Not only that, he had also brought over his parents, as well as his uncle—Xu Ningtian, father of Xu Chengye, the current crown prince of the Sun-Moon Empire.
"Father, Mother, Uncle."
Shen Lian bowed respectfully to the three elders, then said to them,
"I will be going to the Far North. At the shortest, I'll be gone for one month; at the longest, three. The situation on the Douluo Continent will depend on you to keep stable."
Xu Ningtian patted him on the shoulder and said solemnly,
"Go without worry. With us here, nothing will go wrong."
He was now the crown prince of the Sun-Moon Empire and handled state affairs with ease. With him holding down the fort, Shen Lian naturally felt at ease.
Shen Lian's parents also nodded, their eyes filled with concern.
"Be careful."
"Mm."
Shen Lian answered, then turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing and the other two.
Zhu Zhuqing and Liu Yuxi stepped forward and gently took Shen Lian's hands. Their eyes were filled with reluctance as they said to him,
"We'll complete our God Trials properly and wait for you to return."
The two were now inheritors of the God of Darkness and the Goddess of Life. Their God Trials had reached a critical stage, so they could only continue them on the Douluo Continent.
Liu Yuxi and Zhu Zhuqing both nodded, their eyes full of anticipation.
Shen Lian smiled and rubbed Zhu Zhuqing and Liu Yuxi's hair.
"Take care of yourselves."
With that, Shen Lian hesitated no longer. He turned, shot into the sky, and transformed into a streak of dark-purple light that flew toward the Far North.
With Shen Lian's current strength, which was close to godhood, his flying speed had reached an extreme.
In less than half a day, he could