprout, how exactly did you do it?!"

"Back then, they beat me terribly. No matter how desperately I fought, I could never defeat them."

"You little runt, how did you manage it?"

Ao Jiao's large head was filled with questions.

How had this frail human race, in the eyes of the Ancient Dragons, defeated these monsters?

Ao Yan admired Li Yan even more. "Brother Li! May I, Ao Yan, take you as my master?"

Ao Jiao, who was beside Li Yan, immediately objected. "He is my partner, which makes him your brother-in-law. How can you take him as your master?"

"Eh, that is not the case!"

"I call him Master, and he calls me Brother-in-Law."

"I call you Mistress, and you call me Elder Brother."

What!?

What kind of seniority was that?

Wasn't that utter nonsense?

Seeing the Ancient Dragon siblings discussing family seniority, Li Yan rarely revealed a faint smile.

The single-minded Ancient Dragons were rather amusing.

But Li Yan did not wish for everyone to remain immersed in their shock.

He had serious business to discuss!

"Yan Qing Qing."

"H-Here...!"

Ever since Li Yan had brought her to the Abyss of the Netherworld, Yan Qing Qing had felt no sense of security.

She had gone from the cherished daughter of the Blood Serving Sect's sect master to an unnoticed nobody.

Within the Abyss of the Netherworld, where Mahayana Stage cultivators roamed everywhere and immortals were as common as dogs, her presence was far too weak.

Yan Qing Qing approached Li Yan somewhat timidly, even kneeling instinctively.

After all, Li Yan was no longer the Rogue Cultivator she had known back then.

The Li Yan of today was the foremost heir to the Heavenly Emperor of the Old Heavenly Court, the only human cultivator acknowledged by the Ancient Dragon clan, and Lamp Holding Siming's master.

As for Yan Qing Qing, she was nothing now, while her father had become an immortal slave of White Jade Capital.

Before Li Yan, she lowered her head in inferiority and knelt before him.

Seeing Yan Qing Qing kneel, Li Yan hesitated as if he wanted to say something.

Mm.

There was nothing wrong with it.

Yan Qing Qing could be considered his disciple. She was the reincarnation of Misty Moon Immortal's remnant soul and retained her human side.

"Yan Qing Qing, I wish to tell you something. I also have something to tell everyone."

Upon hearing Li Yan say this, everyone immediately fell silent and held their breath, waiting for him to speak.

Li Yan said, "Yan Qing Qing, you are actually my disciple."

What!?

Yan Qing Qing was stunned at first. She misunderstood.

Was Li Yan planning to accept her as a personal disciple?

Had happiness come too suddenly? What virtue or ability did she, Yan Qing Qing, possess to become Saint Li's disciple?

Overwhelmed with excitement, Yan Qing Qing immediately kowtowed to acknowledge him as her master.

"Yan Qing Qing greets Master!"

Some people in the hall were envious, while others were confused.

Strange. Why had Li Yan suddenly announced that he would take Yan Qing Qing as his disciple at a time like this?

Was that not right? Was this such an important matter?

But Li Yan's next sentence made everyone's expressions change drastically.

"Yan Qing Qing, do you know that you are Moon Eater Commander?"

In that instant, Ao Jiao, Ao Yan, Dragon Tiger Immortal Venerable, Ember Extinguishing Immortal, and the others all brought out their Magic Artifacts.

Everyone waited for Li Yan to give the order to seize this "Moon Eater Commander"!

"To think Yan Qing Qing was actually a spy lurking among us!"

"She looked so harmless, and her disguise was too perfect. The more one thought about it, the more terrifying it became!"

"To think you are Moon Eater!"

Watching everyone react in alarm, Li Yan could understand their feelings.

After all, Moon Eater Commander was renowned far and wide. With one sword, she could cleave open the void, and she commanded the mysterious laws of Dao Patterns.

Everyone began to sweat profusely, chills running down the backs of their necks.

They had nearly hurled their Magic Artifacts at Yan Qing Qing before Li Yan raised his hand.

"Do not be hasty. Listen to me finish."

"Yan Qing Qing is Moon Eater, but she is also Longyue."

Longyue? Moon Eater?

After being shocked again and again throughout the day, everyone was now completely speechless.

Even Yan Qing Qing herself wore a helpless, frightened expression.

"Brother Li... no, Master, what exactly are you saying?"

Li Yan raised his hand and explained, "Yan Qing Qing, you are actually the portion of humanity Longyue abandoned, reincarnated as a human."

"You have lost many memories, but you still retain Longyue's humanity."

"Me? Me? Longyue... truly is the Moonlight Sword Immortal?"

Yan Qing Qing could not believe it at all. She was actually the reincarnation of the renowned Sword Immortal from the history of the cultivation world?

It was too absurd, too outrageous.

It felt like an ordinary girl from a common household suddenly being told one day that she was actually the war god of a heavenly empire.

Me? Yan Qing Qing? The reincarnation of a Sword Immortal?

Such an enormous gap left Yan Qing Qing dazed, as though she were dreaming.

"Master, do you mean that in a previous life, I was your disciple as well?"

Li Yan stroked his chin as he considered it. "Not necessarily a previous life. You may have already reincarnated through several lifetimes."

"It is simply that in this World of Demonic Chaos, ordinary people do not live long. In this life, you were fortunate enough to be born into the Yan Family."

Listening to the astonishing information Li Yan revealed, everyone forcibly suppressed their surging emotions and gradually calmed down.

Ember Extinguishing Immortal then asked a crucial question. "Master, since you are telling us this, you must have a way to save Longyue, right?"

Li Yan nodded. "Yes. I need to borrow everyone's strength. Come with me to a place and save someone!"