Chapter 2223: The Return of the Undying Emperor

"Is this the city you mentioned, the Skyfall City?" Luo Qiqi looked at the dilapidated city before her, then turned to the young man beside her.

The city was nothing but ruins, devoid of any sign of life, making it hard to imagine that it was once the Imperial Spirit Capital.

Her purpose in coming to the Upper Firmament was to see Luo Xuanqing and her family, but in the end, she had stopped.

Perhaps meeting in the Divine Realm would be the most appropriate.

Even if she saw them here, it would only be a brief encounter, which might instead sap her resolve.

So, after much deliberation, like Zhang Xuan, she chose not to appear and left directly.

In the interval before coming here, she had made a trip to the Master Teacher Continent, met her family, and then hurried back.

The two worlds had a tenfold time difference; half a day had passed in her home, but here, not even an hour had gone by.

However, since she left, a hundred years had passed on the Master Teacher Continent, and many people and events had long since faded away.

The only thing that remained unchanged was the admiration for Zhang Xuan.

On the Master Teacher Continent now, Zhang Xuan's status was even higher than that of Master Teacher Kong. In just two years, he had risen from a teacher who could be dismissed at any moment in the Tianxuan Kingdom to a master with disciples all over the world, the pinnacle of the Master Teacher Pavilion...

His experiences had long been adapted into countless stories, spreading throughout the world.

Of course, the most famous were the romantic tales...

Even the Spirit God of the Alien Spirit Tribe had been conquered... earning the envy of countless people.

After reading these stories and legends, Luo Qiqi shook her head helplessly.

As one of the people who had the most contact with this young man, she knew his temperament well. Romantic tales... a guy with zero emotional intelligence... romantic, indeed, they were overthinking.

A hundred years had passed, and the Zhang Clan had become even more glorious, even surpassing the Master Teacher Pavilion as the foremost clan. The Luo and Jiang Clans, though not weak, could no longer compare.

Luo Qiqi didn't care about any of this. She knew her father was still alive, helped him break through his cultivation, and brought him to the Upper Firmament. Then she followed behind Zhang Xuan again and arrived here.

"It's this place..." Zhang Xuan nodded, flicking his finger at the gourd before him. "Hurry up and come out. Take a look and find your tomb. Maybe you can recover your lost power there!"

Earlier, he had encountered a strange skeleton here, obtained divine energy from it, and used it to successfully advance to the Divine realm, thereby defeating Master Teacher Kong.

Later, when he returned, the skeleton had disappeared, and he could no longer find it.

However, since he couldn't find it, Little Yellow Chicken, as the Undying Emperor and now at the God King realm, should be able to sense it.

"Have you ever seen anyone looking for their own grave?" The gourd shook.

"Fine, I'll look..."

Seeing the gourd so lazy, Zhang Xuan didn't waste words. With a flick of his finger, the Grand Emperor Seal appeared before him.

Previously, the other party had the ability to hide, but now with this item summoning it, there was no way to evade.

Buzz!

As soon as the Grand Emperor Seal appeared, ripples spread through the space. The two of them and the gourd suddenly shook, and a massive hall once again appeared before them.

Outside the hall, a skeleton stood in place, looking at the object floating above Zhang Xuan's head, and knelt directly.

"The space here is more stable than the outside world, and the Heavenly Dao cannot sense it. Come out..."

He patted the gourd.

This place seemed to be isolated, not sensed by the outside world, so even when he had reached the Divine realm, he couldn't find it.

Thus, even if Little Yellow Chicken appeared, it wouldn't be attacked by the Heavenly Dao or cause harm to the Upper Firmament.

"Crack!"

Hearing the words, Little Yellow Chicken emerged from the gourd, releasing the power of a God King.

"Emperor... you've awakened..." The skeleton wept with joy.

In its excitement, its power leaked out, and Zhang Xuan realized that this skeleton's strength was actually the same as his own—a God King realm expert!

No wonder he hadn't been able to detect the other party's cultivation level back then...

It was too far beyond...

"I want to recover my power..." Little Yellow Chicken hadn't regained its memories and didn't know who this was, so it spoke directly.

"Your subordinate has prepared everything. As long as the Emperor enters the hall, you can reabsorb the lost power and restore your strength..."

The skeleton said hurriedly.

"Good!" Little Yellow Chicken nodded and strode toward the hall before them.

Before it even reached the entrance, the doors opened automatically, revealing surging, endless power within, as if containing a vast world.

"Little Yellow Chicken..."

Seeing it about to step into the hall, Zhang Xuan called out.

Understanding his concern, Little Yellow Chicken turned its head. "I know what you're worried about... Don't worry, I am me, and no one can replace me!"

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said no more.

Little Yellow Chicken was a new consciousness born from the Undying Emperor's rebirth, and it was the same person. What he worried about was that once its strength was restored, it might become the other person.

That would be like personally killing this adorable little chick.

Now it said that it was itself, proving it understood this point and would never change.

Nirvana rebirth—since it was a rebirth, how could it remain completely unchanged from before?

The yellow chicken entered the hall, and the doors closed again.

Zhang Xuan and Luo Qiqi waited outside, and in the blink of an eye, three months passed.

"Little Chick, keep working hard. We'll head back first. If you can make it, come find us in the Divine Realm..."

With the journey here and the time spent in the Upper Firmament, nearly five days had passed in the Divine Realm.

If they didn't return soon, the battle between Master Teacher Kong and Luo Ruoxi might already be over.

Although without the Undying Emperor's help, stopping this battle was almost impossible, they couldn't just sit here and do nothing.

"Let's go!"

Calling out to Luo Qiqi, Zhang Xuan prepared to leave.

Rumble!

Just then, a violent roar sounded, and the previously still palace began to shake.

Cracks appeared in the majestic structure.

Crash!

The walls collapsed. They hurriedly looked and saw, amid the dusty ruins, a massive phoenix standing proudly, supporting a corner of the sky.

Though motionless, it exuded a power and aura that made it impossible to approach.

"Is this the Great Emperor?"

Zhang Xuan's pupils constricted.

The power of the phoenix before him was beyond imagination, countless times stronger than the Sealed God Kings he had seen before, and even far more powerful than the Linglong Fairy he had encountered earlier.

Was this the power of an Emperor?

No wonder no matter how strong the Sealed were, they dared not resist an Emperor. The gap between them was too vast.

They were not even on the same level of existence.

"Perhaps the reborn Little Yellow Chicken is even stronger than the previous Undying Emperor..."

A thought came to him, and Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

Every time Little Yellow Chicken died and underwent nirvana, it became stronger. Would this true death and rebirth be the same?

If so, perhaps stopping the duel between the two could really be accomplished!