Mengmeng clung to Li Daoyi like a koala, rubbing her little head against his chin, her eyes half-closed as if she were very comfortable.

Li Daoyi gently patted the little guy's head.

Lu Ya stared blankly at this scene. Who was this person who could ignore the true fire on the Sun Star and who had just called him "just now"? Could it be the mysterious powerhouse behind Kunpeng?

Li Daoyi slowly descended from the sky, smiling as he looked at Lu Ya.

“You…” Lu Ya opened his mouth.

“This is my brother,” Mengmeng said, turning her head.

“Your father and uncle were primordial beings. After their annihilation, a wisp of their souls escaped and hid within the Eastern Emperor Bell. They are nourished by the divine tree above and absorb energy from the sun through the Eastern Emperor Bell below, which allows their true spirits to slowly recover. Currently, their true spirits have not fully recovered. Once you summon the Eastern Emperor Bell, without its protection, these two remnant souls will be unable to directly withstand the true fire of the sun and will immediately be refined by it,” Li Daoyi said slowly.

"What?" Lu Ya was horrified upon hearing this. He looked down at the roots of the Fusang Divine Tree in disbelief, feeling a surge of fear that he had almost made a terrible mistake.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ya lifted his robe and knelt down respectfully, kowtowing to Li Daoyi.

"Lu Ya greets Senior, thank you for the reminder."

Li Daoyi slightly raised his hand, and Lu Ya was lifted up by a surge of energy.

"There's no need for that. My name is Li Daoyi."

“Li Daoyi…” Lu Ya felt that the name was very unfamiliar.

"Alas, bad luck and the will of Heaven are hard to defy. It is truly pitiful and lamentable that a once mighty hero has fallen to such a state." Li Daoyi said as he slowly walked towards the Fusang Divine Tree and reached out to touch the trunk.

Then, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Suddenly, the surrounding scenery changed, and the Sun Star became extremely calm in an instant. The raging flames gradually diminished, just as Lu Ya was filled with fear.

Two balls of orange energy suddenly fell from the sky, their surroundings shimmering with multicolored light.

Immediately afterwards, two wisps of energy landed on the Fusang Divine Tree and then transformed into two enormous eggs.

At that moment, Lu Ya instantly understood that this was an illusion, a vision of what his father and the others had been like before they were born.

Then the surrounding scenery changed again, and endless flames surged from the two eggs, instantly amplifying the true fire of the Sun Star.

"Click..."

One of the giant eggs slowly cracked open, and a burly male body emerged from it, with a scroll floating above his head—the Hetu Luoshu.

“Father.” Lu Ya’s face showed excitement.

Di Jun looked around, the confusion in his eyes gradually disappearing. His clear gaze fell on the egg beside him, and then he smiled slightly and sat down on the Fusang tree.

It seemed like a long time had passed before the other egg finally cracked open.

"Thump..."

First, a clear bell rang out, and then a man who looked nine-tenths like Di Jun emerged from the egg. Above his head floated an ancient and weathered divine bell, which was none other than Donghuang Taiyi.

The two brothers smiled at each other, then clasped their hands tightly together, their eyes filled with boundless pride. They were destined by fate, born emperors.

With a wave of his hand, Li Daoyi caused the surrounding scenery to vanish instantly, and the Sun Star and the Fusang Divine Tree returned to their original state.

Lu Ya was already in tears. He could feel the spirited demeanor and ambitious aura of the father and son from the scene just now, but now they had ended up like this.

“Father…” Lu Ya knelt on the ground, pressing his body tightly against the roots of the Fusang tree, as if only in this way could he get closer to his father.

Suddenly, Lu Ya opened his eyes, turned around, and knelt down towards Li Daoyi.

"Senior, please save my father and the others," Lu Ya pleaded hastily. If they relied solely on the Sun Star for slow revival, his father might never recover, and if they were discovered by others, all their efforts would be in vain.

Lu Ya looked at Li Daoyi with longing. Although he didn't know who the other party was, just from his aura and calm demeanor, Lu Ya felt that this person must have a way.

"Oh? Why should I help you?" Li Daoyi asked.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ya felt no embarrassment, but rather a surge of joy. The fact that the other party did not deny his request but instead raised a question meant that the other party must have the ability to save him.

Lu Ya raised his left hand and extended three fingers.

"I, Lu Ya, hereby swear that as long as Your Excellency can rescue my father from this predicament, I will be loyal to you for all eternity." After making the oath, Lu Ya looked at Li Daoyi with longing.

"You say that?" Li Daoyi said, looking at Mengmeng in his arms.

"Hmm... He looks quite pitiful, why don't we do him a favor?" the little guy said, tugging at Li Daoyi's hair.

Li Daoyi pinched Mengmeng's chubby little face, then said to Lu Ya.

“Your oath alone is not enough. I can save Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, but these two killed too many people in their lifetimes, especially against the human race. I hope that they will protect the human race forever and never break their vow.”

“This…” Lu Ya hesitated for a moment.

"I'm not suggesting they become slaves or servants, but rather that I'm standing on the side of humanity. It's not impossible for the demon race and the human race to coexist peacefully," Li Daoyi explained.

Lu Ya pondered for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"Senior, on behalf of my father and the others, I promise you that from now on, my demon race will never invade the human race again, and we will be on good terms with the human race for all eternity. Anyone who offends the human race will first have to step over the corpses of my demon race." Lu Ya said solemnly, and at this moment he seemed to have bravely taken on the responsibility of the demon race's crown prince.

Li Daoyi nodded in satisfaction and gently put Mengmeng down from his hands.

He slowly closed his eyes and once again stroked the Fusang Divine Tree.

"Buzz..."

A massive surge of energy erupted from his body. Lu Ya was shocked and stared at Li Daoyi in disbelief. He felt that this aura far surpassed his own; this person was actually a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

Immediately afterwards, the energy within Li Daoyi's body surged into the Fusang Divine Tree, causing the massive tree to tremble slightly, as if it had been activated, emitting a dazzling light.

"Heave-ho..."

With a wave of her adorable little hand, a transparent energy shield instantly enveloped the enormous Sun Star.

"Look!" Jiuying exclaimed in surprise outside the Sun Star.

"It's done." Bai Ze's face lit up with joy.

The two of them, who had been waiting outside for a long time, were thrilled to see the barrier appear, because it was a promise they had made to Mengmeng.

"Boom boom..."

The Fusang Divine Tree emitted muffled thuds, and intense flames surged from its branches, flames even hotter than the original burning of the sun.

"Gather..."

Li Daoyi called out softly.

The flames on the tree slowly coalesced, turning into a ball of fire.

Li Dao waved his hand, and the ball of flame slowly fell, disappearing directly into the ground beneath the tree roots.

"Bang...bang..."

The ground immediately began to vibrate rhythmically, like the rise and fall of a heartbeat.

However, just as Lu Ya was overjoyed, the frequency of the vibrations gradually slowed down.

“Senior,” Lu Ya said urgently.

Li Daoyi frowned.

"Isn't that enough?"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Daoyi extended his hand.

A crimson flame, the size of a goose egg, slowly appeared in the palm of his hand.

“Ah, the origin!” Mengmeng exclaimed.

"The origin?" Lu Ya looked at the flame in surprise. It looked very ordinary, and he couldn't even feel the temperature of the flame.

"This is somewhat unexpected. It seems that the two of them were severely injured back then, and after so many years, they have only recovered one-third of their health," Li Daoyi said.

"Very well, very well. Since I've come here and promised Lu Ya, I'll grant your wish. This amount of essence should be enough," Li Daoyi said to the ground.

"Thump...thump..." The ground trembled slightly, as if in response.

Immediately afterwards, Li Daoyi flipped his palm over, and the ball of fire essence slowly fell down, directly disappearing into the ground.

Just as it was completely submerged, a dense flame surged from the ground and shot into the sky. Fortunately, the cute barrier blocked it, otherwise it would have surely burst out of the Sun Star.

"Boom boom boom..." The ground shook more and more violently.

"Click..."

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the ground.

Li Dao waved his hand, and the three figures instantly appeared on the Fusang tree.

Lu Ya looked down and saw that the crack was slowly widening and extending outward, eventually forming a huge crack that was thousands of feet long.

"boom..."

Another burst of flames shot out from the crack.

"Thump..."

A deep, muffled bell tolled from the crack, unlike the crisp sound of the bells in the previous scene; this one sounded much more steady.

"Thump...thump...thump..." Nine consecutive sounds.

As the bell tolled, a golden light emerged from the crack, revealing a massive golden bell covered in runes and engraved with the stars of the heavens. It was the Eastern Emperor Bell, originally named the Chaos Bell.

The enormous divine bell slowly floated into the sky, and then the cracks in the ground slowly healed, returning to normal in no time.

"Buzz..."

After a soft sound, two figures slowly descended from the bottom of the Eastern Emperor Bell. The two sat cross-legged facing each other, their palms touching each other, their eyes closed. The phantom of the Great Sun Golden Crow gradually condensed above their heads, and the two golden crows proudly raised their heads, looking down on the world.

Meanwhile, outside the Thirty-Three Heavens, at the Purple Cloud Palace.

Hongjun Laozu sat on the futon. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, then frowned and covered his chest with his hand.

"What's going on? Why am I feeling palpitations?" Hongjun murmured.

Hongjun then hurriedly reached out and began to calculate, but his brows furrowed more and more.

"How is that possible?" Hongjun couldn't figure anything out.

"Heaven's Dao is helping me, let us unite." Hongjun's aura suddenly changed, and he no longer looked as old as before. He looked much younger, and his hair turned from white to black, as if he had become a different person. His expression also became indifferent. This was him after merging with Heaven's Dao, and his strength had surpassed that of a Primordial Saint.

Hongjun used the power of the Heavenly Dao to deduce the origin of that palpitation he had just felt.