When everyone gathered again, it was another heartwarming scene of reunion.
Little Golden Monkey's affection made it even harder for Chen Fan to believe that he could be Equal to Heaven.
Yet Fat Daoist had no reason to fabricate such a lie out of thin air. Rather than believe Fat Daoist had some other scheme, Chen Fan was more willing to believe that Little Golden Monkey simply did not possess Equal to Heaven's memories, which was why he retained such a nature.
Everyone also asked Chen Fan why he had returned. Bald Bird and Old Yellow Tooth took on the task of explaining. Neither of them cultivated the Heaven-Burning Art, so they did not have to worry that knowing too much would draw the Heavenly Emperor's attention. As for Bald Bird, he put on an air of fearing neither heaven nor earth, full of heroic bravado—yet in private, he still secretly asked Chen Fan to lend him a few treasures for protection.
After Nine Palaces Elder took out some of the fortunes from this secret realm and gifted them to everyone, he too set off.
Upon hearing that they could go to the Immortal Realm, Qin Xian'er and the others were thrilled and delighted. At least they would no longer be separated from Chen Fan by such vast distances, and everyone could gather together. Yet the matter of the Heavenly Emperor faintly left them all uneasy.
Chen Fan did not mention to anyone that he would join forces with Fat Daoist in the future. He merely placed everyone into the Universe Pouch, then set up a Teleportation Array with Nine Palaces Elder and hurried all the way toward the Earth Cultivation World.
They did not travel by tearing through the void. Everything was done with the utmost caution; they even