Shi Yi's great-grandfather, Shi Yuan, also hurried over upon hearing the news and met with Shi Yi and Demoness. At last, the family was reunited.
Before long, all the elders arrived. They had once prepared medicinal baths for Shi Yi with their own hands and watched him rise step by step, growing into the Peerless Emperor whose might shook the Eight Regions.
The entire Peerless Hall was decked out with lanterns and colorful banners to welcome Shi Yi and Demoness.
After learning that Demoness was the Heaven Severing Sect Saintess, everyone in the hall was beside themselves with joy. After all, the Heaven Severing Sect was a Great Teaching of the Upper Realm, mysterious and powerful.
To the people of the Peerless Hall, Shi Yi being able to marry that sect's saintess was an immense honor for their hall, proof that he had done well in the Upper Realm.
"You two aren't married yet?"
Shi Yuan and Shi Ziteng stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Shi Yi understood what the two elders meant. They simply did not know that, as he was now, this was hardly marrying above his station.
"Father, Great-grandfather, I swept through the Upper Realm. Aside from those few Life Forbidden Zones, I fought throughout the Upper Realm without finding an equal. I've even slain immortal beings, genuine immortals. There are many things you needn't worry so much about." He smiled faintly and told them the truth.
Hearing this, Shi Yuan and Shi Ziteng were dumbstruck. Their faces flushed red, and even their breathing stopped.
They thought they had misheard and hurriedly asked Shi Yi to confirm it over and over. Only when Demoness recounted his world-shaking feats in her clear voice did they awaken as though from a dream.
Smack!
Shi Yuan slapped himself hard across the