The Azure Emperor? Lu Ya actually wanted to find the Azure Emperor! Meng Qi hadn't expected this search mission to involve the Azure Emperor, Dong Wang Gong, and was momentarily shaken.
Among the Five Emperors of Antiquity, the Heavenly Emperor had dominated his era, holding the highest status and strength. The Fire Emperor had come from the Primordial Era, possessed all five virtues, and had the deepest foundations. The Black Emperor had been the Daoist Master's boy, straddling both the Heavenly Court and the Daoist Sect, known as the True Martial Emperor and Demon-Quelling Heavenly Venerable. He had the greatest backing and the widest connections. The Golden Emperor had been the leader of the Female Immortals. Around the fall of the Heavenly Court, she had severed all ties with the past, leaving behind the fewest legends and accounts. The Azure Emperor, meanwhile, was the most mysterious.
Not only was he suspected of having severed a Daoist incarnation, Taiyi Tianzun, and a Buddhist incarnation, Medicine Master Tathagata, both of whom had become members of the Nine Venerables of the Daoist Sect and the Three Buddhas of the Horizontal Trinity, respectively; the Eastern Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli was also one of the Buddhist Sect's major Pure Lands. As for his true self, an Innate Deity and one of the Five Emperors, there was no need to elaborate. In short, he was a great figure shrouded in mystery.
According to rumors, the Azure Emperor had passed away in meditation at the end of antiquity, while Medicine Master Tathagata had entered nirvana in the Middle Ages. Only Taiyi Tianzun had no similar rumors surrounding him, as though he had gradually faded from view. For this reason, everyone who knew of the connection between the three bodies suspected that the Azure Emperor had not