"Your Majesty... it really is Your Majesty... I really waited until you returned..."
Baili Shouyue kowtowed excitedly without stopping, just as he had when Qin Jun left. Only, this was not the Heavenly Emperor Stone Palace, and his forehead was incredibly hard. Rather than bleeding, each kowtow cracked the ground.
Seeing him like this, Qin Jun could not help feeling heartsore.
For Baili Shouyue, it might have been countless ages.
But for Qin Jun, it had only been a brief moment. Seeing how much Baili Shouyue had changed struck him deeply.
"You didn't recognize me earlier?"
Qin Jun asked irritably. No matter how much resentment he had held, it vanished at the sight of Baili Shouyue weeping with tears streaming down his aged face.
Baili Shouyue lay prone on the ground, sobbing. "I know I was wrong... Your Majesty... I finally waited for you..."
Qin Jun had only been at the Manifestation Saint Realm earlier. Baili Shouyue had never seen Qin Jun during that stage, and his aura changed with every breakthrough. Moreover, Qin Jun had not yet inherited the Blazing Flames Great Dao.
Now that Qin Jun had returned from the Chaos Era, his aura was exactly the same as Baili Shouyue remembered it. That was why he recognized him so quickly.
Of course, the most crucial reason was that Qin Jun had called his name.
Yang Jian and Hou Yi's mouths hung wide open, and they could not close them for a long while.
This absurdly powerful mighty expert had actually knelt before Qin Jun and called him Your Majesty?
One moment, they had been facing a life-and-death crisis. The next, their enemy had submitted to Qin Jun?
The reversal was so drastic that even Yang Jian and Hou Yi, who had surpassed Saints, stood there dumbfounded, their