Little Senior Sister

"Greetings, Senior Heavenly Emperor." Heizi and Baizi also cupped their hands toward the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor smiled and nodded.

Even after producing two clones, Futu Yijing's aura had not weakened in the slightest. It remained immensely powerful.

"You have now achieved an initial mastery of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, but this is still only the first step. This divine ability has three realms: the three-division realm, the three-unity realm, and the three-god realm."

"If one day you can merge these two incarnations back into yourself, you will have reached the three-unity realm. When the three become one, its power will truly reveal its terrifying might. As for the final level, the three-god realm, even I had only vaguely begun to probe its mysteries back then.

"And thanks to you, lad, I can continue to exist in this world. Perhaps I will even get to see you reach the three-god realm." The Heavenly Emperor spoke with a warm smile.

The more he looked at this disciple who had inherited everything from him, the more satisfied he became.

"But you must not focus solely on One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones. Although you have cultivated your True Dragon Precious Technique to the very pinnacle, and that divine ability is indeed extraordinary, you have also cultivated the Endless Light Body. Its defensive power far exceeds your imagination," the Heavenly Emperor reminded him.

"Your disciple understands." Futu Yijing nodded. By now, he had already begun referring to himself as the Heavenly Emperor's disciple.

The Heavenly Emperor showed no reaction to this. It was only natural.

"The Endless Light Body is one of the five Primordial Dharma Bodies. Had I been able to cultivate one of them back then, the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor alone probably would not have been able to force me to my death. Unfortunately, the Eternal Undying Body already had a master at the time." As though to explain the power of the Endless Light Body to Futu Yijing, the Heavenly Emperor used himself as an example.

"The Undying Emperor."

"You know of him? That is rather remarkable. Back then, he was also one of the greatest beings in the Great Thousand World. Even I had to admit that I fell slightly short of him."

"Your disciple is a Demon-Slayer King of the Great Thousand Palace, so I know a little about the Undying Emperor," Futu Yijing said.

"I was rather curious about that title of yours, actually. Tell me about the Great Thousand World as it is today, and let me learn just what sort of figure my disciple has become in it." The Heavenly Emperor smiled.

Futu Yijing began with how the Outer Realm Evil Clan had occupied half of the Great Thousand World. It took him half a day to give the Heavenly Emperor a complete account of its current state.

When the Heavenly Emperor heard that half the Great Thousand World had been occupied, he pressed his lips together and said nothing.

Clearly, he had not expected the war back then to end this way.

Only after hearing that the present Great Thousand World had countless powerful experts did his mood improve considerably.

As for Futu Yijing's experiences, they left the Heavenly Emperor sighing with emotion.

He had been hunted by a top Heavenly Demon Emperor just after becoming an Upper Earth Sovereign. Despite fleeing from place to place, he had still advanced through cultivation alone from an Upper Earth Sovereign to the threshold of Heavenly Sovereign. Even the Heavenly Emperor did not know what to say.

As the many top experts returned, news of the Ancient Heavenly Palace unsurprisingly caused an enormous stir across the Tianluo Continent. After all, whether it was the Demon Emperor's resurrection or the appearance of the Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor, those two pinnacle experts, each carried a staggering impact.

At the outset, probably no one had imagined that the opening of the Heavenly Palace would trigger such a catastrophe. Had the Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor not appeared at the end, and had the Demon Emperor been allowed to escape, the Tianluo Continent would likely have been the first to face disaster.

If a Demon Emperor comparable to a Heavenly Sovereign unleashed a massacre, the Tianluo Continent would probably have become a living hell in an instant. The very thought of that scene sent chills down people's spines.

Fortunately, that horrifying scene never came to pass.

The Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor had utterly extinguished the Demon Emperor's life, allowing the Tianluo Continent to escape destruction. As word spread, their reputations inspired even greater reverence.

Outside the Heavenly Palace, Mandala and the others from the Northern Realm had gathered.

They had not left. They were waiting for someone to emerge.

Mandala wanted to learn from Futu Yijing what the Heavenly Emperor had meant by his final words-that they would meet again.

Mu Chen's thoughts were more complicated.

He wanted to learn more about his mother from Futu Yijing, as well as exactly what Futu Yijing had promised her.

As for the others, since Mandala had not left, they naturally could not leave first.

And so they all waited there.

After they had waited for three days, something finally stirred within the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

Under everyone's gaze, a figure clad in purple-and-gold battle armor slowly stepped through the void and out of the spatial storm. The storm raged around him without inflicting any harm.

The newcomer was none other than Futu Yijing, who had broken through to Heavenly Sovereign. Heizi was wearing the black battle armor, so he had changed into purple-and-gold armor to distinguish himself.

Clad in purple-and-gold battle armor, Futu Yijing possessed an even more peerless bearing.

Futu Yijing stepped out through the air.

At that moment, Mandala and the others realized that although they could clearly see Futu Yijing standing there, they could not sense even the slightest trace of his presence, nor any fluctuation of spiritual energy.

That alone spoke volumes.

He really had survived the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation and become a Heavenly Sovereign.

A Heavenly Sovereign!

One of the most exalted beings in the Great Thousand World-a level that countless supremely gifted geniuses at the Great Perfection stage could never reach, even by the time they died.

"Were you waiting for me?" Futu Yijing looked at the Northern Realm group before him, somewhat surprised.

"There are some things I would like to ask Heavenly Sovereign Futu," Mandala said.

Since Futu Yijing was now a Heavenly Sovereign, Mandala naturally had to treat him with greater respect.

"Then let us leave this place first," Futu Yijing said after a moment's thought.

"I raised Mandala myself and regard her as my own daughter. Come to think of it, lad, you might even have to call her your little senior sister," the Heavenly Emperor said with a chuckle from within the Human Emperor Seal.

Futu Yijing smiled at his words.

By that reckoning, she really is my little senior sister.

Great Luo Heaven, in the Northern Realm of the Tianluo Continent.

Those who had remained in Great Luo Heaven had long since received word that the Domain Lord and the others were returning. They all stood outside, waiting for the Great Luo Heavenly Domain's forces to come home.

Before long, a group suddenly appeared before them.

"It's Sister Nine Nether and Mu Chen! They've returned safely." Upon seeing Nine Nether and Mu Chen return, the two sisters slowly breathed sighs of relief.

"Who is that man?" The younger sister, Tang Rou, noticed a man in purple-and-gold battle armor standing at the very center of the group. Even the Domain Lord of their Great Luo Heavenly Domain had to stand to the side.

They had not seen this man when the Great Luo Heavenly Domain's people departed.

"He must be a guest of the Domain Lord and the others," Tang Bing guessed.

Just then, Nine Nether and Mu Chen spotted Tang Bing and Tang Rou and flew over to them. The other members of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain also dispersed.

Futu Yijing, meanwhile, continued onward with Mandala.