First City was in a frenzy, because that former Immortal Emperor had returned.
Though he was only the second-generation Immortal Emperor, he had still led First City for countless years.
Because the first First Immortal Emperor had merely been a symbolic figurehead and had not personally participated in First City's administration, most matters had been managed by Gu Qinglin, who had still been an Immortal King Realm cultivator at the time.
After he became an Immortal Emperor, he truly became the backbone of First City.
Now that its greatest backbone had returned, how could the people of First City not be delighted?
What countless people thought was that they had followed the First Immortal Emperor for so long. Now that their old ancestor had returned, how could he not stand up for them?
Over these past decades, even the past century, they had suffered too much in First City.
After Gu Qingcheng returned, he took charge of First City's development and began reforms.
Later, Zhang Yi arrived and carried out even deeper reforms.
These elders had been suppressed for too long, and too much of their vested interest had been stripped away.
Now, they wanted to complain to their old ancestor!
Yet when they arrived at the main hall, what they saw was Zhang Yi arguing with the First Immortal Emperor.
"Old Ancestor, I'm giving all of this to you. From now on, First City's affairs have nothing to do with me!" Zhang Yi shoved all sorts of tokens belonging to First City into the First Immortal Emperor's hands. "I've already fulfilled what I promised Auntie. I won't be coming to First City again."
"No!" The First Immortal Emperor refused decisively. "You will remain in charge of First City. Because next, I must continue comprehending the path to the Emperor