The figure of God Sovereign Jia Ye appeared to exist in solid reality. Yet when one looked more closely, it seemed dreamlike, as if it might not be real at all.
This mysterious quality reminded Jiang Chen of many deities from the myriad worlds of his previous life — they all favored making their appearances in just this manner.
"As expected, a cultivator of the divine path carries an entirely different presence," Jiang Chen sighed inwardly with admiration.
In truth, the shock rippling through God Sovereign Jia Ye's heart was far more intense than Jiang Chen's. After all, appearing before Jiang Chen with the full dignity of a divine being, this young man had shown absolutely no sign of being overwhelmed. He could even chat and smile as though nothing were out of the ordinary. That earned a silent nod of approval from God Sovereign Jia Ye.
Most critically, God Sovereign Jia Ye had secretly sent a tendril of divine consciousness probing toward Jiang Chen, attempting to slip into his sea of consciousness and examine the youth's condition. But that wisp of concealed divine sense had vanished without a trace, as if swallowed by a bottomless sea — completely gone.
This startled God Sovereign Jia Ye even more profoundly.
After all, ever since ascending to the divine realm, probing another's sea of consciousness with divine sense was as effortless as opening one's eyes to observe the grass and trees of the world. There had never been the slightest difficulty.
Yet this time, he had actually failed.
"This young man truly lives up to his reputation!" It had to be said, first impressions were tremendously important. And the first impression Jiang Chen had left on God Sovereign Jia Ye was an exceedingly favorable one.
Huang'er tilted her head upward, her clear, luminous eyes studying God Sovereign Jia Ye as she asked softly, "You are Master Feng Yi and the others' lord. They said you saved my parents… and that you are my maternal grandfather…"
"Silly girl, could you possibly doubt it?" When God Sovereign Jia Ye saw Huang'er, even the most formidable of Dao hearts melted into tenderness, inch by inch.
The expression between her brows was almost identical to that of his late Dao companion from years past. In a fleeting instant, God Sovereign Jia Ye felt as though he had been transported back to his youth.
Huang'er pressed her lips together, not quite sure how to respond.
"Before I call you Grandfather, may I see my parents first?" Huang'er asked earnestly.
God Sovereign Jia Ye's heart trembled. Had anyone else spoken to him in such a manner, he would have considered it presumptuous. But this was from his only living bloodline — his sole granddaughter. She was someone he could never bring himself to refuse.
He let out a soft sigh. "Come in."
Huang'er had still harbored some worries — that this "grandfather" she had never met might be an impostor, and that the news about her parents might not be true.
Now, seeing that he was not the fearsome figure she had imagined, and that he had not refused her request, her confidence grew a shade stronger.
Yan Qianfan and An Yu'er were not in the best of condition, but neither were they in the worst.
God Sovereign Jia Ye had already completed the process of marrow cleansing and impurity purging for them, tending to the suffering they had endured during all those years in the Infinite Prison. The healing was largely complete.
Compared to how they had looked when they were first thrown into captivity, the couple's condition was unquestionably ten or even a hundred times better.
After all, they had been tortured by the Yan and Xiahou families before being cast into the Infinite Prison.