Was the Emperor Actually the Grand Tutor's Incarnation? Yang Mei: I Heard You Have Lots of Little Toys?

Looking at the old Daoist before him, whose eyebrows trailed along the ground and whose aura was unfathomably deep,

Zhao Gongming's pupils contracted sharply, and a storm surged through his heart.

"Great Immortal Yang Mei?!"

"He's a legend among legends!"

Terrifying tales of this Great Expert's exploits quickly surfaced in Zhao Gongming's mind.

One of the Three Thousand Chaos Godfiends, the Space Demon God who wielded the Great Dao of Space!

His true form was the Hollow Willow, one of the Ten Great Chaos Spirit Roots!

During the Dao-Devil War, he had stood alongside Hongjun, Yin-Yang, and Qiankun as one of the Four Great Saints.

Together, they had smashed Demon Ancestor Luohu's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation!

Even more outrageous, legend had it that after attaining Sainthood, he once fought Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

The result... Hongjun had exhausted every trick and destroyed all his magic treasures.

Yet he couldn't even break through Yang Mei's defenses, and suffered a crushing defeat!

This was a truly supreme being, transcendent beyond the Heavenly Dao and free to roam the Chaos!

Yang Mei studied Zhao Gongming's utterly astonished expression, as if he were looking at a living fossil.

Curious, he stroked his long eyebrows and asked with a genial smile,

"Youngster, why the look?"

"Could it be... you've heard stories about me?"

Zhao Gongming took a deep breath to steady himself, then answered with a serious, solemn expression.

"No, but your face... is full of stories."

Yang Mei paused, then burst into hearty laughter. "Interesting! What an interesting lad!"

Seeing that this mighty figure was quite approachable, the fire of gossip within Zhao Gongming blazed to life.

Unable to resist, he edged closer, lowered his voice, and asked eagerly,

"Um... Senior."

"Since we've come this far, allow this junior to ask you something."

"Rumor has