"Cough, cough!"

Moments later, Li Chen gently coughed twice and slowly opened his eyes.

Ling Shuanghua didn't expect Li Chen to wake up so quickly. Her pretty face immediately turned a shade of red, as she stared at him, big eyes locked with small ones, caught in sheer embarrassment.

She hurriedly got up and said, flustered, "You, you, you're awake!"

Li Chen nodded and saw Zhao Yuqing, Lian Hongshang, and Jiao Long all by his side.

Great Powers of the Demon Clan, leaders of the Demon Sect, prominent figures of the righteous path, along with their disciples and a group of Loose Cultivators, all turned their gazes towards him in unison.

Evidently, they were all surprised by Li Chen's sudden awakening.

Ling Yunlong couldn't help but marvel inwardly, indeed a once-in-a-millennium prodigy.

He was willing to pay the heavy price of offering this Third-grade Divine Medicine to Li Chen, certainly with deeper considerations in mind.

Firstly, it was to fulfill his daughter's wishes and not see her suffer.

Secondly, it was an opportunity to show kindness to Li Chen.

If Li Chen did not fall prematurely, given his current monstrous talent and the inheritance of Emperor Yu along with the Treasure Tripod he possessed, his future achievements would surely be boundless, possibly becoming a second Emperor Yu.

Betting on this with one Third-grade Divine Medicine was worth it. If the gamble succeeded, their entire Cloud Sea Sect could soar to greater heights with Li Chen's uplifting influence, proudly standing against the Blue Sky.

The most surprised person present was undoubtedly Tian Yazi.

His earlier move, Sky Transformation, was a deadly technique from the Penglai Pavilion, capable of annihilating an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm expert on the spot.

But now, after merely being unconscious for a while, Li Chen had awakened again, which was simply incredible.

At the same time, deep within, he was convinced that this prodigy was too monstrous to be left alive!

Otherwise, once Li Chen fully matured, there might be no one in the entire Jiuzhou who could rival him.

Thinking of this, he strode forward, locking eyes with Li Chen, shouting angrily.

"Li Chen, this is my last time asking you, are you willing to hand over the Yu Emperor's Treasure Cauldron and imprison yourself in the True Immortal Alliance for fifty years?"

Li Chen's eyes were bright as he met Tian Yazi's gaze, unwilling to show weakness.

"And I'll answer you one last time, that's impossible!"

"Li Chen, do you truly think that with this, I can't do anything to you?"

As he spoke, it seemed like a raging fire burned within Tian Yazi's murky eyes. Violent True Yuan surged, like a bull rushing into a palace, straight into the sky.

However, at this critical moment, a streak of lightning suddenly tore through the void.

Immediately, a mysterious figure, clad in black with a black cloak over their head, appeared out of nowhere, standing directly between Li Chen and Tian Yazi like a specter.

Seeing the newcomer, Tian Yazi's pupils shrank suddenly, and he exclaimed in surprise, "It's you?"

The mysterious figure raised a hand to remove the black cloak from over their head, bowed slightly towards Tian Yazi, and replied, unhurriedly, "Senior brother, long time no see!"

Old figures like Master Tianhong recognized the person, and their expressions were also full of shock.

"The Penglai Disciple, Xu Fu?"

Li Chen was also taken aback, asking in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Xu Fu responded with a satisfied smile, "Young fellow, I truly didn't misjudge you. You've completely exceeded my expectations!"

Seeing Li Chen colluding with the Penglai Disciple Xu Fu, many people's expressions shifted once again.

Tian Yazi, seething with rage, pointed at Xu Fu and shouted angrily, "Xu Fu, you traitor who betrays your teacher and ancestors, today I will purge our sect of your presence!"

Xu Fu shook his head and replied, "Senior brother, you are mistaken. On that day, our master's time had come, it wasn't my fault. I, Xu Fu, do not accept this blame!"

Tian Yazi's gaze was sharp, filled with an aggressive aura, "Xu Fu, do you deny abandoning the sect and abducting Zixuan as well?"

It seemed Xu Fu had prepared for his senior brother Tian Yazi's interrogation long ago. He remained calm, answering unhurriedly, "Senior brother, leaving the sect was prompted by the circumstances; our paths differed, we couldn't work together!"

"And what about Zixuan? She was not even one year old then, how could you bring yourself to do such a thing?"

Speaking the last sentence, the usually composed Tian Yazi became utterly furious, shouting hysterically.

Zixuan was his daughter, and at the incident's time, she was just three days shy of a year old.

Xu Fu remained composed, calmly countering with a question.

"Senior brother, if I told you that Zixuan is still alive and living happily, would you believe me?"

Before Xu Fu's words even finished, Tian Yazi was suddenly shocked to the core, losing control of his emotions, impatiently asking, "What did you say, Zixuan is still alive?"

Xu Fu didn't answer directly but instead waved a sleeve, projecting an image in the air.

Everyone turned to look, and within the image, a man and a woman were seen leaning against each other, watching the clouds roll by in the sky.

"Zixuan?"

Tears welled up in Tian Yazi's old eyes as he reached out with a hand like a withered branch, attempting to touch the daughter he had been separated from soon after birth.

Simultaneously, Li Chen was also fixated on the image, letting out an incredulous exclamation.

"Mother?"

At this moment, everyone present was dumbfounded.

The person in the image was Tian Yazi's daughter and also Li Chen's mother?

This connection is simply too chaotic!

Xu Fu seemed to understand everyone's feelings well and stroked his goatee, ready to unravel the mysteries one by one.

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