After bidding farewell to Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan, Bai Xiaowen returned to Crane-Cry Mountain in the Three Kingdoms Plane World through the River Map Grand Formation.
This time, no Yellowstone Strongman appeared to stop him from leaving the formation.
Although there was still some remaining time in the Three Kingdoms Plane World, there was no need to linger any longer.
Awakened generally used this kind of Free Exploration Time to dig up minor errand-type side quests and earn some extra money.
But Bai Xiaowen was now the emperor of Great Yan. Teammates such as Qiao Rui, Li Shuyi, Han Xu, and Cecilia had all accumulated military merit and been named great generals. Who could possibly give them side quests? It would be more like they were the ones handing out side quests to other Awakened.
They had also been away from Earth for a long time.
After the five of them met up, they unanimously decided to return to Earth—naturally, bringing along Bai Xiaowen's new Follower, Zhen Mi.
After riding along on the Grand Unification achievement, Camille Squad returned as well.
Although Camille had used a special item to follow Bai Xiaowen into the Three Kingdoms Plane, they were not on the same team after all. Therefore, during the clearance settlement screen, the two teams were not together and settled their rewards separately.
Beneath the starry sky, scene after scene flipped past like the pages of an illustrated album.
In the end, the image froze on the page where Bai Xiaowen ascended the throne as emperor and accepted the homage of officials great and small atop the Abdication Altar.
Although his venture into the Daoist Gate Ancestral Court had also been a substantial side storyline, it had not been recorded by the Spirit Realm Rules.
Bai Xiaowen received a