Wait a minute, where is my master?

"Junior Brother Sun, your speculation isn't unreasonable. It might be that...

Before he could finish his words, a golden lightning pillar as thick as three people suddenly crashed down from the sky!

"BOOM!!!"

The massive surge of energy and the terrifying pressure spread wildly from the golden lightning pillar.

The two spectators in mid-air were far enough away, but they still shook from the blast of energy and pressure, with the smaller-eyed man even activating his Protective Dharma Treasure.

As for the Four Symbols who were closer and nearly flying above the Four-colored Pond, they were directly blown back by the shockwave, flying backward for a hundred miles.

"Brother Zhao, didn't you just say that the one taking action was an assistant invited by the Four Divine Monarchs? Why did he strike without warning? It seems that the Four Divine Monarchs themselves were nearly caught in that dreadful golden lightning pillar."

After stabilizing his form, the smaller-eyed man asked somewhat fearfully, glancing towards the distance.

"Hmm... I guess it could be that the incident happened so suddenly that the assistant intervened unexpectedly. After all, whatever is sealed there isn't something easy to deal with, so it's understandable that the golden lightning pillar nearly affected the Four Divine Monarchs. After all, they invited this person primarily to eliminate the one sealed, it seems."

The bald Cultivator wiped the non-existent sweat from his scalp and offered a forced analysis.

However, before the smaller-eyed man could speak again, he heard the solemn and somewhat surprised voice of the Azure Dragon, one of the Four Divine Monarchs, coming from afar.

"I do not know which mighty being has graced the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm without prior notice. Please state your name."

The Divine Monarchs were quite distant from the two men, but since the Azure Dragon God Monarch had a loud voice, and considering that neither of the two men were ordinary, they had the hearing to comprehend.

So, they heard these thirty words clearly.

"Brother Zhao, the Azure Dragon God Monarch seems to imply he doesn't recognize... huh? Brother Zhao, why are you leaving!?"

The smaller-eyed man was about to ask when he turned around midway through his sentence.

He saw that the bald Cultivator had, at some point, begun flying away at high speed towards the horizon, riding his Dharma Treasure.

Under the reflection of the golden clouds, the other man left him with only a view of a shining bald head that occasionally flashed with bursts of light.

Above the Four-colored Pond, a location a hundred miles away.

The Four Divine Monarchs stood suspended in the air.

Theoretically, they should have arrived earlier, but after leaving the sealed area earlier, the effects of the Forget Law from the Relic Bell re-emerged, causing them to momentarily forget to come here.

Only after the second rune of the Law inside the Four-colored Pond was shattered did they regain control of their memories, so they rushed over here with utmost speed.

"Big Brother, since the person below isn't speaking, how about letting me try a test with the Sky-breaking Flame Ring?"

The most impatient young Vermilion Bird, seeing no response from below, took out a pair of molten lava-like bracelets and suggested proactively.

"Hmph, a test? Didn't you see the power of that golden lightning pillar just now? If you act now, are you trying to destroy the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm!?"

Before the man surrounded by the Azure Dragon Illusion could speak, a lean man dressed in white robes on the fiery girl's left immediately frowned and interjected.

"What's there to fear? If we die now, our master will surely resurrect us from the river of time once his Cultivation progresses. Besides that, as beings who've lived for millions of years, we really shouldn't bother our master with every little thing. The fact that we couldn't follow him when he took that step already means we failed in our duties."

The fiery girl snapped back, yet silently put the Sky-breaking Flame Ring away.

She might be quick-tempered and sharp-tongued, but she wasn't foolish.

After the lean man's reminder, of course she understood the impropriety of their actions.

But, understanding aside, she couldn't lose face verbally, so she added that comment.

"Heh, I have no doubt about our master resurrecting us once he makes progress, but when will that be? The few of us combined are millions of years old; how can we still trouble our master with everything? When he took that step forward and we couldn't follow, we already let him down."

"What does it matter how many millions of years old we are? Don't you still like to transform into a white kitten in front of the master? And besides..."

Seeing that the fiery girl and the lean man were about to argue,

The Four Symbols Azure Dragon couldn't help but frown and speak,

"Shut up, in front of outsiders, what sort of spectacle do you all look like bickering like this? And..." he said, his gaze intensifying as he looked up towards the thick layer of golden clouds that had faded away, "Haven't you felt that the golden lightning pillar just now, and the power within the clouds, seemed familiar?"

As these words came out, the brawny black man beside him, with a snake-headed band around his waist who had been silent until now, suddenly had a stern expression and said,

"Elder Brother, are you saying that the power just now was exactly like the one Ye Fudao cultivated back in the day, and it also seems quite similar to the one our master refined after taking that step?"

"Yes, so the one in the prohibition below..."

The middle-aged man surrounded by the Azure Dragon Illusion silently nodded. Before he could finish his sentence, the Four Symbols White Tiger beside him raised his hand and pointed upwards, saying,

"It's very possible it came from above!"

Upon hearing this, the four leaders within the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm fell instantly silent.

After about seven or eight breaths, the feisty young girl suddenly spoke up, "Hey, before worrying about above and below, Elder Brother, Lao Bai, and Black Towering Figure, haven't you noticed that the sensation of erosion by the Forget Law we've endured day and night for years has now vanished?"

Inside the Four-colored Pond Space.

The once wildly chaotic and disorderly power storm had been organized by Jin Xu.

His method of cleaning was to conjure flames using the "Fire Condensing Skill" and burn a solid circle around the space.

In a flash, every fragment of the Four Symbols Power, sharp laws, and fragments of the Life and Death Law became nourishment for the flame at the tip of his finger at the moment.

And now, the little Taoist who had cleaned the surrounding environment stood beside a fountain with a gentle flow.

In his hands, he held a book made from the hide of some unknown demon beast, leafing through it page by page.

This object was a remnant of the young Ye Fudao.

Before Jin Xu struck him with his "Hand Palm Thunder," when Ye Fudao was cornered and at his wit's end, he still summoned the forgetfulness rune he wasn't willing to shatter. However, when the rune appeared, it had no effect whatsoever on the little Taoist's memory.

Instead, when Jin Xu drew a similar rune with his Golden spiritual power, the Forget Law rune that Ye Fudao controlled defected directly to him!

The look in his eyes at that moment, a mix of three parts shock, three parts unwillingness, three parts fear, and a hint of manic frenzy, was still clearly remembered by the little Taoist.

But that lasted for less than a breath's time, and the spot where the young Ye Fudao had been standing became the gently flowing fountain now beside Jin Xu.

And this beast hide book was discovered within the defected Forget Law rune taken from Ye Fudao.

The first response Jin Xu had upon seeing this object was, "So this rune can actually be used as a Protective Dharma Treasure; if Little White found out, she would certainly ask me for quite a lot to take back to the Snow Wolf Clan, to be used as storage bags for those wolf cubs!"

"Strange, aren't those four coming down yet?"

After flipping through the beast hide book for several more breaths, Jin Xu looked up doubtfully and murmured to himself.

He had sensed the arrival of the Four Symbols with his Spiritual Sense, but at the time he was engrossed in the book, so he did not initiate conversation.

Since they would eventually come down anyway, there would be no harm in disclosing his identity later.

With that thought in mind, the little Taoist continued to read the beast hide book for several more breaths, but by the time he had reached the last page, those four were still standing hundreds of miles away in midair.

"They were chatting so lively just now; why have they suddenly fallen silent?"

Closing the beast hide book in his hand with a snap, Jin Xu muttered to himself and lightly tapped his foot on the ground, flying straight out of the Four-colored Pond Space.

In the process,

his beast hide book fluttered in the wind, and the cover faintly revealed the words,

"Ye... Hidden... Sun..."

and a few other characters.