“Tin Man?”
Chen Xiao started, and judging by the other party’s attire, it was undoubtedly the legendary Tin Man.
He hadn’t expected the Dragon King to be affiliated with the Tin Man.
What’s more, this Tin Man had been hidden opposite him, and he hadn’t even noticed.
Shock flickered in Chen Xiao’s eyes.
“Mr. Chen, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. I’ve admired you from afar for a long time.”
A muffled voice came from within the Tin Man’s armor.
“Heh, esteemed Tin Man, the pleasure is all mine!”
Chen Xiao cupped his hands in greeting, offering a perfunctory pleasantry.
“May I ask why you’ve summoned me today?”
The Tin Man waved his hand. The Dragon King, who had been smiling by the side, suddenly began to dissipate. His body slowly dissolved into wisps of smoke, eventually vanishing into nothingness.
Even at the very last moment, his face remained fixed in a smile.
The same scene occurred with the car they were in, the plants and trees outside, and all the buildings and streets.
In short, Chen Xiao’s entire world dissolved into nothingness.
Opposite him, the Tin Man sat as steady as a mountain, while everything else had disappeared.
Chen Xiao frowned, unsure if this was real or an illusion.
“Mr. Chen, there’s no need to be nervous. I’ve merely brought you into the cracks of time. The outside world remains unchanged,”
The muffled voice explained.
Chen Xiao remained silent, appraising the Tin Man with a playful gaze, awaiting his next words.
“Mr. Chen, I know you’re curious about my identity, and you’re also curious about your own. Today, I will reveal all the answers.”
“Including the complete truth about this world that you’ve been unaware of!”
The Tin Man’s words instantly drew Chen Xiao into a sense of grandeur.
Chen Xiao didn’t even know how to respond.
However, he couldn’t deny that he was indeed very interested in what the Tin Man had to say.
Without waiting for Chen Xiao’s reply, the Tin Man continued, “Let me start with my identity.”
“Perhaps you’ve heard people say that I am a Celestial, and that statement is both correct and not entirely accurate.”
“I am indeed a Celestial, but not in the way you perceive Celestials.”
Hearing this, Chen Xiao interrupted, “I have indeed heard people mention that you are merely a member of the Celestial realm who was rejected by the Heavenly Dao. Is that not so?”
“What he said is completely incorrect,”
The Tin Man stated calmly. “I am not a kinsman of those Celestials, nor was I rejected. I was driven away, because at the very beginning of creation, the entire Celestial realm belonged to me.”
“To be precise, at that time, I did not possess the consciousness of ‘self.’ It was only after those Celestials forcibly occupied the Celestial realm that the oppression and unwillingness I experienced gave rise to this ‘self.’”
The Tin Man’s words left Chen Xiao feeling lost in a fog, becoming more confused the more he listened. “Who exactly are you?”
“I am not human. If you must ask for my name, you can call me Heavenly Father.”
The Tin Man said indifferently.
“Heavenly Father?”
Chen Xiao repeated the term, and suddenly thought of the Earth Mother Dragon Vein Map.
Could it be that this Heavenly Father was the counterpart to that Earth Mother?