"Morning Star Ancient Emperor?"
Hun Changqing's pupils contracted slightly, but then he gave an easy smile. This was clearly an illusion laid by the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to stir people's emotions. If anyone had cast a deep shadow over Hun Changqing's heart, it was the remnant soul of the Morning Star Ancient Emperor he had encountered in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
Had Xingxiu not suddenly spoken up to stop him, Hun Changqing truly would have been destroyed, body and soul. He had practically taken a stroll past the gates of the underworld.
Yet although Hun Changqing had lost consciousness back then, Xingxiu had personally sent the Morning Star Ancient Emperor on his way. Besides, this image of the Morning Star Ancient Emperor possessed none of the pressure Hun Changqing had felt when facing him before. It lacked even a ten-thousandth of his presence, without the slightest imperial majesty.
It was nothing more than a clown with the outward shape but none of the substance, an ugly imitator aping a beauty's frown. Hun Changqing almost wanted to laugh.
Still, this was hardly because the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame's illusion was unrealistic. It could practically be considered the pinnacle of illusion arts on the present-day Dou Qi Continent. It could even seize control of the mind of that supreme Xiao Clan expert from a thousand years ago. Hun Changqing knew his own Mirror Flower, Water Moon could not achieve that.
Unfortunately, the shadow in Hun Changqing's heart was a Dou Di. However powerful the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame's illusions might be, its cultivation was merely infinitely close to that of a Seven-Star Dou Saint. Trying to imitate a Dou Di's aura and pressure was no different from a fool babbling about dreams!
Shaking his head, Hun Changqing reached out and