"Young brother, I'm the greatest good man in all the Heavenly Ruins!"
"Don't look at me so warily..."
"Come, come, let's have a chat!"
The Heavenly Ruins!
The second of the Ninefold Heavens!
He Pingsheng had just landed on the Second Heaven when he saw a young man wearing a black Daoist robe.
The man really did look young.
He was exceedingly handsome, too, his face as fair and flawless as mutton-fat jade, with a reddish-brown flame mark between his finely shaped brows.
His eyes were narrow and sharp!
There was something sinister about him, and something uncanny.
The moment He Pingsheng landed on the Second Heaven, the man landed opposite him.
Years ago, He Pingsheng had heard Daoist Elmwood say that only one person in all the Heavenly Ruins could ascend to the Second Heaven.
That was Dao Lord Mystic Heaven.
But He Pingsheng had also heard that Dao Lord Mystic Heaven was not the only one who could ascend to the Second Heaven. There was also a Dao Lord from the Great Demon Immortal Domain, Dao Lord Heavenly Demon.
"A good man?" He Pingsheng's face was somewhat pale. He drew a deep breath and, looking rather weak, regarded the black-robed man before him and asked, "Then who exactly are you?"
The black-robed man raised his head and said, "They all call me Dao Lord Heavenly Demon!"
"But in fact, my Daoist name... hmm... my religious name is Sigui, 'Longing to Return.'"
He Pingsheng said, "Sigui? 'Dead Ghost'?"
"Oh, stop..." Dao Lord Sigui's eyes widened as he snapped, "Don't call me that! Sigui, Sigui... 'si' as in longing, and 'gui' as in returning!"
"Not 'Dead Ghost'!"
"Ugh... you're infuriating!"
He Pingsheng said nothing.
Two breaths later, Dao Lord Sigui's voice calmed down. "I'm not a native of these Heavenly