The instant Chen Nianzhi saw this man, he could not suppress his shock.
It was not that his composure was lacking; this man was simply too unexpected.
"Young friend, after I left, was the Purple Yin Realm still well?"
The man in white spoke slowly, a faint smile rippling through his eyes.
Chen Nianzhi felt his heart quake as, in a daze, he returned to the words he had shared with an old friend upon that island long ago.
"Once I leave, I shall be far from the mortal world, with no appointed date of return."
"I only hope that, after a thousand or a hundred lifetimes, I may still see you in the Immortal Realm—or meet you again amid the mortal world."
"Perhaps by then, we will still recognize one another and sit together to discuss the Dao."
"Meet again..."
Chen Nianzhi murmured. Looking at the white-robed man before him, a thousand words finally condensed into a single sentence. "Senior, the Purple Yin Realm is under my protection. For now, all is well."
"That is good."
The man in white smiled and slowly let out a breath of relief.
This person was none other than the master of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion, who had been struck by the Immortal-Breaking Curse and risked his life to hold up a patch of sky for Chen Nianzhi.
Even so, Chen Nianzhi remained greatly shocked by the master of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion.
Though this man's aura was weak, his cultivation was unfathomably deep. He was clearly a peak Heavenly Immortal.
The master of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion had entered reincarnation only a little over two million years ago. How had he cultivated to such a realm so quickly?
Noticing Chen Nianzhi's expression, the master of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion roughly understood what