Tongtian had brought seven thousand Eastern Palace Guards into the Bottomless Abyss back then, and they had all reached the Quasi-Saint level by now.
The reason they had achieved such astonishing results was mainly due to the Bottomless Abyss's exceptionally abundant resources and incredibly dense spiritual energy!
But an even more important point was that something had gone wrong with the primordial universe, causing their cultivation results to be somewhat inflated.
Over the past seven years, Northern Nether City and the Northern Wilderness, protected by the formation, had merely grown more vibrant. Nothing else had changed!
Sect Master Tongtian had not returned to Haojing for a full seven years. Seven years ago, he had returned once a month to visit his mother, Queen Mother Fang.
After going to the Bottomless Abyss, however, he had not returned even once!
As for his father, King Zhou Zhao, he had been waging campaigns everywhere.
They had only kept in touch through a few letters, and even that connection had been severed during those seven years!
Haojing.
The empress sat silently in her bedchamber, looking haggard.
Although she was not very old and was still in the prime of her life at just over thirty, strands of white hair had already begun to appear!
"Your Highness, you should eat."
Sheng Ji walked before Queen Mother Fang, bowed, and spoke softly.
Sheng Ji was no longer the little girl she had once been. Her beauty could topple kingdoms, her figure was incredibly alluring, and even her voice was exceptionally pleasant!
The little girl had grown up!
"I have no appetite. Go eat."
Queen Mother Fang smiled bitterly and shook her head, gently patting Sheng Ji's small hand.
"These years, I owe it to your company. Otherwise, I truly wouldn't know how to get through them."