"Hahaha! To think that after I, the Azure Emperor, spent over ten thousand years trapped here, the one who finally found me would be my son-in-law."
The Azure Emperor let out a hearty, uninhibited laugh.
"But I still cannot leave, nor will I. You cannot help me escape yet, either."
The Azure Emperor gave a long, wistful sigh.
"Don't worry. Give me some more time. Once I become an Emperor, I'll naturally help you escape."
Jiang Ming understood the situation perfectly and spoke with complete confidence.
"Didn't you help that youngster Gai Jiuyou become an Emperor? How can you still become one yourself?"
The Azure Emperor asked, somewhat puzzled.
"There were originally no roads between heaven and earth. People made them by walking. There were originally no cultivation methods in this world. Our predecessors created them. Then I, too, will carry on the past and open the way to the future, shattering the shackles that allow only one Great Emperor to exist at a time, and claim the honor of becoming a Great Emperor."
Jiang Ming looked at the Azure Emperor, his voice ringing with conviction.
At Jiang Ming's words, the Azure Emperor froze for several seconds. Then he burst into another delighted laugh. "Good, good, good! Now that is the bearing of a true Great Emperor!"
There were still things the Azure Emperor had left unsaid. Back then, amid the tremendous changes to heaven and earth in the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, he had become its first Great Emperor.
He had visited Purple Mountain and examined the Wushi Bell. He had also gone to Sacred Cliff and tested the God-Sealing List's strength. Emperor Wushi was renowned for Heaven-Shielding One Hand; a single hand of his equaled a Great Emperor, making him terrifyingly powerful. Yet the Azure Emperor believed he was