Rumble...
As Ye Yunfei voiced his oath, suddenly, this stretch of heaven and earth seemed to react, giving birth to dazzling, resplendent bolts of thunder.
The entire world trembled!
A Heavenly Emperor was a terrifying existence in the world whose words became law—a single utterance could command the rules of heaven and earth to serve their will, even alter the rules, changing the sky and transforming the land!
Although Ye Yunfei retained only a trace of his heavenly emperor soul, he had once conducted profound research on the myriad laws of the world.
The oath he uttered now had stirred the rules of this space, albeit on a small scale.
At the same time.
Within the vast, boundless expanse of space-time, there existed a boundless immortal domain world.
Within this boundless immortal domain world, there was a massive peak floating high in the depths of the firmament.
Upon the peak, there was a cave dwelling surrounded by auspicious clouds of seven colors.
Powerful mythical birds and auspicious beasts crouched guard outside this cave dwelling.
"Huh?
Just now during my meditation, I seemed to catch a faint wisp of Heavenly Emperor Ye's aura within the river of time.
What's going on?
Wasn't he beaten to utter destruction of body and soul by us?"
Inside the cave dwelling sat a middle-aged man emanating a terrifying aura. He suddenly spoke softly.
As the middle-aged man spoke, the surrounding space produced a massive, reverberating echo.
The entire cave dwelling shook; even the entire massive peak trembled.
"Could it be that some change has occurred?
Why do I feel an uneasy premonition rising in my heart?"
The middle-aged man muttered to himself.
"This won't do.
That fellow, Heavenly Emperor Ye, was too monstrous. If he hasn't been completely destroyed, he will definitely rise again in the future and become a grave threat!
I must go discuss this with those two old fellows."
The middle-aged man stood up and reached out to slice the air in front of him.
Immediately, a long-distance spatial teleportation channel was forcibly carved open.
The middle-aged man sent out a Clone, which stepped into the teleportation channel and vanished in an instant.
The next moment.
The middle-aged man's Clone arrived on an enormous, indescribably large star.
This star was golden yellow in color, constantly releasing thick, rolling golden light, dyeing a vast stretch of starry space in golden hues.
On the star, there was a massive palace.
Before the palace lay patch after patch of medicinal herbs.
Every single herb within was a priceless, world-shaking treasure, a rare and potent medicinal ingredient!
An ordinary-looking old man was watering these herbs.
This old man was also a Clone!
"Tian Luo, you always like to play the part of someone detached and lofty.
You reign supreme over the world, with disciples spread across every great and small world. Why bother personally cultivating herbs?"
The middle-aged man's Clone descended near the old man and spoke.
"Every one of my herbs here is a rare and potent treasure, their value immeasurable. How could I trust others to cultivate them?" said the old man addressed as Tian Luo.
"That is true," the middle-aged man's Clone replied.
"Jin Wu, you've come to find me regarding Heavenly Emperor Ye, haven't you?" Tian Luo said.
"Correct.
It seems you also sensed Heavenly Emperor Ye's aura just now."
Jin Wu nodded.
"You Yue is here too."
Suddenly, Tian Luo's gaze shifted into the distance.
There, a crack suddenly opened in space, and then a woman in a pink gown stepped out from that spatial crack.
This woman was also a Clone!
Tian Luo, Jin Wu, You Yue!
If Ye Yunfei were here, he would immediately recognize these three as the very Great Heavenly Emperors who took advantage of his deification tribulation to launch a sneak attack, nearly beating him to the destruction of body and soul!
Except, appearing here were only their Clones.
The true bodies of the three Great Heavenly Emperors generally remained in long-term seclusion. For people of the world to catch a glimpse of them was as difficult as scaling the heavens!
"You Yue, you also sensed Heavenly Emperor Ye's aura, didn't you?" Jin Wu asked.
"Yes.
I suddenly sensed a faint trace of Heavenly Emperor Ye's aura just now while I was in seclusion cultivation in the Asura Realm.
Could it be that Heavenly Emperor Ye is not dead?"
You Yue nodded.
"No!
We had already beaten Heavenly Emperor Ye to utter destruction of body and soul back then. Afterwards, I meticulously inspected the site and can confirm that Heavenly Emperor Ye was truly dead at the time."
At this moment, Tian Luo suddenly spoke up.
"Then how do you explain why we sensed Heavenly Emperor Ye's aura just now?"
Jin Wu and You Yue were both taken aback.
Among these three Heavenly Emperors, Tian Luo was the eldest, his cultivation time the longest—an old fossil who had existed for countless epochs.
Therefore, he often possessed unique insights.
"Just now, all of us were in meditation, and within a specific temporal node, we sensed Heavenly Emperor Ye's aura.
There is only one possible explanation for this phenomenon: Heavenly Emperor Ye's surviving remnant soul traversed space-time to a temporal node different from our current one.
In other words, he returned to the past or journeyed into the future.
Moreover, through my recent deductions, the most likely scenario is that a remnant strand of his soul returned to a certain time node in the past."
Tian Luo said slowly.
"Returned to the past?"
Jin Wu and You Yue were both stunned upon hearing this.
Although they were Heavenly Emperors, the notion of traversing different temporal nodes, returning to the past or traveling to the future, still felt immensely shocking.
"This won't do. If Heavenly Emperor Ye truly has a remnant strand of soul that traversed time and returned to the past, we must find a way to utterly exterminate him.
Otherwise, he will inevitably become a grave threat to us sooner or later."
Jin Wu declared.
"If you want to destroy his remnant soul, you must first locate him.
Yet, finding him is impossible even for the three of us.
The river of time is too vast, and among the myriad realms, great and small, the number of worlds is too great.
No one knows to which point in time or to which space his remnant soul has returned.
It's truly like looking for a needle in a haystack—utterly impossible to locate."
You Yue suddenly shook her head and spoke.
"You Yue speaks sense.
However, we still have one method we might be able to attempt."
Tian Luo said.
"What method?"
The gazes of both You Yue and Jin Wu fell upon Tian Luo.
"We can go find Lao Xiazi and have him perform a divination. It might yield some results."
Tian Luo proposed.
"Right!
Old Blindie's divinations are as accurate as a god's; he can perceive the past and future!"
Both You Yue and Jin Wu perked up, their spirits lifting.
At this moment.
Within the Tianxuan Continent.
Before Hudao City.
"Dean Xie, tell everyone to stop searching.
My father has already left the Tianxuan Continent."
Ye Yunfei spoke up.
Xie Changkong stood before Ye Yunfei, along with a contingent from Hudao Academy.
"Patriarch Ye has left the Tianxuan Continent?"
Xie Changkong was taken aback.
"Yes. Take everyone back.
I will find my father."
Ye Yunfei said.
After speaking, Ye Yunfei's figure flashed as he stepped into the spatial rift, vanishing from sight.
"Ye Yunfei, what is going on!"
Dean Xie shouted.
But Ye Yunfei didn't even look back.
"May Patriarch Ye remain safe and sound," Xie Changkong murmured after staring blankly at the spatial rift for a long time.
By now, Ye Yunfei had already traversed the spatial rift and returned to the Xuanhuang Star Domain.
"The Pang Clan!
Finding this Pang Clan should lead me to my father!"
Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei boarded his spacecraft, which soared into the sky and left the shattered continent where the spatial rift was located.