Yu Huatian looked at Ling Donglai in puzzlement, not understanding what he meant.
Ling Donglai smiled faintly. "When the First Emperor left the Divine Land all those years ago, he said he would find a way to contact the Immortal Realm and eliminate this scourge for good."
Yu Huatian froze briefly, then an unusual gleam flashed through his eyes. "So the First Emperor really isn't dead?!"
After his earlier conversation with Meng Tian, he had suspected that the First Emperor had not died back then.
The seal on the Well of Gods and Demons had been laid by the First Emperor. Even the Kunlun Barrier was his work.
If the First Emperor had truly died, how could he have laid these seals?
Moreover, Meng Tian himself had said that the First Emperor had practiced martial arts since childhood, possessed unparalleled aptitude, and was by no means weak.
Although the First Emperor had disappeared after sealing the Well of Gods and Demons, no one could prove that he was dead.
In that case, why couldn't the First Emperor have ascended to the Immortal Realm?
And now, Ling Donglai's words further confirmed Yu Huatian's conjecture.
The First Emperor truly had not died!
Sure enough, Ling Donglai nodded slightly and smiled. "The First Emperor's strength had already transcended heaven and earth back then. Naturally, he could not have died so easily."
"After stopping the Demon Clan and sealing the Well of Gods and Demons, the First Emperor ascended to the Upper Realm."
"Before ascending, he left a prophecy: when the seal shattered and the Demon Clan emerged once more, a new Person of Destiny would appear to restore order to the world, unite the Divine Land, and confront the Demon Clan!"
"Moreover, on his journey, the First Emperor would do his best to