Yun Tian left.
Meanwhile, as Nie Li drew closer, he was sucked into another space.
Nie Li surveyed his surroundings.
Everything around him was empty, while overhead, something like a sky glittered with stars.
Nie Li had no idea what to do. Just then, a voice rang out through the emptiness.
"Nie Li, Nie Li, Nie Li."
The voice gradually drew closer from afar, becoming clearer.
Hearing it, Nie Li hurriedly looked around.
"Who are you? Where are you?"
Nie Li had already begun mobilizing his power and sensing his surroundings.
But he could detect nothing.
This startled Nie Li somewhat. After all, he was now at the Martial Sect cultivation level and possessed many secret arts. Dealing with this should have been easy.
At that thought, Nie Li marveled. This truly was a place worthy of housing the Temporal Demon Spirit Book.
Just then, a light appeared out of thin air and gradually coalesced before Nie Li. Its final form looked exactly like the stone statue standing in the center outside.
"Who are you?"
Nie Li asked.
The figure replied,
"I am Kong Ming. You should have heard of me."
What? Nie Li's pupils sharply contracted upon hearing the answer.
He said he was Kong Ming? Great Emperor Kongming?
How was that possible? The Patriarch Daozang had said that Great Emperor Kongming vanished into thin air when he was at the height of his glory. Who would have thought he had come to the Little Exquisite World?
"Great Emperor Kongming, why are you here? And why did you suddenly disappear back then?"
"Me?"
Great Emperor Kongming uttered those few words, then fell silent. His gaze grew unfocused, as though he had sunk into his memories.
An unknown amount of time passed.
"Back then, I cultivated in the Dragon Whisker