At this moment, in a mysterious, otherworldly space.
On the throne, the mysterious man, who bore some resemblance to Dijun, couldn't help sneering.
"Hmph!"
"If you weren't still useful to me,"
"why would I be willing to expend a strand of my own essence to revive you?"
The mysterious man's expression darkened, and there was a hint of helplessness in his voice.
After Qin Mu had utterly slain Dijun, there should have been no chance of bringing him back.
But the man had spared no expense, sacrificing a strand of his essence to revive Dijun.
The reason was naturally that Dijun, as one of his pawns, still held great value to him.
"That Qin Mu is quite the wild card."
"And he's fairly powerful, too."
"He actually managed to slay a Saint!"
At the thought of Qin Mu, the mysterious man furrowed his brow, his expression turning somewhat grim.
When Qin Mu had first fought Dijun, the man had still thought Dijun had a good chance of winning.
Who could have guessed that Dijun wouldn't just lose to Qin Mu, but would be utterly annihilated by him?
"My essence!"
"Even after I destroyed an entire epoch, I only obtained a few strands of it."
"Dijun, don't disappoint me again!"
"What I give you, I can just as easily take back!"
The mysterious man spoke coldly. Then his figure blurred, before vanishing completely from the throne.
Meanwhile, outside the South Heaven Gate, in the Demon Race's Heavenly Realm.
Countless living beings from the Witch Clan and the Demon Race stared at the sun star, utterly dumbfounded.
When they saw the resurrected Dijun in his True Body, the Witch Clan was completely stupefied.
"What?"
"Th-that's the Yao Emperor, Dijun?"
"How can this be?"
"How did he come back to life?"
"Didn't