On the streets of Jinxi County that morning, the oppressive heat of summer gradually began to emerge with the rising sun.
Zhang Chen sat atop a roof, feeling the purest, most cleansing aura of Jinxi County in the early morning. Returning home brought a comfort that came from the depths of his soul.
Zhang Chen was already twenty-three this year. Because of the Body Devouring Heart Sutra, his body was no longer as strong as it had once been.
Yet his face bore the maturity and steadiness that only time could carve into a person. Though he was not as overly cautious as someone like Jia Xin, this carefree life was precisely what Zhang Chen wanted.
It was not until yesterday that the overall construction of Tianfu City had finally been completed.
Bringing his parents, relatives, and friends back home should have given Zhang Chen an unprecedented sense of relaxation. Yet lying in his familiar bed, he kept tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
Scene after scene flashed through his mind like a projector, replaying everything from the beginning of Chaos Descends at fast-forward speed.
Over the past few months, Zhang Chen had naturally met with Liu Nuo, who had secretly aided him. Thanks to Ksitigarbha King's technology, Liu Nuo now possessed an artificial body and could integrate into human society like an ordinary person. Meanwhile, Zhang Chen's hidden status as a prison warden easily allowed Liu Nuo to remain a prison envoy and continue her research peacefully at her old workplace in Tianfu City.
After Ksitigarbha King's death, Lu Sheng had deliberately waited until Zhang Chen returned before bidding farewell and leaving. Little Nirvana had already become a nightmare and headed for Ling's Realm. Whether he went to the Insect Realm or the Blood Realm was now his