"Xu Wugui..."
A ripple entered Xu Xuan's voice as he gazed through a hazy veil of mist at a speck of blood-red.
"Is that you?"
Without consulting any Golden Rank or Dao Lineage, Xu Xuan had already confirmed the other's identity. [Suspended Chaos], [Taiyou], and [
Xuanxia] were three aspects united as one to begin with.
The question was, why had Xu Wugui appeared here?
"Of course it is!"
The Sage Lord Xuanpi spoke with certainty, but also worry. "I was counting on you to save me... what, are you trapped too?"
Xu Xuan said nothing. He merely pointed into the void, sending a strand of cause and effect onto Xu Wugui, who instantly understood.
"You've become an Immortal..."
Xu Wugui was surprised at first, then laughed. "Doesn't that mean I'm destined to become an Immortal too?"
Then something else occurred to him, and he said dejectedly, "No, that's not right. You can't get out either. Won't we both be finished once intercalation comes?"
"I do have something to ask you."
Xu Xuan spoke quietly. "When I sent you back all those years ago, you should have retained neither awareness nor the ability to move. Why have you now come beyond this false history to see me? Did... someone help you?"
"Don't even mention it."
Utterly dispirited, Xu Wugui said, "I took something belonging to someone else. How could I not repay it? That one came to collect his debt."
"Qiyong..."
His suspicions confirmed, Xu Xuan felt more wary than pleased at Xu Wugui's arrival.
None of the Devil Ancestors were easy to deal with.
Xu Wugui had borrowed something from Qiyong back then, and even in the future, Qiyong had come knocking to collect. Now that Xu Wugui had arrived here, this might well be the First Demon's intention.