The King of Reincarnation listened with great solemnity, committing everything Tie Zhu said to memory and promising to respect every opinion it offered.
One glance at the Underground City as it stood now told him that, during his absence, the Nine Provinces' Unusual Person World had continued to flourish and develop in an orderly fashion under Tie Zhu's leadership. Its management skills might be no worse than his own.
"Jiang Chen, could you bear to part with your son and let him serve as my deputy?" the King of Reincarnation asked earnestly after some thought.
"Heh, Reincarnation, you've made progress after all this time apart. You've even learned to poach people from me, Lao Jiang?" Jiang Chen sneered.
The King of Reincarnation's brow twitched. He really wanted to slap himself. Why did I go and provoke this little bastard? Wasn't I just giving him a chance to mock me?
"All right, enough talk. Let's each enter seclusion. Everyone, I hope we all survive this great calamity!" The King of Reincarnation hurriedly changed the subject.
There was little celebration. After a brief round of cheers and excitement, the Nine Provinces' powerhouses departed, some to heal their injuries and others to enter seclusion and seek breakthroughs.
Some of the valuable things seized from the Yin Gods were distributed according to need among the Nine Provinces' current top powerhouses.
Everyone soon grew busy, a faint sense of urgency and unease lingering in every heart.
Shortly after the Yin Gods retreated into the Restricted Zones, new changes had occurred outside those zones. Phantom images of ancient altars appeared across the sky, incense smoke rising from them as though they were ushering something in.
Although the Yin Gods had been driven back for the moment, the third round of upheaval was far from over. According