Early the next morning.
An airship engraved with feather patterns and blazing with light soared into the sky above Black Iron City like the rising sun.
The airship flew northeast toward the marquisate's capital, Feather Transformation City.
Aboard were Yu Xinglan, Yue Qingcang, Mu Qingtan, and the other high-ranking members of the Feather Transformation Marquisate, bringing Gu Chenfeng, Lu Chongyue, and the others back with them.
Several courtyard residences had been built on the enormous airship, giving everyone their own quarters without disturbing one another.
Gu Chenfeng also had a small courtyard of his own aboard the ship.
It contained several rooms, pavilions and towers, artificial mountains and flowing water, as well as a separate training room and spirit-gathering formation.
For this journey to Feather Transformation City, Gu Chenfeng had brought only Tongtong and the Three Kings.
He had left Liu Youfang behind to look after Black Iron City.
Ling Wanshuang and the other two had also returned to their respective main cities to handle the reconstruction.
During the unrest in Xilin Commandery, the four border cities, led by Black Iron City, had all rendered great service.
Acting as regents, Yu Xinglan and the others had already rewarded everyone in advance, leaving them elated and brimming with enthusiasm.
At that moment, Gu Chenfeng was meditating in the training room in his rear courtyard.
The training room had concealing restrictions, and Gu Chenfeng had added a formation of his own to block outside probing.
After a long cycle of breathing, Gu Chenfeng slowly stopped circulating his art and assessed his own aura.
"My power of profound meaning and flesh are far stronger than they were even at my previous peak!"
In the final battle in the Southwestern Borderlands, Gu Chenfeng had endured countless dangers, escaping certain death time and again.