After resting for three days, Long Zhanye had recovered greatly in both body and mind.
The Asura God power he had devoured had also initially stabilized. Since there were no longer any lingering worries, he decided to return to the Body Sect.
Four years.
From the day he had been trapped in Huo Yuhao's Undead Semi-Plane until now, a full four years had passed.
Over those four years, he had returned to the Body Sect countless times in his dreams. And now, at last, he could go back.
A week later.
When he returned to the sect, Long Zhanye's pupils abruptly contracted, and his heart sank hard.
The sect was bleak and desolate.
The disciples who had once shed sweat in the Martial Arts Arena were now nowhere to be seen. Only a few lonely disciples remained.
It was as if the sect had suffered a devastating blow and been driven into an unprecedented low.
Only after Great Elder Golden Roc explained everything did Long Zhanye understand the changes of the past four years.
Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, had fallen.
The Sun Moon army had already captured more than a third of the Heaven Dou Empire's territory.
Though the Heaven Dou Empire's army had fought bravely, before the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools, it had been like a mantis trying to stop a cart.
And the Body Sect, as the Heaven Dou Empire's guardian sect, had been ambushed jointly by the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult on its way to provide support.
The Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer Legion had sealed off space with Level 9 Soul Tools, while several Evil Soul Master Offering Elders from the Holy Spirit Cult had attacked at the same time, surrounding Du Busi.
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