Imperial God Emperor

Back when Ye Qingyu had yet to become an Emperor in the Guardian Royal City, the old ancestor of the Sun clan gave up the place to train in the Immortal Domain to Ye Qingyu, and it was there that Ye Qingyu obtained great harvest. This was because of the discovery of the substance of immortality that could make people live forever. It was said that the Immortal Domain training area is a fragment of the Immortal Domain, which was intercepted by the ancestors of the Guardian camp, because there had been many Martial Emperors born from the immortal training area.

At this moment, the paradise-like world at the roof of the sword tower of the black castle gave Ye Qingyu an almost identical feeling to the so-called Immortal Domain fragment back then.  

No, it was no exaggeration to say that the intensity of the immortality substance in this small world and the clarity of various laws were even greater than that in the Immortal Domain fragment. 

After a while, they came to the cave.

This was a cave that Nan Tieyi and Hu Bugui created at the peak of the mountains. After countless years of polishing and carving, it was full of aesthetic feelings, like a white jade palace. Inside there were red-crowned cranes, white birds, flying horses, white tigers and other spirit beasts, which all cried out joyously upon seeing Nan Tieyi and Hu Bugui return. Some even flew over to rub their head against them. It seemed that they got along very well.  

“These were all Little Nan's pets that he passes time with when he's bored. And then I also gradually began to like these little guys.” Hu Bugui chuckled. He seemed to have sober up, showing off what he had acquired over the years to Ye Qingyu and the others.

“You guys are living so leisurely and carefree,” Liu Shaji said. “Unlike Little Ye and I. In order to protect the lives in the Vast Thousand Domains, we have never rested once, especially Little Ye, who has to support the present golden era alone. He had walked on the edge of death many times, paid huge sacrifices, and had to bear the pressure that is unimaginable to ordinary people.”  

Hu Bugui laughed, “This is the will of heaven, Little Nan and I enjoy life, while you guys work hard, hehe.”

Nan Tieyi smiled, “Don't be deceive by Old Hu's carefree appearance... In truth, while he was drunk he had more than once said that even if he were to die in a war, as long as he could stand side by side with his brothers, he would be satisfied, and that it’s much better than these boring days.” 

Ye Qingyu also laughed. 

Hu Bugui's character was too simple. Even if Nan Tieyi didn't tell him, he would have guessed what Hu Bugui really was thinking.  

The reason why he said this now was because he already knew that the big event in the outside world had ended and that there was nothing to worry about. If there were a war outside, he most likely would have been the first to request to go into battle long ago.  

But the change in Nan Tieyi made Ye Qingyu feel a lot better.  

Back then, Nan Tieyi, because of the collapse of the Immortal God Emperor Sect, was emotionally depressed and filled with hatred, and did not speak much to anybody. Now, after thousands of years of time, in this small world, living a simple and carefree life seemed to have made Nan Tieyi's mind much calmer and relaxed and forgotten the hatred of the past. 

This was a good thing.  

Ye Qingyu did not want one of his close friends to always live in hatred. The Greater One Sect had already been turned into the ashes of history. If Nan Tieyi cannot put down this hatred, then he will always have to live in hatred.  

They sat down in a jade pavilion.  

Two spirit apes came over carrying a tray with fruits and wine like servants.  

Not only were these two spirit apes able to communicate with humans, they also had intelligence equivalent to human beings, and their actions and behaviour were incredibly polite. They possessed very formidable strength that can match up to experts of the peak of the Great Saint realm. It was Nan Tieyi and Hu Bugui who trained and taught them martial arts.

Liu Shaji tried the fruit and wine, and complimented, “The food is out of this world, this small world is really a paradise.” 

Nan Tieyi laughed, “Besides being cut off from the rest of the world, the other things here are really not bad. It’s a perfect reclusive place. Here there are rare medicinal herbs everywhere and all kinds of Immortal fruits. The living beings here are also either divine beasts or spiritual creatures. Even if mortals were to gather here, drink the Immortal spring and eat fresh fruits, they can also live for eternity.”  

Hu Bugui drank the cup of wine in one gulp, and then laughed, “Yes, here is simply the residence of Immortals. I call it the Immortal world. There was a long period of time when Little Nan and I firmly believed that we’ve ascended to the world of Immortals...”  

Old friends have reunited. The atmosphere was extremely joyous. 

Ye Qingyu tried the King of Immortal wine that Hu Bugui had personally brewed from the best of several kinds of Immortals fruit in the Immortal Domain. It had a medicinal effect comparable to divine pills. Even with Ye Qingyu's present cultivation base, after a few cups, he also felt slightly tipsy and was in high spirits.  

All four burst into laughter when interesting stories and incidents of the past were mentioned. 

There were tears in their laughter.  

Liu Shaji described in detail what had happened in the outside world, as well as many important events during these two thousand years. Hu Bugui and Nan Tieyi both listened with great interest. They were trapped here all this time, unaware about the situation in the outside world. In particular, when they heard the course of events of the star domain battle, Hu Bugui was so excited that his hands and feet were waving about in the air. He hated the fact that he was unable to follow Ye Qingyu to fight alongside him.  

The reunion lasted ten days and ten nights. 

At the end, Liu Shaji, Hu Bugui and Nan Tieyi were all drunk, and directly slept on the rocks in the open. 

Ye Qingyu drank the last cup of wine, feeling a little tipsy. He stood on the top of the mountain peak and surveyed the surroundings. He released his divine sense, taking in the entire small world. He found that this was not a complete small world, but there was something lacking, which reminded Ye Qingyu of the Immortal training area fragment back then.  

He speculated that this small world and that Immortal land fragment were probably once the same world, which separated for some reason. The most likely guess is that that the Sky Emperor, during his betrayal, made some harvest, cut off a section of the Immortal world, and obtained a fragment of the Immortal Domain before leaving. But where did Ye Chongsheng find the Immortal Domain? 

This was not known.  

At least in today's Vast Thousand Star Domains, as well as the Destruction Star Domain, the Abandoned Star Domain, the Blood Spear Star Domain and other star domains, such a world did not exist. A world that is filled with the substance of Immortality, in essence, is much superior to any star domain of the Vast Thousand Star Domains. It was a higher dimension world.  

Ye Qingyu suspected that there may be a more powerful realm above the Eternal Realm, and what the so-called Four Symbols of the Heavenly Dao exactly means, he began to have a rough idea. However, he was not entirely certain, though it was most likely connected to the substance of Immortality on this Immortal Domain.  

The secret of the universe had not really unfolded yet.  

Now that he had found Hu Bugui and Nan Tieyi, then perhaps it was time to find the Sword-Saber Divine Emperor and the Emperor of Azeroth, in order to fully understand the matter.  

With this thought, all of a sudden, in the empty space in front of him, there was a cloud of qi, followed by Ding Hao, wielding a gold blade and silver sword on his back, and a black-haired Sun Fei wearing a crown. They both appeared at the same time, seemingly because of Ye Qingyu's thoughts.  

Ye Qingyu was taken aback then couldn’t help chuckling.  

“Evil creature, how dare you try to fool me... show yourself!”  

Ding Hao and Sun Fei's image vanished abruptly like smoke, then a cloud of black fog mixed with blood, which vaguely resembled a dragon-shaped shadow, was seen struggling violently. 

This was the demonic thing that Hu Bugui mentioned. 

It could even read Ye Qingyu's mind and emotions; this ability was indeed terrifying.