The Human Emperor Returns to Golden Ao Island! Bixiao's Little Scheme! The Fairy's Affection!
Time flowed on; the years flew by like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, several hundred years quietly slipped away amid the day-after-day gloom of the Netherworld Underworld.
Over those centuries, Ye Xuan and the Ten Yama Kings sorted out every matter in the underworld concerning the repose and reincarnation of human souls.
The underworld now operated like a set of finely crafted gears, without the slightest flaw.
With the underworld affairs settled, he also needed to return and take charge on the human side.
Ye Xuan bid farewell to the reluctant Houtu and took leave of the Ancestral Wu.
He brought no one with him. Alone, he transformed into a streak of escaping light, left the Netherworld Underworld, and returned to the Primordial Wilderness of the living world.
However, he did not immediately return to Shouyang Mountain. Instead, he headed eastward, making for the vast and boundless East Sea.
He intended to visit Tongtian Jiaozhu, who had always staunchly supported him.
During the Heavenly Court's final plundering amid the Witch-Demon Tribulation, Tongtian Jiaozhu had not hesitated to draw his sword and face the Western Two Sages head-on. Ye Xuan naturally had to visit him in person to offer his thanks for such friendship.
At the same time, he wished to see a few old friends from the Sect of Interception.
By the shores of the East Sea, azure waves stretched as far as the eye could see.
The moment Ye Xuan arrived in the waters surrounding Golden Ao Island, Tongtian Jiaozhu sensed that utterly undisguised aura of the Human Emperor.
Tongtian Jiaozhu laughed heartily within Biyou Palace and immediately issued a divine edict.
Before long, the great island-protecting formation around Golden Ao Island slowly opened. Four familiar figures rode auspicious clouds and personally left the island to