"Am... I alive?"
Elder Burning Heaven's voice trembled slightly, as though he could not believe this was real.
"Yes, Senior. You have been reborn," Luo Heng said with a smile.
Elder Burning Heaven was silent for a long while. Then he slowly rose to his feet and gave Luo Heng a deep bow.
"Young friend Luo Heng, I will never forget this kindness for as long as I live."
Luo Heng hurriedly supported him. "You overstate it, Senior. Back then, you gave me the Burning Heaven Cauldron and slew the Yimo General. This is only what I should do."
Elder Burning Heaven straightened up and looked at Luo Heng, his eyes filled with emotion.
When he had given the Burning Heaven Cauldron to Luo Heng, he had not held much hope—or rather, he had not expected much in the short term. After all, reconstructing a physical body required Reincarnation Stage cultivation, while Luo Heng had only been a Life Xuan Stage genius at the time.
Though Luo Heng had been formidable then, he had not yet fully matured.
Yet he had never expected this young man to truly accomplish it—and in just over two years.
"Oh, right, Senior. Here is the Burning Heaven Cauldron, returned to you." As Luo Heng spoke, he flipped his palm, and the ancient, unadorned Burning Heaven Cauldron appeared in it. He offered it to Elder Burning Heaven.
Elder Burning Heaven looked at the familiar cauldron and fell silent for a moment, but he did not take it at once. He stared at the Burning Heaven Cauldron in Luo Heng's hand for a long time before finally speaking slowly. "This cauldron was yours from the moment I gave it to you. I never intended to take it back."
"It will be more useful in your hands,