"Later, when we reached the era of the 'Great Strife' foretold by Left Historian Xian, the Emperor's subordinates were awakened one after another. The Emperor had them continue searching for clues about the four of us."
"But every one of his men who went out failed to come back. One went to the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace and vanished. Another went to the Buddhist Kingdom and vanished. Si Lei sneaked out and vanished. Si Ming went to the Extreme North and vanished too. It left the Emperor on edge all day, so he even moved out of the sun. He abandoned an entire enormous immortal palace!"
Hearing Qilin Immortal say this, the Central Heaven Emperor's face darkened. Could he really be blamed for being afraid? It was like being haunted. Who wouldn't be scared by something like that?
"Then, recently, he somehow heard that the Netherworld Church was about to condense the embryonic form of a Reincarnation Dao Fruit. He planned to send Si Heng and Si Shi to steal it and bring it back to him."
"Only a handful of people knew about the embryonic form of the Reincarnation Dao Fruit. The mastermind behind the scenes was the most likely person to have told the Emperor."
"The mastermind wouldn't have shared that information out of kindness. There had to be another reason."
"So I decided that after Si Shi got the embryonic Dao Fruit, I'd turn against the Emperor and make him tell me exactly what the mastermind had said to him. Then I'd find a way to pass the information on to you."
"Who could've guessed that you and the Undying would be here too, young friend Lu?"
At this, Qilin Immortal gave a bitter smile. He'd originally resolved to stay hidden for the rest of his life.