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...So he simply couldn't bear to leave his life in the mortal world and still wanted to be emperor.

Ji Yuan rose and bowed to Icefire Old Man on the dragon throne. "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"No need for such formalities, my worthy nephew."

Icefire Old Man waved a hand. "All this I'm doing now... I suppose I just miss the life I had back then. In the end, I can't leave the dust of the mortal world behind."

Icefire Old Man sighed to himself.

"I imagine you're curious why the man you met before and the man before you now are so different?"

"Well... I am rather curious, Senior."

Ji Yuan forced himself to say it.

But ever since confirming that the man before him was also Icefire Old Man, he had had a suspicion. He simply hadn't dared believe it.

That was... a split personality.

The man before him and the one who had come to fetch Ji Yuan a few days ago were both Icefire Old Man, only split into two personalities.

"Everyone knows I fell into the Icefire Pool. I'm also the only person to fall in and come out alive."

"Everyone also knows I came down with a strange illness afterward. But hardly anyone knows what that illness actually was..."

Icefire Old Man fell silent for a moment, then continued. "Another person appeared inside me. At first I thought someone had seized my body, but later I discovered that person... was me too."

...Just as I thought. He really did develop a split personality!

Ji Yuan understood, but his face showed utter astonishment. "To think such a strange thing could happen!"

"Indeed. That fellow's temperament is the opposite of mine. A small matter like my worthy nephew visiting the Icefire Pool to refine a flying sword—why