Xiao Yi Xian ultimately could not withstand Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's persistent coaxing. Half-persuaded and half-reluctant, she accepted their suggestion.
After all, Nalan Yanran's proposal truly struck at a weakness Xiao Yi Xian could not avoid no matter what.
If she wanted to keep herself out of it, there was naturally no problem. But could she truly leave Xiao Yan alone and ignore him?
With her temperament, she naturally could not put her mind at ease. Even if Xiao Yan alone could not persuade her and left her behind on the Dou Qi Continent, she likely would still spend her days and nights worrying about him afterward.
After all, saying "I'm not worried" had never been enough to truly set one's mind at ease.
Just as the two of them successfully persuaded Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Emperor and Yao Wan followed their trail and found them.
"This aura is...?"
The instant they sensed Yao Emperor's aura, Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran instinctively exchanged a glance.
Even though it was merely a trace of residual aura he had unconsciously leaked, it was still powerful and terrifying enough to stand above them, as unfathomable as an abyssal sea.
It could not help but remind them of the powerful, profound sensation they had felt when facing the revived Spirit Devouring Saint King, though without nearly as much malice.
Thus, it felt more like facing heaven and earth itself—vast, yet not violent, wholly natural.
"Should that be Senior Yao Emperor?"
Xiao Yan sensed Yao Emperor's aura, which now completely surpassed heaven and earth, even the plane of the Dou Qi Continent, before he sensed Yao Wan's. Though Yao Emperor was a life born from this continent, his current realm was no longer something the Dou Qi Continent could naturally produce or nurture.