"Heh, what's wrong with the border river domain? We're all paying tribute to the mighty Black Underworld River, aren't we? It's all the same wherever we are." Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing rose to his feet and spoke with a smile.
"You really are something. I wonder who you learned it from—you like hiding yourself away. Where is your other main body now?" another ancient figure asked.
"Can't an old friend tell?" Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing countered.
"Who could possibly tell? Do you take us for those old geezers in the Forbidden River Domain?"
The other ancient figure, Netherworld Emperor Xin Yan, shook his head with a smile. With his hands clasped behind his back, he paced along, surveying the bronze statues in the Black Underworld Hall. "You, Tu Xing, are the strongest Netherworld Emperor in the Deep River Domain. If you're determined to hide, who could find your other true body?"
"Don't go putting that label on me. 'Strongest Netherworld Emperor'? That's pure fiction," Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing said.
"Won't admit it?" Mountains and seas filled the depths of Netherworld Emperor Xin Yan's eyes. His bearing was imposing, his aura as unfathomable as an abyss. "Have you forgotten how you thrashed us old geezers back then?"
"Didn't I tell you? That wasn't me." Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing spread his hands. Seeing his two old friends had made him drop his airs and act far more casually. It seemed this was the real him.
"If it wasn't you, then who was it? Are you going to say it was the Heavenly Emperor?" the other ancient figure, Netherworld Emperor Ling Chuan, asked. "Can't you come up with a different excuse? Haven't we met the Heavenly Emperor?"
Netherworld Emperor Xin Yan said, "In terms of strength, the Heavenly Emperor was formidable. He just