The fragrance of tea filled the air. Both men wore amiable expressions and left the earlier topic behind, turning instead to discuss mysteries and the Dao. Yet each had grown deeply wary of the other.
This Desolate (Ye) fellow is no good. I'd better watch out for him.
Thoughts raced through both their minds as each considered how to deal with the other and gain the upper hand.
It wasn't that their camps couldn't coexist. Their own experiences alone disproved any claim that there could be only one.
But both wanted to be first. Both wanted the rightful position. How could either fall behind?!!
As Ye Fan saw it, the Female Emperor had come first. She and Uncle Meng had truly known each other since their humble beginnings. For Immortal Emperors, calling the Great Emperor realm a humble beginning was fair enough.
What was that?
They were childhood sweethearts!
Then they had walked side by side all the way to the present, weathering countless storms and hardships together.
Though the world changed, the years passed, and eras turned over, the two had never drifted apart. On the contrary, they had only grown closer.
Ye Fan and the others had seen that closeness grow with their own eyes.
Ye Fan had also noticed how differently Ruthless acted around Meng Chuan.
And when something happened to the Female Emperor, Uncle Meng's attitude and reaction had strengthened Ye Fan's conviction.
Naturally, Ye Fan was closer to the Female Emperor and thought more highly of her.
How could he stand by while that ambitious scoundrel Desolate did as he pleased?!
But to Shi Hao, hadn't Willow God come first too?
History was right there. The Chaotic Ancient Era came before Desolate Antiquity. The evidence was as solid as a mountain!
Even setting aside who