"Phew..."
As Zhang Chen's consciousness returned to his body, he moved his spiritual body, adapting to a body that had not moved for nearly five years. Yet his current physical condition was exceptionally good. He was merely somewhat thin from an energy deficiency caused by consuming nothing but flesh and blood for so long.
However, during the five years his consciousness had been scattered, Tomie had controlled his body and exercised for more than four hours every day.
"Tomie, thank you!"
Zhang Chen sincerely thanked Tomie for taking care of his body over the years and for believing that he could return.
Tomie had now returned to the building in the canyon where she had first stayed. But with life emerging within the Ghoul Stomach World, a clear river had formed in the canyon, and Tomie's home happened to stand beside it, close to a verdant forest.
Of course, because of the privileges Zhang Chen had set, all creatures regarded the canyon where Tomie resided as forbidden ground and could not enter it.
The completion of "Devour Consciousness" had not triggered celestial phenomena like "Devour Souls" before it, nor had it caused any particularly obvious changes to Zhang Chen's overall appearance. Zhang Chen, walking out of the dilapidated wooden cabin, looked little different from when he had entered five years ago. He merely had some stubble now, showing a tendency to evolve into a middle-aged man.
Yet in truth, the change in Zhang Chen's consciousness was enormous.
"A total of four years and eleven months have been spent. There is still one month left of the time Jia Xin bought. With my current state, joining forces with Jia Xin should be enough to kill this prehistoric Dragon Emperor. All of the Dragon Soul Divine Sense within its body will belong