"You're back!"
Ray Chu saw Ian Song and showed no hint of hatred. Instead, his face was filled with joy and excitement.
The title 'Demon King Chu' had already spread throughout Manggu Continent, and the Chu Family had benefited greatly. Countless families and factions scrambled to curry favor with the Chu Family, so over these eight years, their expansion had been rapid.
"Mm!"
Ian Song nodded.
Ray Chu added, "I'll have someone prepare a banquet right away. The two of us brothers should have a proper drink together!"
"Alright!"
Ian Song nodded again.
News of Ian Song's return to Gracefield Town spread quickly. Soon, all the major powers nearby came to pay their respects. Ian picked a few people to meet, laying a network of connections for the Chu Family—after all, he would soon be leaving this world.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for Ian Song’s agreed meeting with Drake Liu. Ian made his way to the Dragonfolk once again.
But Drake Liu no longer wished to leave this world. After all, he had lived here for so many years, with many things he couldn't let go of. Now that he was more mature and had a wife and children here, how could he just walk away?
Ian understood, drank with Drake, and when Drake was thoroughly drunk, he quietly slipped away.
What Ian didn’t expect was that when he returned to Gracefield Town, Muse and Winnie of the Blood Demon Race came to him of their own accord, begging him not to abandon them.
With Joy’s help, Ian agreed to take them in, which made both women overjoyed.
Ian stayed in Gracefield Town for another half a month before preparing to return.
Before leaving, he helped Ray Chu condense his Sun-Soul, stationed the Soul Guard puppets he seized from the Ji Clan at the Chu Family to guard them, and left several Sovereign-grade scriptures and some divine medicines and treasure herbs.
He believed that as long as the Chu Family developed steadily, they could become a top-tier power in the Mystic Sun Domain within a hundred years.
As for whether anyone would dare to target the Chu Family, he doubted anyone would have the guts. After all, during that half month, news had spread across the continent that Ian had killed the two Transcenders of the True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix Clans.
At first, many people doubted it—after all, Transcenders were just too powerful. How could they possibly be killed?
But as the Dragon and Phoenix Clans remained silent...
Everyone basically accepted the news as true, and some even declared that Demon King Chu was now the number one expert of Manggu Continent.
Just having the title of Manggu Continent’s number one is enough to guarantee the Chu Family’s prosperity for a hundred years.
This time, the people returning to the Main World with Ian were: Lynne Ward, Chloe Snow, Lena Wei, Vivian Ouyang, Rosie Ning, Bella Bai, Yanna Zhou, Muse, and Winnie—nine in total. As for Cici and Joy, since they came to this world with Ian, of course they would go back with him.
Originally, Conrad Wu planned to leave with Ian as well, but Ian refused, telling him to stay at the Chu Family as a guest elder.
Wes Wei and Holly Hong also stayed behind at the Chu Family as guest elders.
After placing the women into the Divine Temple, Ian silently activated the return authority. A gentle power wrapped around him, and in the next moment, he vanished from where he stood.
Of the three golden world gates, two had already vanished completely, leaving only the last one.
However, his strength had already reached the Golden Immortal tier, so traversing any more worlds was now meaningless.
"I wonder if the System will create a higher-level world?"
Thinking of this, he directly asked the System sprite Meow-Meow.
Meow-Meow replied solemnly, "The System had you traverse these worlds to quickly boost your strength. Now that you've reached the Golden Immortal tier, the traverse function will be abolished!"
"Abolish the traverse function!"
Ian was a bit surprised, but thinking about it, it made sense.
Meow-Meow continued, "Your power has surpassed what the Mortal Strata can bear. The System will hide you from the Mortal Heaven’s Will for three months. After that, you must leave the mortal world and ascend to a Ranked Immortal World!"
"Only three months? Can't I stay a bit longer?"
Ian tried to bargain. Honestly, he didn’t want to leave the mortal world so soon.
Meow-Meow said, "The Mortal Heaven’s Will is extremely powerful. If the System didn’t conceal you, it would erase you!"
"The Mortal Heaven’s Will is really that strong?"
Ian was genuinely surprised.
Meow-Meow impatiently replied, "Of course! Aqua-Blue Star is just one of billions of planets in the Mortal Strata, and the Mortal Heaven’s Will monitors all of them. Even if you reached Profound Immortal or Ancestral Immortal, you’d still struggle to escape erasure!"
"Will I be able to come back in the future?" Ian asked again.
"Once you surpass the Mortal Heaven’s Will, you can come back!" Meow-Meow replied.
"Just how strong is the Mortal Heaven’s Will?"
"Stronger than Immortals!"
Ian was shocked. "Does that mean the Heaven’s Will is as strong as gods?"
"Enough! The System is about to undergo a major update. Get lost! It won’t reopen until you ascend!"
"Screw you!"
Cursing Meow-Meow, Ian left the space and returned to the study in his villa.
He had spent nearly ten years in that world, but the time ratio was ten to one, so less than a day had passed in the Main World.
Last time, he had only brought Diana Toba, Lila Li, Wendy Lin, Lena Ling, and his maid Raina Quinn back. This time, he brought nine women at once.
He wondered if his wives would have any opinions about it.
For a moment, Ian felt a headache coming on.
Just as he hesitated about whether to let the women out of the Divine Temple, the study door was pushed open.
"Husband, you're back."
It was Lila Li who entered, followed by Diana Toba.
"Huh, did you come back alone?"
Diana Toba deliberately glanced around the study, smiling as she asked.
Ian braced himself and said, "I came back alone, do you believe me?"
"If we believed you, sows would climb trees!"
A voice came from the doorway, and then Hannah Han, Susie, Lily, Autumn, Kara Moran, Lena Yu, Wendy Lin, Coco Guan, Lillian Liu, and Lena Ling all arrived one after another.
It was Hannah Han who said this.
"Brother Ian, how many sisters did you bring back this time? Hurry and let them out so we can meet them!" Coco Guan said with a grin.
"That’s right, junior brother, we don’t mind. Just invite them all out!" Lena Ling chimed in.
Lillian Liu winked at Ian, her eyes glinting with playful mischief.
Since there was no hiding it, Ian braced himself and said, "Alright, I’ll let them all out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ian waved his hand, and instantly, eleven beautiful women with distinct temperaments appeared in the study.
Cici and Joy were already familiar faces; excluding them, there were nine new arrivals.
To think he actually brought back nine at once! Instantly, the women’s gazes toward him turned unfriendly. Hannah especially looked like she wanted to beat him black and blue—this guy was just too much, going to another world and bringing back nine more sisters.
"Well, you all chat—I’ve got some things to handle!"
Ian tried to make an excuse and was about to slip away.
"Don’t you dare leave!"
Hannah Han glared fiercely.
"Ian, what’s the rush? You haven’t even introduced these sisters to us yet!" Diana Toba said with a smile, though her eyes flashed with a hint of menace.