The others listened from afar, but the more they heard, the more bewildered they became!
They had never known Emperor Wu Shi had such a past. His talent was truly beyond belief! He had been born with the cultivation of a Quasi-Emperor!
And when they heard that he had regained his Quasi-Emperor cultivation just three years after it was stripped away, the Heavenly Emperor's Son and the others nearly wept with frustration!
Comparison was enough to drive a person mad! Every one of them had struggled desperately to become a Quasi-Emperor, yet for Emperor Wu Shi, it seemed effortless!
Only after having his cultivation stripped away eighty-one times had he become a Great Emperor. With that foundation, his physique, and his talent, it was no wonder he had swept across the entire world!
Chapter 2409: A Deficient Origin
But Ren was the most stunned of all!
Who could have imagined that he was Emperor Wu Shi's father?
Even Ren himself had never imagined it!
It had all happened by chance!
Still, suddenly having a son was strange enough. When that son was Emperor Wu Shi, it was downright bewildering!
Ren smiled bitterly. Then he looked at Zi Xuan in his arms and noticed white strands appearing in her dark hair. Her face, too, was growing old!
Startled, he cupped her face. "What's happening to you...?"
A faint smile clung to Zi Xuan's aged face as tears slid down her cheeks. "Big brother... I waited so long. So long that I forgot the passage of time. So long that I could no longer feel the years go by. My life seems to be ending. My face has grown old. I..."
Pain gripped Ren's heart at the sight of her. He poured energy into her, transforming it into life force that