"Wives, did you miss me?"
A tender smile curved Qingyun's lips as he looked at the four anxious women. In a flash, he swept them into his arms and kissed each of them.
"Where did you go?"
"Exactly, you jerk! You had us worried for so long!"
"Qingyun, I missed you so much!"
"Big Brother Qingyun, why were you in seclusion for so long this time?"
Held in Qingyun's arms, Tsunade and the other three women felt his familiar presence and immediately began chattering excitedly.
"Sorry. I spent so long in seclusion because I was integrating all the God of Ōtsutsuki's abilities, and I also made another breakthrough in my Tai Chi Fist cultivation. That was why it took so much time!"
Qingyun initially had no idea how long he had spent in seclusion. After all, while secluded, he had been without thoughts, without any sense of time or space, and could not perceive the passage of time at all.
But the moment he emerged, the changes within himself and the traces of timelines remaining in the Universe told him exactly how long he had been secluded.
In truth, Qingyun had thought he had spent five years in seclusion at most. He had never expected ten years to slip by without his noticing.
"Where are Shion and the others?"
After explaining the gains from his seclusion to Tsunade and the other three women, Qingyun spread his mental power over the entire Ōtsutsuki Planet, but found no sign of Shion and the others.
"That girl is having the time of her life on a strange planet right now. Shall we go take a look too?"
Hearing Qingyun's question, Miroku immediately answered him.
"Oh? Then I'll have to take a look!"
When Qingyun heard that Shion had actually found the Pokémon World,