Chapter 559: Immortal Gods Wish to Return (23)

Ren Yidao's intuition was correct.

After this thought occurred to him, he mobilized his Fox Tail Clone in the outside world to investigate for news.

And he didn't know until he checked; this check gave him a thorough fright.

With the revival of Zhongzhou, it wasn't just the land beneath his feet that had changed; other places had also undergone transformations.

Just while he was sightseeing inside Zhongzhou, many strange phenomena had already appeared in the outside world.

Someone saw an immortal mountain appear on the Beiming sea, but no matter what, they could not get close, and later it vanished into thin air.

They also saw a massive iceberg appear rapidly with the ocean current, only to disappear again; inside the iceberg, there seemed to be a giant dozens of zhang tall frozen within.

Others saw another Spirit Mountain in the Western Desert, upon which shone a Buddhist light more dazzling and eye-catching than the current Spirit Mountain; the astonishing sound of chanting resonated throughout the entire Western Desert, shocking all Believers!

Although it only appeared for a few hours and took away a few Believers who happened to be in that area, it caused the entire Western Desert to tremble, and they began searching that region.

Many forbidden lands in the Eastern Wasteland emitted loud noises, the ground collapsed, and several streaks of light flew out from underground; subsequently, they turned the surrounding hundreds of miles into forbidden zones. Anyone who attempted to approach failed, and if they insisted on forcing their way in, they all met a mysterious, tragic death.

And the Supreme Treasure Great Wilderness Ranking, which had always observed Heaven and Earth, not only had no reaction, but the Demon Extermination Ranking and Great Demon Ranking in various places disappeared on the same day. This ownerless Supreme Treasure vanished completely, and it is unknown if it fell into those forbidden zones.

As for the Southern Border, there were no similar strange tales, and no one saw any relevant special sights, but secret news claimed that deep within the God Emperor City, the God Emperor Statue of a certain generation had disappeared into thin air.

Yes, it grew legs and ran away...

That God Emperor Statue had existed for who knows how many ages; no one expected it would disappear on its own.

And these strange phenomena appearing on the Four Great Divine Continents all shared a common characteristic.

Relying solely on the power of Asking Dao, none of this could be achieved.

I fear that only an Immortal God could do this.

The appearance of Zhongzhou seems more like a node, allowing those covered histories to begin flowing, and some ancient existences that have been hiding for who knows how long have begun to revive collectively.

Immortal Gods, it seems, have not gone far.

Before this, They still lived on in the world in their own different ways.

And now, it seems the time has come.

They are announcing their return to the world.

—They are coming back.

Demon Emperor City.

Since a few days ago, Huang Huang's brows had been constantly furrowed, wearing a look of worry.

"Sister, if you keep frowning and saying nothing, I won't be able to help you."

Ren Yidao looked at Huang Huang's appearance, shook his head, and said softly: "No matter what happened, you must tell me first, so that I can give you some help."

"Believe me, I won't harm you. Even if there is a problem I can't solve, speaking it out might help you deliberate on it."

"Do you still want to keep drilling into a dead end by yourself like before? Trust me a little more."

Under Ren Yidao's repeated persuasion, Huang Huang, who had been silent for a long time, finally nodded, broke the silence, and spoke slowly, weighing her words: "I... I remembered a lot."

"I feel like I am dreaming, awake on one hand, and dreaming on the other."

"Do you know that feeling? I actually cannot control my own thoughts; I can only keep recalling, keep thinking back on those things I had forgotten."

Her expression carried a faint trace of pain, but she still braced herself and continued:

"I remembered some things from the past; it seems to be from the ancient times, when I was soaring freely in the sky. At that time, there were nine suns and three moons in the sky, and I saw countless Demon Gods and Human Immortals. I also saw, no!"

Huang Huang's expression was somewhat distorted, and she said in a deep voice: "That wasn't me. A voice kept telling me that those were not my memories. I mean... those should be His."

"The memories of the Phoenix Demon God."

After saying this, Huang Huang seemed to relax completely, leaning back with some fatigue, and was then gently pulled by the shoulder by Ren Yidao, who was sitting to the side.

Huang Huang did not resist; she needed this warmth now, she needed someone to support her, otherwise, she was afraid she would truly collapse at some moment.

"Who exactly am I? Am I Huang Huang? Or the Phoenix Demon God? I don't know; sometimes I really don't know."

"I saw too much, too many fragmented pieces, some before and some after."

The number of those fragmented memories was so vast that it almost made her, a Great Demon at the Ask Dao Peak, collapse!

"Those fragments, those strange faces, made me start to lose track, not knowing which side is true and which is false."

"No, you are somewhat... familiar?"

Her vacant eyes moved, turning from above to the side, staring at Ren Yidao's face, and she muttered with a strange expression:

"Yes, that's right, I seem to have seen you falling from the sky in those memory fragments..."

"Heh."

The laughter in her ear brought Huang Huang back to her senses. She asked with some displeasure: "Do you think I am joking? I..."

"No, no, no, how could I not believe you."

Ren Yidao shook his head, raised his hand to cover Huang Huang's little mouth, and smiled: "I just understand your situation. You are likely just overtired and have somewhat Fallen into Demon."

"Not to mention anything else, how could I possibly be in the Phoenix Demon God's memories?"

"Look, doesn't this prove that it's just a dream?"

Ren Yidao smiled and comforted her easily: "If that memory truly belonged to the Phoenix Demon God, then how could He see me? And see me falling from the sky?"

Huang Huang: "..."

Although she felt something was not quite right, she also felt what he said made some sense.

"So, if you ask me, you don't need to overthink it. You are just overtired during this period, your cultivation has had a problem, and you started thinking about nonsense, mistaking the scenes seen in dreams for memories."

This clone of Ren Yidao remaining in Demon Emperor City was currently in an offline state and did not know that his main body had once dreamed of returning to the ancient times; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have thought about it so lightly.

"Is that so? What you said also makes some sense..."

Ren Yidao's performance made Huang Huang feel a little more at ease, her expression relaxed, and she felt the pressure on her body lighten a bit.

Perhaps, it really was just as he said, that she had simply Fallen into Demon.

Having been comforted like this, Huang Huang quickly sobered up.

Although she was confused, she was not so far gone that she could not distinguish between her memories and her Heart Demon.

And Ren Yidao also understood this point,

but even so, there was still some haze lingering in Ren Yidao's heart.

Regarding Huang Huang's origins, although she had never explicitly stated them, Ren Yidao already had his guesses at this moment.

In all likelihood, she was not a descendant of the Phoenix Demon God, but very likely another consciousness born from the corpse of the Phoenix Demon God.

A newly born consciousness.

That was why Huang Huang knew clearly that the Phoenix Divine Son Ren Yidao had initially disguised himself as was fake, because it was impossible for there to be any descendants of the Phoenix Demon God in this world, since even she was not one.

But now, was the Phoenix Demon God planning to seize her body?

No, it was also possible that Huang Huang's birth was a backup plan prepared by the Phoenix Demon God, a preparation made from the very beginning.

Ren Yidao had many conjectures in his heart, but he did not speak them aloud; after initially restoring her reason, he proceeded to the next step of guidance:

"Besides, even if those memories are truly real, what impact does that have?"

Ren Yidao's smile remained unchanged as he said softly, "Who you are? I have always been very clear about that."

"Even if you are not clear, I will not forget."

"If you forget, then I will tell you again and again."

He stared into her eyes and said earnestly:

"To the Demon Race, you, the Demon Emperor of Demon Emperor City, are a dictator in their eyes, a sinner who forcibly keeps them by your side."

"But to me, you, Huang Huang, are just my senior sister, nothing more."

"The memories of the Demon God? So what? To me, there is no change; you are still you."

"As for how to define yourself, you shouldn't need me to teach you that, right?" Ren Yidao blinked and smiled, "Senior sister, you are a great expert at the Ask Dao Peak, you don't need the guidance of a little demon like me, right?"

Huang Huang worried that she would become another person and that she would disappear completely, but Ren Yidao had never worried about this from the start.

The matter of the Phoenix Demon God's revival was not the point here from the beginning.

For a Demon God, is splitting a Divine Soul a difficult thing?

It is not difficult.

But no one is willing to make a sacrifice for nothing, unless there is a reason that makes it necessary.

And this reason, Ren Yidao could give to Him.

"Rest assured, you will not become Him."

"If you can coexist, then coexist, and later let Him return to His own body, but if you cannot... if only one can remain, then it will only be you."

Ren Yidao took Huang Huang's hand, placed it on his own chest, and said softly, "I promise you."

I will not let you become Him.

I will only let Him become you.

However, Ren Yidao's impression of the Phoenix Demon God was still not bad, and he felt that things would not reach that point.

A Demon God who would turn their body into a mobile city to protect the Demon Race after falling—how bad could such a Demon God be?

He might be arrogant, but He was definitely not evil.

"... What are you saying."

Huang Huang had been staring blankly at Ren Yidao being so earnest, when she suddenly burst into a laugh, raised her hand to pinch his nose, and chuckled, "Do not be disrespectful to the Demon God."

She seemed to have completely let go of her inner knot, no longer melancholy, and even looked more relaxed than before.

"Then let the Demon God punish me! Punish me by letting me massage your feet!" Ren Yidao perked up and reached out to grab those crystalline jade feet.

But unfortunately, he had just touched one when the other lightly tapped his flank, kicking him directly flying away.

"No—"

The Demon Emperor did not use force, but the little fox whose little hands were not so well-behaved flew very far, flying directly out of the door.

Click.

The door to the bedchamber closed, and Huang Huang's chuckling voice came from inside:

"Alright, I am going into seclusion for a while; during this time, you manage Demon Emperor City on my behalf."

"Oh." Ren Yidao patted his bottom as he climbed up from the ground, his mouth curling.

Heh, women.

Using me up and then throwing me out, she really is heartless after the deed!

However, Ren Yidao also knew that she indeed needed to be alone for a while, so he did not pester her, turned around, and left the Demon Emperor's bedchamber, while silently pondering the doubt he had hidden and not mentioned earlier:

"... The revival of the Demon God, this matter cannot be baseless; why is it precisely at this time? Why did He not revive in the past? There must be some omen in this; what on earth has happened?"

And after Ren Yidao left, Huang Huang, who was lying on the bed, suddenly began to talk to herself.

"Look, he said the same thing as I did!" Her tone carried a bit of smugness, as well as a little pride.

The one who answered was still her, but this time the voice was a bit displeased: "Hmph! Just as you said, there is not half a shred of respect for the Demon God; this guy actually even wanted to eliminate me!"

"Hehe, he's just a child, always thinking so naively."

"Hmph!"

Huang Huang smiled, feeling that the Demon God was much more approachable than before.

"Speaking of which, Demon God, why did you suddenly wake up?"

"... Because, the time is almost here."

After a pause, the Phoenix Demon God said slowly through Huang Huang's mouth: "Our final chance."