The Nine-colored Divine Thunder that descended from the heavens caused far less destruction than anyone had anticipated.
However, the Nine-colored Divine Thunder still destroyed the Heavenly Thunder Platform and wounded Chu Feng.
Chu Feng's injuries were extremely severe. Chu Xuan Zhengfa summoned all of the Chu Heavenly Clan's finest healers to treat Chu Feng together. They expended countless miraculous healing medicines and spent nine days and nine nights before they barely managed to pull Chu Feng back from the gates of death.
Even so, Chu Feng did not immediately recover and remained unconscious.
But at least, his life had been saved.
Once the news that Chu Feng was still alive spread, the entire Chu Heavenly Clan was thrown into unrest.
Some were secretly overjoyed. A prodigal son had returned, and he turned out to be a heaven-defying monster of talent — this was the hope of the Chu Heavenly Clan.
But others were troubled. With such extraordinary talent, Chu Feng would undoubtedly receive the Chu Heavenly Clan's most focused cultivation resources. This was extremely unfavorable for those who disliked Chu Xuan Yuan or had grievances against him.
If Chu Feng rose to prominence, it was only a matter of time before Chu Xuan Yuan made his comeback as well.
But as for all these matters in the outside world, Chu Feng knew nothing about them.
All Chu Feng felt was that he had drifted in a haze for what seemed like an eternity, as though he were trapped somewhere with no way to escape. The confusion and panic were overwhelming.
Finally, a beam of light appeared before his eyes. He struggled to move toward it, and at last… his vision became clear.
Chu Feng awoke. When he opened his eyes, he was lying on a peculiar bed, and standing beside it was a woman.
She was blinking her big eyes, looking right at him.
"Chu Feng, you're awake! That's wonderful!"
Seeing Chu Feng regain consciousness, the woman was ecstatic — so overjoyed that she bounced up and down.
"Who… are you?" Chu Feng's head still throbbed intensely, and his mind was not yet fully clear. But he could tell with certainty that he did not recognize the woman before him.
"You don't recognize me?"
"Ahh, I almost forgot — of course you wouldn't recognize me."
"But I know all about you. I knew everything about what happened in the Hundred Refinements Mortal World back then. You still remember Chu Banruo, right? I used to follow Chu Banruo and was responsible for monitoring the Hundred Refinements Mortal World," the woman said.
"Oh, so that's how it is. No wonder you know me," Chu Feng remarked with a faint smile. "Then how should I address you?"
"My name is Chu Yue. If you don't mind, just call me Sister Chu Yue," the woman said with a grin.
"Chu Yue?" Hearing this name, Chu Feng was slightly taken aback.
What a familiar name. In the Lower Realm of Ancestral Martial, within the Chu Family of Qingzhou on the Nine Provinces Continent, there had also been a person named Chu Yue who — much like this woman before him — had given Chu Feng bright and peaceful smiles.
She had been his cousin. Though there was no blood relation between them, she had treated him like a real sister, with extraordinary kindness.
So upon hearing the name Chu Yue, Chu Feng felt a surge of warmth and familiarity.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yue asked, noticing that Chu Feng seemed to have drifted off.
"Nothing. Then I'll call you Sister Chu Yue," Chu Feng said with a smile.