Strength Uproots Mountains Before Becoming Emperor, He Called Himself Emperor

A scene echoed through Gaishi's mind.

A little girl in plain clothes, with a pair of wings on her back, spread her arms and ran joyfully. Every so often, a laugh as sweet as silver bells spilled from her lips.

The girl was overjoyed, her face beaming with an innocent smile. As she ran, she kept calling out, "Strength uproots mountains, my might covers the world..."

Her voice brimmed with adoration.

She ran to a cliff and faced the mountains before her, cupping her hands around her mouth as she shouted with all her might, "Strength uproots mountains... my might covers the world..."

The seven words echoed again and again between the mountains, resounding through the heavens.

Behind her, a sturdy little boy came running after her. He called to the girl ahead, "Xiaoyue, slow down. You've only just recovered. Don't fall."

His voice was full of affection.

"Brother Gaishi, look! The mountains are cheering for you. It sounds so lovely!"

The little girl clasped her hands behind her back and turned around with a grin, her eyes narrowing into crescents as she looked at the boy.

"Brother Gaishi..."

"Brother Gaishi..."

Those four words stirred memories that had already grown hazy. The girl's silver-bell laughter seemed to ring in his ears still, and Gaishi's Soul Sea was rocked by a violent surge.

He stood frozen, stunned.

He remembered!

So the Angel Sacred Emperor really was an old friend of his—not merely an old friend, but someone who had once depended on him, and he on her.

That was, until they strayed into that place and darkness descended. He merged with countless Reincarnation Bodies and sent the Angel Sacred Emperor away. Then he himself fell into the eternal Path of Reincarnation, vanishing without a trace and never returning.

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