After a long while.
Another sigh came from within the ice pillar, and the aged voice continued.
"You little fellow, each of your questions is sharper than the last."
"Fine. Since things have already come to this point, there is nothing that cannot be said."
"That man was named Li Jiuyyao. He was once one of the nine great Immortal Lords of the Immortal Realm, known as the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Monarch!"
"More than ten thousand years ago, he led some Immortals in converting to the Ancient God's Law and waging a great war against the Divine Race here."
"As for the outcome of that battle, I believe I need not say more. You already know it all."
"All the Immortals who converted to the Ancient God's Law were slaughtered clean by the Divine Beings. The Nine Luminaries Heavenly Monarch, too, was ultimately no match for them and was slain by the Divine Beings."
"But he was an Immortal Lord of the Immortal Realm, with formidable cultivation and strength to begin with. On top of that, the Ancient God's Law was astonishingly profound. After his body and soul perished, he should have returned to the Yellow Springs and entered reincarnation."
"Yet unexpectedly, he retained a single shred of undying primordial spirit. For ten thousand years, he had been actively preparing for resurrection."
As they listened to the aged voice's account, Su Shi'er and Ling Yue Shang's thoughts raced.
Li Jiuyyao?
The Nine Luminaries Heavenly Monarch, one of the nine great Immortal Lords of the Immortal Realm?
He had led some Immortals of the Immortal Realm to convert to the Ancient God's Law and wage war against the Divine Race on Taicang Star more than ten thousand years ago.
The information revealed by the aged voice was not much, yet it