The return journey went much more smoothly than the trip there.
At the very least, they did not encounter any distressed human Soul Masters along the way, nor any foolish Soul Beasts that lacked the sense to offer themselves up as an extra meal for Shen Hanyu.
Tian Meng and the Frost Snake Demon were both asleep within the Sea of Consciousness. Unless they woke on their own, they would only awaken if Shen Hanyu encountered a life-threatening situation.
Both of them had chosen a soul-burning sacrificial method. Being able to preserve their consciousness was already very fortunate. As for falling asleep, that was not much of a problem. Soul Beasts of their age could sleep for several thousand years at a time.
And there was also the inheritance the Frost Snake Demon had left Shen Hanyu... ah, no, her gift.
There were a full eleven Soul Bones of various kinds. Seven had been produced after Frost Snakes died. Three were thousand-year Soul Bones, while the remaining four were all Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones. The highest-ranked one had reached the fifty-thousand-year level, and it was an exceptionally rare Torso Soul Bone. Such a Soul Bone would be enough to make Titled Douluo come forward and fight over it anywhere on the continent.
Most of the rest were arm bones or leg bones, but they were generally complete and of acceptable quality. Shen Hanyu planned to distribute them to people close to him. As for whether they could fuse with them, that was no longer Shen Hanyu's concern.
The remaining four Soul Bones were all over ten thousand years old: three arm bones and one Right Leg Bone. They ranged from twenty-five thousand to sixty thousand years old and were unquestionably top-tier Soul Bones. What Soul Beasts they had come