"He'll return soon?"
Shi Yi repeated the words, slightly startled.
"Fellow Daoist Shi, what's wrong?" Lin Ni noticed something amiss and asked.
"Nothing. The Heavenly Emperor's return will surely shake all heavens and myriad realms. Things will be lively across all heavens then." Shi Yi shook his head as he spoke.
"Yes, all five Heavenly Emperors will return together, along with the giants, Immortal Kings, and heavenly soldiers and generals who went on the expedition with them.
When that happens, all heavens will celebrate this historic moment. I wonder what Grandfather and the others discovered on the far side of the Boundary Sea. Perhaps it has something to do with becoming an emperor. If he really becomes an emperor among immortals, then the title of Heavenly Emperor will truly fit him." Lin Ni spoke optimistically, a smile blooming across her flawless face.
Shi Yi smiled without saying anything more.
The past was set.
What had happened during the Emperorfall Era was already established fact. He was merely a minor cultivator who had, through a chance encounter, dreamed his way back to Emperorfall. Even if he stepped forward and told the Heavenly Emperors of the Heavenly Court the secret beyond the Boundary Sea, what would that accomplish? He could change nothing and would only bring himself endless trouble.
From the moment he entered the Land of Heaven-Reaching, Shi Yi had understood his role. In this ancient history lost to the past, he was only a witness, not someone who could change it. Nor did he possess the ability to do so.
It seems there aren't many years left before Small Emperorfall erupts. I must prepare early and reach the extreme Dao summit as soon as possible, Shi Yi told himself.
He then asked Lin Ni why everyone was vying to cross