"Hall Master, this disciple has something to say, but does not know whether it is appropriate."

Looking at the Life Hall Master, who was furious like thunder, Holy Daughter Qinglan spoke with extreme caution.

"Speak."

The Life Hall Master frowned.

Holy Daughter Qinglan hurriedly said, "This disciple observes that this person’s cultivation is heaven‑defying, he is by no means a simple character, and also... and also..."

"And also what?" the Life Hall Master said impatiently.

Holy Daughter Qinglan bit her pearly teeth, and finally spoke, "When this person left, he once left behind a sentence, telling this disciple to return to the Life God Temple and inform the Heavenly Lord, asking him whether he still remembers someone named Ye Xuan."

"Bullshit, what thing is he, to dare utter such wild words?" The Life Hall Master flew into a rage.

"What else did he say?" the Life Hall Master asked.

"He... he addressed the Heavenly Lord by his name directly... This disciple feels his identity should be extremely unusual, and he even had this disciple convey to the Heavenly Lord that, if the Heavenly Lord still remembers someone called Ye Xuan, then let the Heavenly Lord personally go to the Extreme Demon Temple for a visit."

"Impudence, to actually dare call the Heavenly Lord by name. Seems he is one of the Extreme Demon Temple’s people; these damned riffraff are truly growing more and more presumptuous." The Life Hall Master said angrily.

"Someone, immediately summon all disciples at or above the Wendao Three Realm. This time, this Hall Master will personally lead our forces to the Extreme Demon Temple to demand an explanation."

"Hall Master, quell your anger. This disciple feels this matter is no small thing; it would be better to first report to the Heavenly Lord. What if the Heavenly Lord truly knows this person called Ye Xuan?" Holy Daughter Qinglan said nervously.

She did not know why, but ever since meeting Ye Xuan, Holy Daughter Qinglan had felt that Ye Xuan had an unimaginably great background, and her heart had been trembling ever since.

The trembling in her heart did not come from the cultivation Ye Xuan had revealed, but from a certain aura she sensed from him. This aura she had only ever seen on the Heavenly Lord; it should be that so‑called invincible bearing.

"Report to the Heavenly Lord?"

The Life Hall Master was taken aback, a look of hesitation appearing on his face. After all, the Lord of Fengtian had already been in seclusion for many years, and everything in the Life God Temple had been handed over to him to manage. To disturb the Heavenly Lord’s seclusion at this moment, he did not know whether the Heavenly Lord would take offense.

However, the Life Hall Master still nodded. Just as Holy Daughter Qinglan had said—what if the Heavenly Lord really did know the other party?

Sealing Heaven Divine Palace! 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Dressed in azure robes, specks of blue light shimmering, boundless, endless Life Force coiled around Ye Fengtian. As he breathed in and out, innumerable lives bloomed upon him, and even the surrounding void sprouted one auspicious flower after another.

"This disciple seeks audience with the Heavenly Lord and has something to report to the Heavenly Lord."

The Life Hall Master’s voice came from outside, causing Ye Fengtian to slowly open his eyes. Having experienced an entire kalpa, he had become tranquil and steady, and faintly radiated the invincible bearing that only an Achiever of this era would possess.

"Enter."

Rumble!

The great gate of the Heavenly Palace opened. The Life Hall Master led Holy Daughter Qinglan in at a quick pace, then piously and reverently knelt before Ye Fengtian.

"What is it?" Ye Fengtian said lightly.

"Heavenly Lord, do you by chance know someone called Ye Xuan?"

The Life Hall Master did not dare waste words and directly spoke Ye Xuan’s name, while secretly observing Ye Fengtian’s expression.

"Ye... Xuan?"

When this unfamiliar name entered his ears, Ye Fengtian was somewhat puzzled at first, but merely three breaths later, his expression suddenly froze.

Boom!

Like Chaos Thunder exploding, like the vast star river crashing down, Ye Fengtian’s previously tranquil face instantly turned to one of shock and horror; even the Life Force circling him went chaotically out of control.

"Where did you hear this name?"

Boom!

Ye Fengtian completely lost his composure. Stepping forward, he grasped the Life Hall Master by the shoulder, his pair of Supreme Dharma Eyes flashing with an incomparably terrifying light.

"Ah?"

The Life Hall Master was directly scared stupid on the spot. He had never seen the Heavenly Lord thus moved; not even when he had battled the Lord of Extreme Demon had he shown such a shocked appearance.

"Heavenly Lord, please allow me to explain slowly."

The Life Hall Master did not dare neglect anything and hurriedly recounted the events. Then he knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head, for Ye Fengtian’s aura was now in utter disarray, and the entire Sealing Heaven Divine Palace was rumbling and trembling.

"This Lord asks you: this person called Ye Xuan, is he the one in this portrait?"

Buzz!

Ye Fengtian flipped his hand, and an ancient, yellowed scroll appeared. On the scroll, the figure depicted was precisely Ye Xuan.

"It... it is him... it is indeed this person." Holy Daughter Qinglan quickly replied.

Thump, thump, thump!

The next moment, something that left the Life Hall Master and Holy Daughter Qinglan utterly aghast occurred.

"He’s still alive?"

"So he really is still alive?"

Ye Fengtian muttered in a trembling whisper, retreating three steps in a row. A trace of incomparably complex emotion flashed through his eyes. Then his whole person went blank and speechless, his gaze turning unfocused as the memories buried in his mind surged forth like a flood.

"Hea... Heavenly Lord... you... what is wrong?" the Life Hall Master tentatively asked.

Perhaps it was the Life Hall Master’s words that pulled him back. Ye Fengtian forcefully calmed his trembling heart and, feigning composure, said, "He... where is he?"

"In reply to the Heavenly Lord, he said that if you still recognized him, you were to personally go to the Extreme Demon Temple for a visit." The Life Hall Master hastily answered.

"He is in the Extreme Demon Temple?"

Ye Fengtian murmured, then gave a bitter, self‑mocking smile and said, "Ah, how could I have forgotten? That Ye Xuanmo is also his disciple."

"Heavenly Lord... you... you truly know this person?" the Life Hall Master probed.

"How could I possibly not know?"

Ye Fengtian shook his head bitterly. "He is my teacher, the one who instructed me in the Dao."

"Ah?"

When these words fell, the two of them were completely dumbfounded on the spot, their Divine Souls almost shaking apart from the shock of Ye Fengtian’s statement.

"He is your lordship’s teacher?" The Life Hall Master trembled to the extreme. Just a moment ago he had even wanted to send people to kill Ye Xuan, never imagining that the other party’s background would be this terrifying.

"Not only is he my teacher; the Human Dao Lord is also his disciple, and even that Ye Xuanmo, who opposes me at every turn, is likewise his disciple," Ye Fengtian said with a bitter smile.

They were stupefied!

The Life Hall Master and Holy Daughter Qinglan were utterly stupefied. If earlier they had merely been shaken, now their entire beings seemed to have lost their souls.

What kind of joke was this?

The teacher of three Supremes?

How could the Chaotic Universe possibly have such a terrifying existence?

"Heavenly Lord, then you...?" The Life Hall Master trailed off, hesitant.

"It has been a full seven hundred million years, hasn’t it?"

Ye Fengtian’s thoughts were hazy, his eyes incomparably complex. "What should come will come in the end. Now that Teacher has returned, I, as a disciple, naturally must go to pay my respects."

"Transmit my Dharma Decree to the Human Dao Temple. Tell the Human Dao Lord that our Master has returned, and let her go with me to the Extreme Demon Temple to pay respects to Master, the Elder."

Ye Fengtian calmed his trembling heart and directly issued his decree, prompting the Life Hall Master and Holy Daughter Qinglan to hurriedly accept the order and depart.

"Master, you should not have appeared...!"

Watching the Life Hall Master depart, Ye Fengtian whispered bitterly, his eyes complex and hesitant. Clearly, over these seven hundred million years, some immense changes had occurred within him.

...

Extreme Demon Heavenly Palace!

Ye Xuan lounged lazily on the Supreme throne, while Ye Xuanmo knelt humbly at his feet, his face filled with reverence and piety.

"How long has it been?"

"Seven hundred million years, has it not?"

"You and I, master and disciple, meet again."

Ye Xuan spoke lazily, his eyes slightly narrowed. He seemed to be talking to himself, yet when the words entered Ye Xuanmo’s ears, they made him shiver with cold.