Published: January 9, 2025
"You... how could you... you..."
Elder Gu Mo staggered back repeatedly, his heart filled with shock, as if he had been struck hard by an ancient divine mountain, unable to suppress the astonishment in his heart.
That gaze was like seeing a ghost.
"Elder Gu Mo, long time no see."
The lord of the Abyssal Demons said with a faint smile, his face so familiar that Elder Gu Mo felt a blur in his mind, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.
"Elder Gu Mo, are you alright?"
Seeing Elder Gu Mo's reaction, Elder Mo Xin and the others all changed their expressions and hurried forward.
They were filled with suspicion, unable to imagine what Elder Gu Mo had seen that made him, usually so calm, show such an expression.
It must be noted that Elder Gu Mo had followed the ancestor for many years when he was young, and he was well-versed in many things, always remaining composed even in the face of the collapse of the Demon Mountain.
"Stop! Step back! All of you, retreat!"
Elder Gu Mo suddenly turned around and shouted sternly at Elder Mo Xin and the others, his voice cold and filled with endless killing intent.
"Elder Gu Mo!"
"Didn't you hear me tell you to step back?"
Elder Gu Mo roared, the shock in his heart still unable to calm down.
Elder Mo Xin and the others hesitated for a moment but still retreated one after another.
"Young Master, is it really you?"
Elder Gu Mo transmitted the message while trembling.
The person in front of him was actually the lord of the Abyssal Demons.
"Otherwise? Elder Gu Mo, it's been a long time!"
The lord of the Abyssal Demons smiled lightly and put on the mask again, covering the face that had shocked Elder Gu Mo.
"Elder Gu Mo, do you believe my identity now?"
"Young Master, this subordinate... believes!"
Elder Gu Mo trembled as he spoke.
The lord of the Abyssal Demons was the inheritor of the ancient ancestor, the true heir of the Abyss Demon Tribe.
However, during a mission to the lower realm many years ago, the lord of the Abyssal Demons mysteriously disappeared, and the ancestor had expended countless energy searching for him without success, coupled with the complete separation between the heavenly realm and the lower realm, causing the matter to gradually fade.
Later, the ancestor began to cultivate the Undying Emperor Supreme, pushing him to the position of patriarch, and gradually, the entire Abyss Demon Tribe regarded the Undying Emperor Supreme as the ancestor's heir.
But all the elders who had followed the ancestor knew that the true chosen heir of the ancestor was the lord of the Abyssal Demons.
"You mean after you descended to the lower realm, you weren't already..." Elder Gu Mo trembled.
As a dignified elder of the Abyss Demon Tribe, a mid-stage pinnacle supreme, his words trembled, showcasing the shock in his heart.
"Fallen, right?" The lord of the Abyssal Demons chuckled, "With my strength, does Elder Gu Mo think I would easily fall?"
A hint of calmness emerged in the lord of the Abyssal Demons' eyes: "In fact, I returned to the heavenly realm long ago, but to keep it a secret, the ancestor and I have been guarding this secret."
"Even the Undying Emperor Supreme doesn't know."
"This time, if it weren't for an important matter, and since you are an elder by the ancestor's side, I wouldn't have revealed myself."
"Yes, it was my recklessness." Elder Gu Mo forced a smile, but he felt touched in his heart; the Young Master regarded him as one of his own.
"And also, any information regarding me must not be disclosed to anyone, including the Undying Emperor Supreme." The lord of the Abyssal Demons warned, "It's best not to inform even the ancestor."
"Why is that?" Elder Gu Mo was astonished.
"Do you know, since I have already returned to the Demon Realm, why have I not shown myself? This is not only my request but also the ancestor's request. Because the ancestor suspects that my downfall in the lower realm was orchestrated by someone deliberately."
"What?" Elder Gu Mo's expression turned pale.
The lord of the Abyssal Demons' gaze turned icy, "My whereabouts were a secret back then. However, once I entered the lower realm, I was discovered, so the ancestor and I suspect that there might be certain..."