A simple two-word phrase, spoken from the mouth of the dark Immortal Spirit Emperor, caused all the clamor to cease.
Jun Xiaoyao's ears seemed to only echo with these two words.
He looked at the dark Immortal Spirit Emperor.
The Living Soul is the Soul that carries memories.
In other words, among Jiang Shengyi's four Souls, only the Living Soul could remember Jun Xiaoyao.
"Shengyi..."
Jun Xiaoyao looked at the dark Immortal Spirit Emperor.
With Jun Xiaoyao's personality, he was calm in the face of everything. Nothing could make him lose his composure. But now, hearing that long-lost call, Jun Xiaoyao found it hard to remain calm.
And after saying those two words, the dark Immortal Spirit Emperor did not attack again.
Jun Xiaoyao temporarily suppressed the emotions in his heart. Now was not the time for sentimentality. What he wanted was for Jiang Shengyi to truly and completely appear before him.
At this moment, a faint ripple of Divine Soul suddenly came from the dark Immortal Spirit Emperor's body.
It was not the Soul ripple of Jiang Shengyi's Living Soul, but belonged to the Immortal Spirit Emperor herself.
"Are you... the person she is waiting for?"
Detecting this ripple of consciousness, Jun Xiaoyao composed himself and transmitted his voice, "Is it... Senior Immortal Spirit Emperor?"
"That is correct. Just now, her Soul awakened slightly, which also allowed the trace of Divine Sense I had preserved to recover."
The Immortal Spirit Emperor sent out another ripple of consciousness.
"But... Senior, what exactly is going on?"
Jun Xiaoyao did not understand the Karma involved.
Logically speaking, no matter how special Jiang Shengyi was, she could not have reincarnated as the Immortal Spirit Emperor.
Subsequently, the Immortal Spirit Emperor cleared up the confusion for Jun Xiaoyao.
The Earth Emperor Immortal Spirit Emperor, like the Xuanyuan Great Emperor, had exhausted her strength suppressing the Black Calamity and repairing the Great Immortal Array of the Origin of Ten Thousand Worlds.
But in the end, she was corroded and corrupted by the dark, strange power of the source of the black calamity. The Immortal Spirit Emperor's consciousness was gradually eroded.
And just when the Immortal Spirit Emperor had only a trace of Divine Sense left, she sensed a Soul aura that was extremely compatible with her own.
To prevent herself from completely falling into darkness, the Immortal Spirit Emperor secretly used her methods to draw in that Soul and merge it with her own, thereby preserving her last trace of Divine Sense and humanity.
Furthermore, through this Soul, the Immortal Spirit Emperor knew that someone would definitely come looking for her in the future. When that time came, there might be a chance to escape the darkness.
After Jun Xiaoyao understood all of this, he completely understood.
It turned out that it wasn't that Jiang Shengyi's Soul had reincarnated into the Immortal Spirit Emperor, but that the Immortal Spirit Emperor had absorbed Jiang Shengyi's Living Soul to prevent herself from completely falling into darkness.
"You... are the one she has been waiting for," the Immortal Spirit Emperor said.
"Then Senior, what should I do?"
Since he already knew the Karma and the sequence of events, Jun Xiaoyao naturally had to find a way to make Jiang Shengyi reappear in the world, and also take the opportunity to let the Immortal Spirit Emperor escape the darkness.
"It is very simple. The four Souls must become one, allowing her to reappear in the world."
"I sensed from her memories that if she combines the four Souls, she will be able to condense the Great Dao Immortal Heart and have the potential for Immortal Ascension."
"And the Great Dao Immortal Heart will also be helpful to me, as it can temporarily suppress the dark, strange power," the Immortal Spirit Emperor said.
"I understand," Jun Xiaoyao nodded slightly.
The exchange between Jun Xiaoyao and the Immortal Spirit Emperor seemed long, but it was actually only a moment.
When the Immortal Spirit Emperor appeared, it wasn't just Jun Xiaoyao and Ye Junlin who sensed it. Three others also felt it: Xuanyuan Qingxiao, Empress Xihuang, and Li Xianyao.
Xuanyuan Qingxiao had Yiyi. Empress Xihuang had Xia Guihua. And Li Xianyao also looked at the Immortal Spirit Emperor.
"So that is how it is..." the three women murmured in their hearts.
Jun Xiaoyao knew that time waited for no one.
He looked to the other side at Xuanyuan Qingxiao, who was entangled with the dark Xuanyuan.
Xuanyuan Qingxiao naturally understood what he meant.
"In the beginning, her return awakened me. Now, I return her to you," Xuanyuan Qingxiao said.
Her brow glowed brightly. Finally, a beautiful young girl in multicolored feathered clothes stepped out. It was Yiyi!
"Xiaoyao..." Yiyi smiled, her voice filled with attachment, though tears slid from the corners of her eyes. She knew what she would face next, because when the Living Soul appeared, the other three Souls had sensed it.
Yiyi was wearing the multicolored feathered clothes that Jun Xiaoyao had given her. She had once been stranded at the bottom of the world, and it was Jun Xiaoyao who had saved her. Therefore, Yiyi was willing to do anything for Jun Xiaoyao, let alone something like a Soul returning.
Seeing Yiyi appear, Jun Xiaoyao's emotions were complex. Yiyi was the first Soul of Jiang Shengyi he had encountered, and they had spent a long time together. Jun Xiaoyao did not just treat Yiyi as a Soul of Jiang Shengyi, but as a complete person.
Seeming to see Jun Xiaoyao's complex gaze, Yiyi came to his side and smiled.
"Xiaoyao, don't be sad for me. This is my destiny."
"If it can make you happy, and let you see the person in the depths of your heart again, I am willing."
The four Souls needed to return willingly for Jiang Shengyi to reappear in the world without risk. Yiyi was willing.
Jun Xiaoyao said nothing. Any comforting words he could say now would seem hypocritical. It was better to say nothing. He just raised his hand and wiped the tears from the corners of Yiyi's eyes. Everything was understood without words.
Afterward, on the other side, Empress Xihuang also separated Xia Guihua.
Xia Guihua also came to Jun Xiaoyao's side. She looked at Jun Xiaoyao, her eyes equally filled with attachment. Although among the Souls, Xia Guihua had met Jun Xiaoyao the latest and spent the least amount of time with him, that attachment and unforgettable feeling were in no way inferior to Yiyi and Li Xianyao.
"Xiaoyao, did you keep my portrait?" Xia Guihua smiled, burying the attachment and heartbreak in her heart. She only hoped that Jun Xiaoyao could keep her portrait, so that occasionally, on some day in the future, he could recall the girl who had painted with him.
Jun Xiaoyao nodded slightly.
"Daughter..." a voice filled with restraint rang out. It was the empress of the Great Xia Sacred Dynasty, Xia Zhaoxue. She didn't fully understand the Karma, but she had a vague premonition. Her daughter was going to leave her.
Xia Guihua still had a smile on her face. She looked at Xia Zhaoxue again, her eyes also filled with tears.
"Mother, I am just returning to myself. Don't be sad for me," Xia Guihua comforted.
Meanwhile, Li Xianyao also stepped forward. She knew the time had come.
"What are you going to do?" A voice came, and Li Xianyao looked over.
Dongfang Aoyue stood in the Void Realm, watching Li Xianyao. Seeming to have sensed something, Dongfang Aoyue's obsidian-like beautiful eyes were trembling.
Li Xianyao gazed at this only blood-related younger sister, her beautiful eyes filled with reluctance. Her only lingering attachment and reluctance were towards Jun Xiaoyao and Dongfang Aoyue. These two were her beloved and her dearest family. Both were existences engraved in her Soul that she would never forget.