Li Yan first let out a string of laughter and said, "Very good." The calm he had maintained all along turned into a smile that came straight from his heart.
This was the first piece of good news he had received in nearly two days. Although Qianji could not be revived immediately, there were no further hidden problems within Qianji's soul.
Moreover, Li Yan still possessed a Soul-Returning Pill obtained from the Soul-Suppressing Palace. It was a precious pill with heaven-defying effects in restoring souls.
Even if only a wisp of the other party's soul remained, and the three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls were no longer whole, this pill could restore the soul.
"I really do have a way to make Qianji's soul whole again and revive him. It will take around five hundred years, though there may be hope of an earlier awakening!"
Li Yan continued.
According to what Xue Tieyi had said back then, because the Soul-Returning Pill secretly accorded with the principle of the soul's seven-seven Heavenly Escape, it normally required four hundred and ninety-nine years to revive a complete soul.
Though the time sounded rather long, it was undoubtedly already something heaven-defying.
After hearing Li Yan's words, Zi Kun froze on the spot, his entire body stiffening. This result was something he had never imagined; it had caught him completely off guard.
In Zi Kun's heart, merely being able to temporarily stabilize Qianji's soul and let him remain in this world for a few more years had already been an expectation and a longing.
Yet Li Yan's answer had been so direct that Zi Kun suddenly found himself unable to accept it.
"Qianji... Qianji can have his... his soul revived?"
Only after more than a dozen breaths did Zi Kun's anxious voice ring out,