Chapter 579: The Dust Has Settled

It took a full three days.

Lu Xun completed the Nine Tribulations Lock Demon.

Although setting it up is not difficult, it still requires some time.

This process was still a victory; the past life's will attempted to counterattack several times, but Lu Xun resolved them all with his absolute strength.

Once one possesses sufficient strength, many things become simple.

So, this time is much easier than the time with Gu Yao.

Fu Tianze's past life was itself far inferior to Gu Yao's.

After the setup was complete, Lu Xun began a new round of inscribing the formation.

After his attainment in formation arts broke through to the eleventh rank, he gained a new understanding of the Nine Tribulations Lock Demon Formation.

Lu Xun wanted to do more—not only to let Fu Tianze's present life take the lead, but also to let Fu Tianze completely turn his past life into a memory, into nourishment for himself.

So, Lu Xun spent several more days completing all the formations.

"All set!"

It lasted about half a month in total, and everything was settled.

Lu Xun clapped his hands, calling it a day.

"Lu Xun, how is it?"

Fu Yue walked over and wiped the sweat from Lu Xun's forehead.

While Lu Xun was setting up the Nine Tribulations Lock Demon Formation, he had already sent a voice transmission telling her what he was doing, to prevent Fu Yue from worrying.

"No big problem, but it needs some time to recover."

While speaking, Lu Xun flicked a pill into Fu Tianze's mouth.

Fu Tianze now seemed to have entered a deep sleep, motionless.

When Gu Yao was first sealed, Ran Bing quickly came out.

The reason it's different is because Fu Tianze himself is left with only an obsession.

Having an obsession means there is still hope for salvation.

But saving him requires time.

This time will not be short.

"Thank you, Lu Xun."

After Xu Xiuzhen stepped forward to check Fu Tianze's condition, she said gratefully.

She was somewhat weak.

Fortunately, it was nothing serious.

"Auntie, you don't need to be so polite. Give him one of these pills every seven days, talk to him more, tell him about your past, and after a year or so he should recover. I've been staying at Lan Xing all this time; if anything happens, I'll come right away."

Lu Xun handed over a bottle of pills.

"Okay."

Xu Xiuzhen took it.

Then everyone moved Fu Tianze into a building.

To be safe, Lu Xun laid down several layers of formations here.

He also stayed a bit longer at the Fu family residence, so that if the past life retaliated, he could deal with it immediately.

Lu Xun's earlier strategy was normal: he nearly exhausted the past life's mental strength, then in one go used the Sleep Demon Curse to put the opponent to sleep.

Next, he inscribed the Nine Tribulations Lock Demon Formation.

Afterward, nothing major went wrong.

There were also a few signs of counterattack, but because Lu Xun was constantly monitoring, he easily suppressed them.

Xu Xiuzhen stayed with Fu Tianze the whole time, while Fu Yue accompanied her own mother.

As for Fu Xue, she was accompanying Lu Xun.

Of course, because there were important matters, Lu Xun did not engage in any inappropriate intimacy with Fu Xue.

Thus,

After a few months, the Nine Tribulations Lock Demon Formation became completely stable.

Plus the effect of the Sleep Demon Curse.

This completely cut off the possibility of the past life's counterattack.

Now it's just a matter of when Fu Tianze will awaken.

After another few months, Fu Tianze remained in deep sleep.

But one day after a year, Fu Tianze's finger twitched suddenly.

"Moved, moved~"

Xu Xiuzhen noticed the change, her face showing delight.

Fu Tianze seemed to want to open his eyes, but he couldn't manage to.

Until after another few months, on this day he finally opened his eyes.

His eyes were full of confusion.

"Tianze, Tianze..."

Xu Xiuzhen hurried forward.

Fu Tianze stared fixedly at her; only after looking for a long time did he struggle to raise his hand.

Xu Xiuzhen quickly placed his hand on her own face.

Over the next few days, Fu Tianze stayed like that, most of the time each day staring blankly at Xu Xiuzhen.

Until a few more months passed.

Finally, Fu Tianze seemed to recall something, opened his mouth, and wanted to speak.

It took him several days just to speak, and he finally uttered two words: "Xiu... Xiuzhen?"

"Tianze!"

Xu Youzhen heard only those two words and immediately understood.

Her Fu Tianze had finally returned.

This time, it was no longer his previous life.

But the true Fu Tianze.

His present life had finally awakened anew.

For now, it was only an initial awakening; to fully recover would still take a long time.

In fact,

Without the help of Lu Xun's immortal-grade elixir, it would be utterly impossible to awaken in just a few dozen or hundred years.

Seeing Fu Tianze awaken, everyone in the Fu family let out a sigh of relief and emerged from the gloom.

"Little Xun, thanks to you!"

Old Master Fu's eyes were brimming with tears as he gripped Lu Xun's hand, refusing to let go for a long time.

Now, Old Master Fu was extremely pleased with Lu Xun, his grandson-in-law.

If not for ethical concerns, he would have wanted to marry off more of the Fu family's younger generation to Lu Xun, even to have Lu Xun take a maid.

Fu Yue and Fu Xue were naturally extremely grateful as well.

Fu Xue's familiar father had finally returned.

So,

In the months after Fu Tianze's awakening, the two women were utterly obedient to Lu Xun, even taking turns to attend to him willingly, letting Lu Xun enjoy worldly bliss to the fullest.

And with Fu Tianze's awakening, this matter was settled.

Now, the Fu family is truly complete.