"Grandpa, when will Dad be back!?"
In Wang Shouyi's villa, a childlike voice echoed through the spacious hall.
Of Yu Zhibo's three children, the eldest son Yu Chengsong called Yu Zhibo "Father," the second son Yu Chengze called him "Daddy," and the one asking the question was naturally Yu Shuya, who was accustomed to calling Yu Zhibo "Dad."
It was unknown how this habit of different terms of address had formed.
After Yu Shuya's question, her brothers Yu Chengsong and Yu Chengze both looked at Wang Shouyi with anticipation.
The three siblings, with their cute cat-patterned schoolbags on their backs and wearing matching school uniforms, looked like golden children and jade girls, instantly evoking affection.
Bai Chanyi, who was stuffing snacks and pencil cases into the three little ones' schoolbags, also turned her gaze to her father upon hearing the question.
Wang Shouyi suddenly felt a bit awkward.
Given Yu Zhibo's personality, upon discovering that eight years had passed, he should have returned to Earth immediately, which was why he had said Yu Zhibo would be back in a day or two.
But now it was the third day, and even with his immense power, being pressed by his daughter and grandsons like this for three days had made him feel immense pressure.
"According to Dao Sage, Zhibo has ascended to the 99 Divine Ranks. He is likely still consolidating his realm. Don't worry, he will definitely return."
"You, if you weren't sure, you shouldn't have made such a hasty conclusion. Look at how you've left the children in limbo. My in-laws have called me several times, asking when Zhibo will return. I don't know what to tell them."
Bai Lanzhi, who was clearing the dining table, spoke with a hint of reproach.
Eight years was not much for the long lifespan of the Celestial Fox clan. Bai Lanzhi remained as beautiful as ever, with only a touch more gentleness in her eyes after having three grandchildren.
Wang Shouyi wore a wry smile and said no more, as he had been the one to boast first.
"I'll take the children to school first." Bai Chanyi shook her head and led the three little ones out.
Dressed in ancient attire, Bai Chanyi moved with light steps. After leaving the living room, she walked along the ten-meter corridor on the right, turned left around the fountain, and then ascended the steps lined with neatly trimmed holly bushes. Soon, she arrived at the open-air parking lot.
Unlike the underground parking lot, the open-air parking lot was filled with hovercars, sixteen of them.
These hovercars were the latest models developed by Longxiang Group five years ago, products of extraordinary technology powered by spiritual energy. They were neatly arranged in the open-air parking lot, with sleek lines and a flowing radiance. Each one cost over fifty million, and the spiritual energy consumed for a single drive was an astronomical sum for ordinary people.
But clearly, as Wang Shouyi's daughter and Tong Di Yu Zhibo's wife, these expenses were not a burden for her.
In fact, with Bai Chanyi's cultivation level, she could reach any unknown place on Earth in an instant. However, she couldn't refuse the three little ones' fondness for watching the scenery along the way, especially their enjoyment of riding in hovercars, so she indulged them.
Soon, she chose a fiery red hovercar. This was a flying car specially designed by Longxiang Group for women, incorporating numerous phoenix elements. It was a limited edition Longxiang-Fengyao 488. Once airborne, it immediately made its driver the protagonist of the sky, attracting countless envious glances.
After securing the three little ones in the child seats in the back, Bai Chanyi sat in the driver's seat and activated the spiritual energy engine. The hovercar soon lifted off silently, then transformed into a streak of light and rapidly sped away.
Meanwhile—
In the Arctic ice fields, within a sixteen-meter-deep ice layer, a weapon fragment was frozen. On this fragment, there was an inscribed mark, precisely Yu Zhibo's Flying Thunder God Mark.
This weapon fragment seemed to have been dropped by a defeated extraordinary cultivator from the Dragon Country who had once fought in this area. Its edges had begun to show signs of rust.
Suddenly, a tall figure appeared beside the weapon fragment, gradually solidifying from an ethereal state.
The moment his body solidified, the solid ice within a radius of several hundred meters instantly vaporized. Then, the entire space became turbulent, beginning to shatter, destroy, and finally turn into dust, even the spatial laws maintaining the balance of this area became chaotic.
"Finally, I'm back!"
At the center of the deep pit, Yu Zhibo's lips curled into a smile, his eyes filled with nostalgia.
"I didn't realize it before, but after fusing with the Chaos Law, I find the laws of this Earth... truly weak..."
Around him, over twenty essences of law were swirling, causing the ice fields to tremble and the surrounding space to be destroyed. This was because he had just returned to Earth and couldn't quite control the scale of his power.
This was also why he had chosen not to teleport directly to Wang Shouyi's side.
As it turned out, his decision was correct.
If he had appeared in Wang Shouyi's villa in this state, even with Wang Shouyi present, the entire villa would have likely turned to dust in an instant.
If his wife and children had also perished as a result, he would have had no place to cry.
"So many spatial wormholes, and also Eternal Night alien beasts!"
His massive divine sense instantly covered a distance of several thousand miles. Yu Zhibo's eyes narrowed slightly. "As expected, after eight years, the fusion between the Eternal Night world and Earth has deepened further."
His body floated up from the ice pit and in the blink of an eye, he ascended several thousand miles. Looking down at the vast expanse of white ice fields, his expression was somewhat solemn.
At this moment, countless Eternal Night alien beasts were either occupying territories, galloping across the ice fields, or fighting each other on the ice fields, appearing extremely chaotic.
And from several spatial wormholes not far away, Eternal Night alien beasts were also roaring and flying out, appearing as dense as locusts.
"I wonder how the Dragon Country is doing. But with the National Destiny Shield, I expect there won't be any major changes."
Thinking this, Yu Zhibo moved his will, and two shadow clones identical to him appeared beside him, one with a roguish demeanor, the other cold and aloof.
"I see several training teams from the Dragon Country on these ice fields. You two should keep an eye on them and prevent them from being killed by the Eternal Night alien beasts. Also, find an opportunity to investigate the distribution of forces from the Demon Country and the Ghost Country. I'm returning to the country first."
The Arctic ice fields, strictly speaking, belonged to the Ghost Country and the Demon Country, so Yu Zhibo did not intend to help them deal with the wormholes and Eternal Night alien beasts in this region.
With his current level of strength, he increasingly felt the weakness of this planet. Even though the Eternal Night world was merging with Earth and the space was becoming more stable, it was still too fragile.
Therefore, even if he wanted to intervene, it was best to handle it with his lower-level clones.
With this thought, his figure flickered and disappeared from the spot. The next moment he reappeared, he was already within the borders of the Dragon Country.
And the moment he entered the Dragon Country, the already golden National Destiny Shield erupted with an incomparably brilliant light.
In the next second, the National Destiny Shield let out bursts of roaring sounds. Void beasts that had been hidden in the void, secretly observing the Dragon Country's void, were instantly revealed in their true forms and then exploded.
The Dragon Country's National Destiny was ten dou, and Yu Zhibo alone accounted for four dou!
Due to his return, the Dragon Country's fortune had surged!