Sanqing, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the others landed steadily beside the lake, their eyes fixed intently on the figure before them.
When they realized the person standing before them was Xuanyuan, everyone's eyes widened in shock, their faces full of disbelief.
They could never have imagined that Xuanyuan would be standing right in front of them.
The outcome was completely unexpected, leaving them astonished and confused.
They had to remember that a hundred years earlier, Xuanyuan had tried to claim the Innate Gourd Vine and its seven Innate Gourds for himself. They had joined forces and blasted him to dust, and he had long since perished, body and soul.
They had even felt a pang of regret over it.
Over the past hundred years, they had gathered to discuss the Dao and had occasionally brought Xuanyuan up.
But now, Xuanyuan was standing right before them, alive and well.
They stared blankly at him, as if time had stopped.
"Xuanyuan, you're still alive?" Donghuang Taiyi stepped forward and snarled, his eyes nearly bulging with rage.
Back then, when Xuanyuan had been killed, he had been the most thrilled and excited of them all. Now that Xuanyuan was standing before him alive and well, he was just as shocked and furious as anyone.
Hearing Donghuang Taiyi's words, Xuanyuan's lips curled slightly into a disdainful smile.
He sneered. "A bunch of clowns. You weaklings actually thought you could kill me? Hmph, what fools! If I hadn't been too lazy to bother with you back then, how would you have survived until now?"
Donghuang Taiyi's expression immediately darkened.
He glared at Xuanyuan, fury blazing in his eyes.
However, he didn't lash out right away. Instead, he turned to the others and said coldly, "Everyone, since Xuanyuan is still alive, then the Innate Gourd Vine and