Old Goldwing's speed had already surpassed the speed of light. Even most God-Venerables couldn't perceive him with the naked eye—at best, their divine sense might catch a faint blur.
It was clear just how terrifying Old Goldwing's speed was now—and he was only at early-stage God-Venerable. If he ever reached late-stage God-Venerable, it would be unimaginable...
"Boss, don't worry. With my speed, we'll absolutely make it back in no time."
"Mm, I know. Honestly, I don't really care whether Stormtower or Shadow Divine Palace survive. I'm only worried about Lena, Blue-Shade, Monica, and the others.
If anything happened to them, I'd never forgive myself."
"Hey! Boss, your ladies are blessed—nothing bad will happen to them. Besides, Stormtower is one of the Ten Great Powers in the God Realm, right? It's not just for show, is it?"
Old Goldwing's words made sense. Evan Chu secretly relaxed a little, but they still had to get back as fast as possible.
Soon, Evan Chu and Old Goldwing descended above Stormtower headquarters. But as soon as they appeared, dozens of black shadows shot up to intercept them.
"Who goes there? Intruders die!"
"I'm Evan Chu. I'm here to see your Second Miss. Let me in."
Old Goldwing was about to flap his wings and fly over, but those people immediately drew their swords and charged in, shouting angrily,
"That's him! Kill this bastard and avenge the Temple Master!"
Evan Chu was baffled—he had no idea what they meant. But these people were only at the God-Emperor Realm, nothing to worry about. He just flicked his sleeve, and they were sent flying thousands of meters away. They weren't killed, but they suffered serious internal injuries.
"What's going on?"
Evan sped up and charged straight to the innermost area, but the deeper he went, the more people showed up wanting to kill him—including quite a few Stormtower disciples.
"Stop!"
Lena Zhong heard the fighting and rushed out. When she saw it was Evan Chu, she froze for a moment and then asked a very strange question.
"Are you Evan Chu? The real Evan Chu?"
"Lena, what are you saying? What, you don't even recognize me now?"
Just as Evan was puzzled, the Black Qilin, Silver Dragon, Tao Dream, and others also walked out.
"It's Young Master—he's really the Young Master! The Frostbane Divine Sword might not prove who's real, but that Golden-Winged Roc is absolutely unique in the God Realm."
The Black Qilin spoke excitedly—he knew Evan Chu very well by now.
Evan Chu was even more confused now, unable to make heads or tails of what was going on.
But looking at everyone present, they were all still here. Other than looking exhausted, nothing else seemed to be wrong.
"What exactly happened?"
"Here's what happened, Young Master. After you left Stormtower that day, I followed your orders and took people to Shadow Divine Palace to look for Blue-Shade God-Venerable. But when I got there, Blue-Shade God-Venerable was already gravely injured, barely clinging to life.
And everyone else in Shadow Divine Palace was either dead or had fled—the Palace Master, elders, all of them. Not a single survivor.
The black-clad martial artists you saw outside Stormtower earlier? They were the last survivors of Shadow Divine Palace."
"What?"
Evan's eyes flashed and he rushed to the innermost area to find Blue-Shade God-Venerable and check his injuries.
Silver Dragon kept reporting everything he'd seen and what the Shadow Divine Palace disciples had told him.
Turns out, someone who looked exactly like Evan Chu—and even carried the Frostbane Divine Sword—showed up at Shadow Divine Palace, demanding to see Blue-Shade God-Venerable.
But after meeting with Blue-Shade God-Venerable and a few elders, he suddenly attacked. Then a huge force from Skycloud Palace took advantage of the chaos and stormed in, slaughtering the disciples and elders of Shadow Divine Palace.
The Palace Master of Shadow Divine Palace fought to the death with some of those powerful invaders to protect the palace, while Blue-Shade God-Venerable was rescued just in time by Silver Dragon and the others.
After that, a huge force from Skycloud Palace rushed to Stormtower, trying to take it down too—but the arrival of the Black Qilin made them give up. Meanwhile, something totally unexpected happened over at Lost Gods Valley.
Evan Chu single-handedly wiped out twenty-six God-Venerable Realm experts who'd set up an array to kill him.
It was so unbelievable that Tia Thorn ordered the Skycloud Palace disciples to retreat and report back to the Spirit Lord.
After checking Blue-Shade God-Venerable's injuries, Evan Chu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing too serious—his internal organs were corroded by powerful dark-element energy, and his divine power can't recover on its own.
But I've already used light-element energy combined with powerful wood-element energy to heal him. With some spirit medicine, he'll be back to normal in no time."
"By the way, is anyone else hurt?"
Evan glanced at Monica and Lena Zhong and the rest, and relaxed when everyone shook their heads.
"I was gone a bit too long this time, otherwise none of this would have happened. Still, I gained quite a bit. From now on, if Skycloud Palace sends anyone, they'll never make it back."
Just thinking about the nearly a thousand God-Venerable element spirit beasts he'd raised in his Timewheel Bracelet made Evan's heart race.
"You've changed so much since you came back."
"Really? Qiqi, you noticed?"
"Yeah. I don't even know whether I should call you... Frostbane, or Linfeng."
Hearing Monica say that, the others' eyes changed as they looked at Evan.
"Heh, that's right. This time I've regained all of Frostbane God-Venerable's memories, battle instincts, and bloodline. In fact... after this cycle of reincarnation, I've reached a state even stronger than in my previous life!
But..."