Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest
Chapter 1080: 1080: Ten Years

Chapter 1080: Chapter 1080: Ten Years

Thud!

A head fell into the dust.

His hair and beard were wild, his eyes wide open, still retaining the expression he had in life, just without a trace of spirit in those eyes.

Watching the large group of enemies fleeing in all directions, Wang Chen sheathed the Qijue Sword.

It wasn’t that he was too tired to kill; rather, under his ferocious assault, the entire enemy army had completely collapsed, and continuing to pursue and slaughter those little ‘Shrimps’ was meaningless.

It was also a waste of time.

As for those fearless enemies who wanted to avenge their commander, they now lay helter-skelter around Wang Chen.

He turned and headed back to the Hanhai Taoist Palace.

At this time, the palace gates were wide open, and a troop of badly wounded warriors came out to greet him.

“Greetings, National Master!”

They all knelt on one knee, each face showing an extremely excited and thrilled expression.

All these Taoist Palace warriors had witnessed the scene of Wang Chen sweeping through the army, and their admiration for him had reached its peak.

“Rise,”

Wang Chen waved his hand and said, “You still have many things to do.”

He turned his head to look in the direction of Hanhai City, the situation there was unclear, and he had to clean up this side first.

But the top priority was to find Xi Yun.

Wang Chen asked in a deep voice, “Where is Heavenly Master Zhou?”

Xi Yun originally had no surname, but Wu Zhao established the new dynasty named Great Zhou, so Wang Chen simply let her adopt the national surname.

“National Master, please follow me!”

Someone immediately got up to lead the way, apparently a general by his attire.

Under the guidance of this general, Wang Chen was led to a room in a side hall of the Taoist Palace.

After replenishing the Spiritual Energy for the Mountain River Great Array, he left the secret chamber, then went directly out of the palace charging into battle, saving the Taoist Palace from danger.

But in reality, what Wang Chen cared about the most was still Xi Yun.

The moment he stepped into the room, Wang Chen immediately saw Xi Yun lying on a soft couch.

Xi Yun was dressed in a plain white Taoist Robe, the robe covered with patches of blood, shockingly striking to the eye.

Moreover, her eyes were tightly closed, her face deathly pale. If not for the slight rise and fall of her chest, she would appear no different from a dead person.

Yet, anyone could tell that she was like a candle flickering in the wind, her life flame possibly extinguishing at any moment!

Several young Taoist nuns and a middle-aged female physician were gathered around the soft couch.

Seeing Wang Chen who had just barged in, all were quite surprised, and one even furrowed her brows in displeasure.

Just as she was about to scold him, she suddenly remembered something and her expression drastically changed.

She immediately knelt: “Greetings, National Master!”

The others, extremely shocked, subconsciously knelt down as well.

“Dispense with the formalities.”

Wang Chen stepped forward and clasped Xi Yun’s wrist, infusing a thread of Mana.

The grievously injured Xi Yun trembled, let out a low moan, her eyelids fluttered but she did not wake up.

The nearby female physician wanted to say something but chose instead to retreat quietly to the side.

In front of the illustrious National Master, she had no place to speak!

Wang Chen’s Mana passed through Xi Yun’s body once, and he immediately understood her condition.

She must have overexerted herself using spells, then suffered backlash and was attacked by the enemy, causing her Taoist Foundation to crumble and her Divine Soul to be damaged. Her organs and meridians had all sustained serious injuries.

In this world, almost no one could save her!

But Wang Chen had returned in time.

Although Wang Chen did not possess the ability to rejuvenate, nor was he skilled in medicine, he had various Spirit Pills and elixirs hidden in the Cangqing Ring.

Wang Chen immediately took out a Healing Pill and administered it to Xi Yun, followed by feeding her a Soul Condensing Pill.

The efficacy of these two Spirit Pills was also affected by the rules of this world, greatly inferior to that in the Haotian Realm, yet more than sufficient to heal Xi Yun’s injuries.

Merely ten breaths of time passed, and Xi Yun’s complexion swiftly turned rosy, and she opened her eyes with a soft “moan”.

“Great Heavenly Master!”

The people around were all overjoyed.

Xi Yun’s gaze initially appeared befuddled, soon becoming increasingly bright, and even tears of excitement began to stream down.

She, trembling, tightly grasped the hand of Wang Chen who was sitting beside her, and whispered softly, “I… I’m not dreaming, am I?”

Wang Chen clasped her delicate hands and smiled, saying, “You’re not dreaming, I really have returned.”

“My lord!”

Xi Yun, mustering all her strength, threw herself into the arms of Wang Chen, crying, “This servant thought in this lifetime…”

The crowd around them all exchanged looks.

No one had ever seen such a tender side of the mighty Heavenly Master Zhou, who controlled the Taoist Palace; they were extremely shocked.

But none of them were fools. They quickly exited the room with the utmost speed.

Allowing Wang Chen and Xi Yun to be alone together.

And they closed the door as well.

Wang Chen gently stroked the hair of Xi Yun in his arms, saying, “It’s alright now, rest assured, I will surely avenge you!”

This time, he was truly furious.

If Wang Chen had arrived even half a day later, the Hanhai Taoist Palace would have almost certainly fallen.

His original body disappearing meant nothing; he could simply find another shell to inhabit, but if Xi Yun died, there would be no possibility of revival.

Xi Yun shook her head, murmuring, “That’s not important, as long as I can be with my lord, this servant is completely satisfied!”

As the effects of the Spirit Pill continued to manifest, her condition steadily improved, and the injuries within her body rapidly healed.

However, to prevent any unforeseen circumstance, Wang Chen still asked Xi Yun to lie down again.

They chatted, holding hands.

As for the situation in Hanhai City, Wang Chen did not want to inquire.

“The tenth year of Great Zhou?”

They had just begun talking when Wang Chen was taken aback, “You’re saying it’s now the tenth year of Great Zhou?”

“That’s correct.”

Xi Yun assuredly replied, “My lord, you have been away for ten years.”

This isn’t right!

Wang Chen distinctly remembered that the flow of time between the Haotian Realm and the Cangqing Domain was a ten-to-one ratio.

He had been back in the Haotian Realm for two years, which logically should mean that twenty years have passed here, thus it ought to be the twentieth year of Great Zhou!

But despite his surprise, Wang Chen did not further question it, simply nodding and saying, “I see.”

He suspected that after his return, the relative flow of time between the two worlds must have changed.

Maybe upon returning again, there could be new changes, it is possible that the timelines of both worlds could synchronize!

Thinking this, Wang Chen changed the topic and started inquiring about the origins of the enemy.

It turns out, in these ten years, Wu Zhao and Ling Zhiyuan not only completely annihilated Great Yan but even crushed their northern archenemy, Great Qi, occupying most of its territories.

The remnant forces of Great Qi had no choice but to retreat to the far north, barely clinging on, with obliteration being merely a matter of time.

Following that, Great Zhou swept across its neighbors, annexing a number of small countries, expanding its territory to an unprecedented size!

However, it also faced some overstretching; the newly-formed Great Zhou encountered many internal issues, with uprisings of refugees, bandits, and rebels erupting everywhere.

Wu Zhao had to halt his expansionist endeavors and start managing domestic affairs.

Then, a new enemy appeared!

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