Chu Xisheng had clearly reached a state free of desire and self, no longer attached to outward appearances or stirred within.
Yet when Wen Suyi reached into the bed curtains, somehow getting dressed turned into getting undressed, ruining the makeup she had painstakingly arranged and tearing her dress to shreds.
Only five double-hours later did Chu Xisheng finally struggle out of Wen Suyi's temporary palace.
He really could not stay any longer.
Today was not only the day Lu Luanli emerged from seclusion; Chu Xisheng had also arranged to meet several honored guests.
Those honored guests were the three human Demon Gods led by Zangtian, along with Yin Empress Si Huangquan.
They should actually have met to discuss matters long ago.
Three days earlier, however, Zangtian and Ziyu had commanded millions of troops in a battle against the gods at the southernmost reaches of Southern Heaven, fighting for an entire day and night.
The gods had thrown almost everything they had into that battle, forcing the two gods to fight desperately for their lives.
Although the Wooden Sword Immortal had supplied them throughout with primordial qi drawn from the Creation Mother Tree, they had still suffered grievous injuries and had to enter a brief slumber to purge the lingering Heavenly Order Power from their bodies and recover from their wounds.
Both sides had been forced to postpone the meeting until four days later.
Chu Xisheng absolutely could not slight these human forebears, whose accomplishments were so great and who had always protected him as he grew, much less allow pleasure between man and woman to delay matters bearing on the rise and fall of the human race.
Chu Xisheng actually also wanted to meet Time God Zhu Guangyin and Ming Eternal Ages's group.
Unfortunately, the injuries of Ming Eternal Ages