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After dealing with the matter of Mie Yuexi and her daughter, Wang Zhifan then headed to the Martial Lord Hall in Tianyuan City, where he stayed for several hours.

During this time, in addition to resolving the important matters that had been piling up in the Martial Lord's Hall, he also met with several old friends, including Qingyangzi and Huayangzi. He also took the time to give guidance to his good disciple Qin Quan, who had been working hard in the Martial Lord's Hall recently. He promised Qin Quan that if he worked hard again, he would pass on to him the secret method to break through to the innate realm, which immediately boosted Qin Quan's enthusiasm for working hard for the Martial Lord's Hall to a new level.

Once everything was settled, Wang Zhifan left the Calamity Realm again and headed to his next destination: the World of Nation Wars.

Unlike the Calamity Realm, the Kingdom War World is actually not far from Earth, and can even be considered close. However, Wang Zhifan chose to go to the Calamity Realm first and then to the Kingdom War World, which shows that he had not thought about what he was going to do in the Kingdom War World and was somewhat conflicted.

At this moment, passing through the world gap filled with endless spacetime turbulence, Wang Zhifan crossed the world barrier and appeared between heaven and earth in the world of national war, above the capital of Dafeng Kingdom where his tens of thousands of descendants lived.

Similar to his last visit, the capital of Dafeng still exudes the grandeur of an imperial capital, with its outskirts continuing to expand, covering a total area of ​​over 20,000 square kilometers, appearing vibrant and prosperous.

As was customary, Wang Zhifan first went to the palace to check on his great-grandson, who was the emperor, to confirm that he was in good health. He then went to the area around the palace to check on the living conditions of tens of thousands of collateral descendants before heading to the imperial mausoleum on the outskirts of the capital and arriving at the tomb of Empress Rouche of the Great Feng Dynasty.

Wang Zhifan had always felt indebted to Rouche. Although he left her a unified empire, it was a bit too much to ask a woman to raise a child and be an orphan to guard the country. Even though Rouche was conscientious, a major crisis still occurred. If it weren't for the extraordinary Shenfengzi's selfless assistance, the tens of thousands of bloodlines that Wang Zhifan left in this world would probably have been slaughtered.

As his thoughts raced through his mind, Wang Zhifan stood before Rou Che's tomb, looking at the slightly mottled inscriptions on the tombstone, and hesitated for a moment.

"Do I really want to resurrect Rouche? Rouche was already a woman in her sixties when she passed away. How many more years can she live after I resurrect her? If I resurrect her to her youth, will she still be the Empress of Dafeng who experienced the empire's storms? How will she face the Dafeng Empire that inherited her bloodline? How will she face her great-grandson who is now the emperor? Will she be changed into an ordinary person and live on this land? Or will I take her to a completely different world?"

It has to be said that as soon as Wang Zhifan began to consider the impact of reviving Rou Che, he felt that there were many big problems and no good follow-up solutions.

After all, Rouche has been gone from this world for too long. She has long since become a historical figure. If she were to suddenly return to the human world, it would be difficult for her to find her place in the current world, and she would feel out of place.

After thinking it over, Wang Zhifan was unsure of what to do, so he used his identity as a messenger of the underworld to try to communicate with the will of the underworld and ask for their professional advice.

The existence of the will of the underworld permeates the entire multiverse. It responded quickly to the call of Wang Zhifan, a special being, and soon paid attention to him and understood his questions.

“My messenger, you wish to resurrect a human who has been dead for a hundred years? This is not difficult for me, as long as you pay the corresponding price, or you can do it yourself.”

The will of the underworld's response was very formulaic and did not address the aspects that Wang Zhifan cared about most.

"I'm asking about what happens after she's resurrected. What identity should she live under after her resurrection? I think you should have a lot of relevant experience."

Wang Zhifan listened and corrected him, hoping that the will of the underworld would resolve his confusion.

Generally speaking, the will of the underworld is a supreme being. If its messenger speaks to it as if it were chatting casually, it should punish it for disrespect. However, the messenger of the underworld is just the simplest identity of Wang Zhifan. His strength is no less than that of the will of the underworld, so the other party does not feel anything is wrong.

The will of the underworld remained silent for a few seconds before slowly replying:
"My messenger, based on my experience observing many realms, those who return from history often have no place of their own. They can only find new life goals on their own. Only by finding them can they regain meaning in life; otherwise, they will soon return to the underworld."

"Should we let Rouche find a new goal in life? I wonder what choice she will make..."

Having received a professional explanation from the will of the underworld, Wang Zhifan released himself from the call of the underworld messengers and began to use his own spacetime power to peer into the past, searching for traces of Rou Che's existence.

In an instant, his gaze traversed a century of history, from the now prosperous and peaceful Dafeng Empire to that turbulent era.

He saw Rouche, a woman in her sixties, lying on a sickbed in the palace, slowly closing her eyes and passing away surrounded by her children and grandchildren; he saw Rouche, a middle-aged woman who led an army to fight a bloody battle against the rebels to help her son escape the capital; he saw Rouche, a young woman who was reviewing memorials and comforting her crying child in the palace late at night; he saw Rouche, a young girl who had just arrived in Feng Kingdom from the sea and met him again. Each Rouche had once truly existed, yet each Rouche was completely different, one person and yet not the same person.

"Which Rouche should I resurrect? The lively girl who exists in my true memories? Or the resolute mother who fought Feng Xian for her child, as described by Shenfengzi? Or the old empress dowager in the palace who waited for me my whole life but never got to see me?"

After thinking it over, Wang Zhifan further activated his spacetime power, traversing a century of history, and decisively chose to resurrect the old woman Rou Che, who had died not long ago, because he knew that this seemingly most unfamiliar old woman was the one he owed the most.

In an instant, before the tombstone of the Emperor and Empress of Dafeng, appeared the figure of an elderly woman, dressed in luxurious attire but with an extremely poor complexion. She trembled unsteadily, barely able to stand. When Wang Zhifan reached out to support her, she mistook the person standing beside her for her son, and repeatedly said:
"My son...my son...where is this? I feel unwell, please help me to rest. I have something to tell you..."

Listening to the old woman's weak and feeble words, and looking at her almost completely unfamiliar old appearance, Wang Zhifan probably wouldn't have believed that this was the lively and beautiful Princess Rouche of the Sea Kingdom in his memory if he hadn't taken action himself.

"Che, it's me. I've come back to see you."

Wang Zhifan applied extraordinary power to the old woman in front of him to help her stand steadily and breathe smoothly. He then turned to her and solemnly said...

For a moment, the old and frail Rouche squinted her no longer bright eyes and looked up slightly at the tall figure in front of her. The figure and face immediately overlapped with the man in her memory, causing her to freeze in a daze.

After a full two seconds of stunned silence, the elderly Rouche finally smiled with relief and said cheerfully:

"My son, you've never even met your faithless father, how could you impersonate him so perfectly... even the voice is exactly the same... I was almost fooled by you... hehe..."

As she spoke with a smile, the elderly Rouche's eyes slowly welled up with tears. Looking at the emperor's son, whom she believed to be impersonating someone, she seemed lost in a distant memory, her gaze fixed on him, her eyes brimming with tears. Seeing this, Wang Zhifan couldn't bear to interrupt Rouche and waited several seconds before speaking:

"Che, it really is me. I've come back to see you. Our child is over there now."

Reaching out to support Rou Che, whose physical condition was extremely poor, and using his extraordinary power to help her stand up, Wang Zhifan then slowly raised his other hand and pointed to another royal tomb nearby for Rou Che, who had a bewildered expression. It was the tomb of his only child with her, and also the tomb of the long-deceased Emperor of the previous Dafeng Dynasty.

It would generally be inappropriate to direct a mother to the burial place of her child, but considering the old and confused Rou Che's blurred vision and increasingly muddled mind, she did not understand Wang Zhifan's meaning and just looked over blankly.

After a moment of silence, Wang Zhifan revealed his identity to Rouche again, making her gradually realize that the person standing beside her was not her son, but someone she had been waiting for her whole life, the father her child had never seen since childhood.

"Is it really...you? Fan...Brother Fan? You haven't aged at all...I...am already...sob sob sob..."

At this moment, the old and frail Rouche trembled uncontrollably. She raised her thin hands to stroke Wang Zhifan's face, and then tears streamed down her face as she sobbed uncontrollably.

Wang Zhifan let her stroke his cheek, then slowly said:

"Che, I can help you go back to when we first met. Everything can start over. Are you willing?"

"really?"

Upon hearing this, Rouche immediately showed a surprised expression, wiped the tears from her face, and then suddenly pointed to the tombstone next to them and said:
"But Brother Fan, I'm already dead... Let's not do something against the will of Heaven."

It turned out that she had already discovered that her tomb was right next to her, and knew that she had died long ago, no longer in the confused state she had been in at the beginning.

Wang Zhifan wasn't surprised by this, because he chose to resurrect Rou Che next to her tomb to make it easier to verify her past and avoid any trouble in explaining it. Now that Rou Che finally understands, it couldn't be better.

So he went on to say:

"Che, reviving you is my wish. The fact that you are here proves that God has agreed and there is no violation of the will of Heaven... Now let me help you return to the state when we first met. I will make up for what I owe you."

As he spoke, he was about to use his time-space power to help Rou Che return to her youth. The reason he chose to do this was to give Rou Che complete memories, so that even if she became the same as when she was unmarried, she would still know what happened in her past life.

But to Wang Zhifan's surprise, Rou Che immediately shook her head and refused, interrupting his intention to activate his spacetime power, and said directly:
"Brother Fan, if it really is you, then don't do that kind of thing. Just let it be. It's too tiring for me to live it all over again."

As she spoke, she walked unsteadily to her own tombstone and looked at it. Then, she asked Wang Zhifan to help her to the tomb next to it. She confirmed that it was the tomb of her only child, and realized that her child had also passed away long ago. She knew that the present was far removed from the era she was familiar with.

"Brother Fan, have you seen our child? His eyes and nose are exactly like yours, and his mouth is just like mine. He's been very mischievous since he was little, and he's caused me so much worry..."

As a mother, Rouche became very talkative when talking about her child, constantly telling Wang Zhifan about her. Wang Zhifan chose to listen patiently and occasionally respond with a few words.

He told her that he had seen her child, whose presence was almost ubiquitous in the history associated with her.

It's hard for Wang Zhifan to say that he has any deep feelings for this child. He has never truly met him, nor has he ever appeared in his life. Although he knows that the child is his child, the child has already completed his full life as an emperor and probably does not want to see his father, who is the first emperor of Dafeng. The feelings in the imperial family are different from those of ordinary people.

The two chatted for a while longer, and then Rouche turned the topic to the present-day Dafeng Kingdom, wanting to know who the current emperor of Dafeng was and whether the country was prosperous. Wang Zhifan answered all her questions.

Upon hearing that the current Emperor of Dafeng was their great-grandson and that the entire empire was in a state of stable development, Rouche couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"Brother Fan, my lifelong dedication to Dafeng has not been in vain. The fact that future generations can maintain stability and peace in the world is more valuable than any great achievement."

At this point in the conversation, Rouche seemed very tired and wanted to fall asleep. Wang Zhifan then asked her again to return to her youth, but she refused again and even asked him to send her back to her original time.

"Brother Fan, I have no regrets in this life for being able to see you again... Although you came a little late, I know you must have had your own difficulties, and I don't blame you... Please send me back, this era does not belong to me... I have never regretted marrying you, and I hope that in my next life I can meet you again when I am young and beautiful."

With a smile, the elderly Rouche spoke her last words to Wang Zhifan before slowly closing her eyes and reaching the end of her life.

Wang Zhifan did not use his time-space powers to revive her, as that would be disrespectful to her personal wishes. Instead, he chose to use his time-space powers to send her back a hundred years to that imperial palace, to her bedside, where she could leave her era with dignity, surrounded by her descendants.

Perhaps in Rouche's final moments, she had a similar dream, in which a heartless man resurrected her a hundred years in the future, wanting to make her young again and live another life, but she resolutely refused.

Because the noble Rouche has her own principles, she doesn't believe her life needs a second chance. Even though the past is full of regrets, she's happy to accept it. After all, sometimes imperfection is a kind of perfection, a most authentic kind of perfection. (End of Chapter)