After a brief period of darkness, Wang Chen woke up.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a familiar sight—the secret chamber within Hanhai Dao Palace.
This time, Wang Chen had still descended by Soul Descent.
In truth, after entering the Nascent Soul great realm, he had already gained the ability to perform a True Body Descent and could come down directly.
However, a True Body Descent consumed an enormous amount of spiritual energy, requiring Wang Chen to invest far more Spirit Stones into the Cangqing Ring. The cost of descending would therefore be extremely high.
Furthermore, if his true body descended into the Cangqing Realm, it would suffer greater rejection, and the time he could remain would inevitably be drastically shortened.
Thus, after considering all these factors, Wang Chen still chose Soul Descent.
Moreover, not much time had passed since his previous descent. As soon as Wang Chen awoke, he immediately sensed a subtle imbalance between his Divine Soul and this body.
His Divine Soul was now far stronger than before, which was why this happened.
But it was not a serious problem.
After readjusting to the body, Wang Chen spread out his Divine Sense and immediately found Xi Jun within the Dao Palace. He promptly sent her a secret message.
Before long, hurried footsteps sounded outside the secret chamber.
With a sweep of Wang Chen's sleeve, the chamber door instantly opened.
The next moment, a graceful figure rushed in and threw herself into his arms. "My lord!"
Xi Jun wore a crescent-white Daoist robe. Whether in appearance or figure, she was no different from when Wang Chen had last departed, as if time had frozen upon her.
Not only that, her aura had become even more otherworldly. Clearly, her cultivation had deepened considerably.
Wang Chen stroked Xi Jun's