"Me? You can call me Di Yi."
Seeing the Grey-Clothed Maiden ask about his origins, Di Yi readily told her his name.
"Di... Yi?" The Grey-Clothed Maiden was doubtful. This name carried far too much weight. Perhaps it spoke of some ambition, or perhaps it spoke of some truth.
As far as she knew, beings who styled themselves emperors were not unheard of. Across the Upper Realm and Lower Realm, there were quite a few. The rulers of those ancient dynasties and mortal ancient kingdoms mostly called themselves sovereigns and emperors.
But an emperor in the ordinary sense and an emperor in the sense of cultivation were not the same thing.
In her view, the "Di" in Di Yi's name clearly did not refer to an emperor in the ordinary sense. How could someone so powerful limit his aspirations to claiming sovereignty over a dynasty or ancient kingdom?
This had to mean an emperor in the sense of cultivation!
Moreover, it was followed by "Yi," meaning "ease," combining into a single whole. The karma this carried was far too great. Not just anyone could incorporate both emperor and ease into their name like this.
After all, an emperor in the sense of cultivation represented someone who might have become an Immortal, or someone who might still be struggling to cross the mortal world. Regardless, it represented an ultimate realm, the strongest being in a race's entire history.
Who would dare proclaim that becoming an emperor was easy?
"Is that your surname and true name?" the Grey-Clothed Maiden asked tentatively. She had a feeling that Di Yi's origins were absolutely boundless, and that she might be witnessing a legend.
For she had carefully thought over the records in certain ancient texts and recalled the accounts of emperors in the sense of