Just then, Suirenshi arrived at the banks of the Luo River. He had his attendants remain on the outskirts and stepped forward alone.
Naturally, his arrival could not escape Ling Yan and Fuxi's notice.
Suirenshi was the first to clasp his fists and bow to Ling Yan, his tone respectful. "Junior Suirenshi greets Senior Ling Yan."
Yet before Ling Yan could return the greeting, all of Suirenshi's earlier courtesy vanished. His aura turned sharp and fell directly upon Fuxi.
"I am Suirenshi of the Human Race. Emperor Xi, it has been a long time."
Fuxi showed no sign of surprise.
The claim that "once reincarnated as a human, one is no longer the Demon Emperor" might fool ordinary members of the Human Race.
But it could not fool one of the Three Ancestors of the Human Race.
Even for experts of the Primordial Wilderness—
Once they learned that Fuxi was the Heavenly Sovereign of the Human Race, they could easily infer that the Emperor Xi of the Demon Race had reincarnated and was using the Human Race's luck to scheme for Dao-Proving.
Reincarnation had always merely been a means within a scheme.
Fuxi clasped his fists and said, "Fuxi greets Fellow Daoist. Did Fellow Daoist come to hold me accountable, or..."
"I would not dare hold you accountable."
Suirenshi did not conceal his edge in the slightest.
"You deliberately involved yourself in the Human Race's karma, going so far as to reincarnate as a human and scheme for the position of Heavenly Sovereign. What are you trying to do?"
Fuxi looked utterly candid, with no intention of concealing anything. He spoke straightforwardly.
"During the Calamity of the Witches and Demons, the Demon Race and Wu Clan both suffered devastating losses.
"I survived by chance. If I wished to seek Dao-Proving