When the black cocoon was finally shattered, Xuan Ming's enormous body had vanished. The sea was once more replaced by an ice sheet, and upon the boundless snow and ice stood only a tiny black speck.
Ye Tian strained to see clearly, only to make out a hunched old man leaning on a crystalline blue cane.
"The final tribulation he faced back then was the Tribulation of Time. After failing it, he had worn this appearance before the world ever since."
Shadow Slave said.
"You really couldn't tell without revealing your true form. Di Jiang, what kind of scheme are you playing?"
The moment Xuan Ming spoke, he mercilessly tore away Di Jiang's veil of shame.
"Old fellow, don't be angry either. If I hadn't come today, we'd have been thoroughly fooled by you."
Shadow Slave's voice shifted back into Di Jiang's.
"I'm the one who was thoroughly fooled. That cloak you put on Hidden Slave was the very one I gave you back then to deceive the Heavenly Dao."
"Didn't I come here today specifically to return it to its rightful owner?"
As Di Jiang spoke, he tore off his cloak, and his aura leaked out.
"Today, you revealed your true form. If I don't return the cloak that deceives the Heavenly Dao, then when the Heavenly Dao comes looking for you, you won't have any good fruit to eat either."
"So I'm supposed to accept your favor? If you and this little brat hadn't come knocking today to make trouble, why would I have revealed my true form?"
Xuan Ming was angered. With a tap of his cane against the ground, the vast ice sheet shuddered.
"But if we hadn't come to find you today, how would you have had the chance to leave this shackled world?"
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