[The newcomer wore black-and-purple robes, with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon embroidered on his chest proclaiming his identity and origins.]
["..."]
[Yu Tianming remained silent, saying nothing, but reached into his Soul Tool and took out three sticks of incense. He lit them and placed them before the gravestone as a sign of respect.]
[After a long while, Yu Tianming spoke again. "Sorry I couldn't help you."]
["It's all right."]
[Li Shaobai shook his head and said.]
["This was born of my own selfish wishes to begin with. The sect, my friends-I don't want you getting hurt because of this either."]
[As he spoke, Li Shaobai turned to look at Yu Tianming.]
["The Chaos Gods... you knew about them all along, didn't you?"]
["I don't really know." Yu Tianming shook his head. "Tiansheng knows. I was only following his instructions."]
["He said this was for humanity."]
["So the ancestral graves of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan..." Li Shaobai couldn't help asking.]
["This was for humanity."]
[Yu Tianming was expressionless, as though digging up his own ancestral graves was perfectly ordinary.]
["..."]
[Silence settled over them again. Yu Tianming had never been talkative, and he stated his purpose directly.]
["I hope you'll join us. That's also why I wanted to meet you."]
["The Ranger Knights-that's the team Tiansheng wants to establish. Its goal is humanity's future. Li Shaobai, we need you."]
[Li Shaobai did not answer immediately, instead asking the question he most wanted answered.]
["Do you... no, does Tiansheng know about..."]
[Li Shaobai looked hesitant, but ultimately said those words.]
["The Emperor?"]
["The Emperor?" Yu Tianming frowned, clearly hearing this title for the first time.]
["The Heaven Dou Emperor? Or the Star Luo Emperor?"]
["No... neither." Li Shaobai shook his head, considered