Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Hongyun's gaze fell on Huanglong.

A hint of confusion flashed in his gentle eyes. He recognized Huanglong's aura, and then his gaze shifted to Xuandu and Duobao beside Huanglong!

Hongyun's lips parted slightly, then closed again.

He looked at Huanglong again, then at Xuandu. In his gentle eyes, confusion gradually gave way to shock.

"Two Quasi-Saints... and a late-stage Grand Luo Immortal..."

His voice trembled with disbelief, "This...how is this possible?"

He had met Huanglong, Xuandu, and Duobao at Kunlun Mountain. At that time, they were just juniors, two Golden Immortals and one Taiyi.

Before them, two extremely young juniors had already attained the Quasi-Saint Dao Fruit, and Duobao was also at the late stage of the Great Luo realm.

Hongyun's gaze swept back and forth between Huanglong and Xuandu.

"The disciples of a sage... are indeed extraordinary." Hongyun exclaimed sincerely.

He paused, then frowned again. "But why am I in the underworld? I remember back then..."

He paused in his speech.

The fragments of memory were finally pieced together to form a complete picture.

The sneak attack by Kunpeng, the encirclement and killing by Dijun and Taiyi, his self-destruction, the shattering of his true spirit, and then the long, boundless darkness.

It was only with the help of the Sage Taiqing that he regained a brief period of clarity.

To repay Huanglong for collecting true spirits for him, he specially gifted Huanglong his own natal spirit treasure, the Soul-Scattering Gourd.

Hongyun looked at Huanglong and finally came to her senses!

In the end, he only said two words.

Thank you.

Huang Long waved his hand: "Senior, there's no need for such formalities. I was merely following my grandmaster's instructions to collect true spirit for you, and you've already expressed your gratitude."

Hongyun paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on her face.

"The cycle of cause and effect is indeed true," Hongyun remarked. He paused, then asked, "What is the primordial world like now?"

"That's a long story."

"If you wish to hear it, I can explain it to you in detail."

Huanglong then recounted the story from the fall of Hongyun to the establishment of the Heavenly Court by Dijun, the battle between the Wu and Yao tribes, Houyi shooting down the sun, the war between the Wu and Yao tribes, the collapse of Buzhou Mountain, and the sage mending the sky!

After listening to Huang Long's account, Hong Yun was clearly shocked by the major events that had occurred.

"The demon race... is gone."

Huang Long nodded, then remembered something and said to Hong Yun, "There is another matter that you should know, senior. After learning of Ling's demise, Senior Zhen Yuanzi chased Kunpeng for hundreds of millions of miles to avenge you, from the primordial world all the way to the Northern Sea, a pursuit that lasted for tens of thousands of years."

Hongyun's body suddenly trembled.

The tremor was extremely intense, even more so than when he heard of Di Jun's demise.

His true spirit swayed violently a few times in the light of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, as if something had struck his chest heavily.

His lips moved several times before he finally made a sound.

"Zhen Yuanzi..."

When she uttered the name, Hongyun felt as if something was blocking her throat.

That was his old friend.

His closest friend.

Back in Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi advised him that since he possessed such a treasure as the Primordial Purple Qi, he should not go out easily, but instead try to comprehend the mysteries of the Primordial Purple Qi in Wanshou Mountain.

He couldn't stand the loneliness.

He thought it was just a short trip and nothing would happen.

And then he could never go back!

His old friend, seeking revenge, hunted down Kunpeng. Who was Kunpeng? He was one of their peers who listened to the Dao in Zixiao Palace, and his cultivation was no weaker than theirs back then.

The pursuit of Kunpeng spanned billions of miles and consumed tens of thousands of years; Hongyun knew the dangers involved without even having to think about it.

"That guy..." Hongyun's voice was hoarse, "Why...why did he have to do this..."

Despite saying that, her eyes were already filled with guilt.

Huang Long remained silent for a moment, waiting for Hong Yun's emotions to calm down before continuing.

"There is one more thing, which concerns the human race."

"Humans?" Hongyun looked up.

In his mind, the human race was still a weak and newly emerging race, not worth mentioning among the myriad races of the primordial world.

"The human race is now the leading race in the primordial world." Huang Long's voice was steady and clear.

Hongyun raised her eyebrows slightly.

How could that weak human race have become so powerful?

"And all of this is thanks to the common ruler of the human race," Huanglong continued, "the Human Emperor, Fuxi."

"Fuxi?" Hongyun's voice suddenly rose. "Fuxi, Nuwa's brother? Didn't he perish in the war between the Lich King and the Demon King!"

Seeing Hongyun's surprised expression, Huanglong said, "Senior, didn't you also perish?"

Hongyun's expression suddenly froze.

"It's Fuxi...!"

Huang Long nodded and continued.

"Fuxi did indeed perish in the war between the Lich King and the Demon King, but his true spirit was gathered by the Goddess Nuwa with the Demon-Summoning Banner and sent into the Six Paths of Reincarnation by the Goddess Houtu. He was reincarnated as a human... and attained the position of Human Emperor, obtained the Primordial Purple Qi, and achieved the position of Quasi-Sage."

"Primordial Purple Qi... Sub-Saint?" Hongyun's pupils contracted again.

Huang Long continued, "After you self-destructed, the Primordial Purple Qi broke into three pieces, and Fuxi obtained one of them."

"Now that Fuxi has achieved his goal, he has stepped down from the throne of the Human Emperor and entered the Fire Cloud Cave to suppress the destiny of the human race. And the human race..." Huanglong's voice paused slightly, "will have a second Human Emperor born."

Hongyun remained silent.

He stood there, amidst the six-colored light of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, digesting everything Huanglong had said: Dijun's fall, the destruction of the Lich King...!

After a long while, he exhaled a long breath.

"The primordial world... has changed."

Hongyun's gaze fell upon the Six Paths of Reincarnation behind him, and suddenly something occurred to him. He asked, "So, I am the second Human Emperor of the human race?"

After Fuxi's death, his true spirit reunited and reincarnated.

Now that his true spirit, Hongyun, has appeared in this underworld, before the Six Paths of Reincarnation, all of this combined makes the answer obvious.

Huang Long smiled slightly.

"Senior already knows." His voice was calm and solemn. "Sending you here is to send you to be reborn as a human, to become the second human emperor."

Hongyun stood before the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc, her semi-transparent figure trembling slightly amidst the six-colored light.

This innate deity, who once roamed the primordial world, was like a child who had received an unexpected gift, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Can I... achieve the status of a near-sage like Fuxi?"