Yun Jhin continued to meditate as Ghin stood near him and from time to time he would come and serve him some pills.
The pills helped him recover slowly but his missing arm was a problem that pills couldn't solve.
Yun Jhin looked down at his stump, he was now missing his left arm up to his elbow, the cut was clean, and the injury got sealed.
He couldn't help gritting his teeth as he looked at his stump, he cursed that dumb bitch again under his breath before he went back to meditating.
If he wanted to absorb the remainder of the male army he would need some time to create a unique formation to absorb all of them.
However, he couldn't do that now, if he did he would remain alone and if he guessed right the jumping pad formation was still blocked.
He would first need to grasp the jumping pad formation so he could escape after his plan was completed.
But now that the army was down in morale and that the sage realm experts were scattered so they could recover, he now has to wait for a while before he could take any actions.
Yun Jhin kept his calm as he kept taking the pills that Ghin was giving him after he made sure they were beneficial towards his recovering body, he looked in the direction of the capital and frowned, he wondered what was that bitch doing right now...
The Empress was coughing out multiple clots of black blood as Hanzen stood near her but kept his head down, there was a strange expression on his face as he looked at the ground not daring to make any eye contact with his mother.
After finishing coughing up the blood the Empress's visage started to age, from a middle-aged woman she now looked to be in her early to middle seventies.
As a God Realm expert got closer to his death he would age rapidly, but they kept their prime form up to around 10,000 years left of lifespan, after they dip below 10,000 years they start to age and grow weaker.
Hanzen bowed to his mother as he fell to his knees and asked:
"What should I do now mother?"
The Empress's shaking finger touched Hanzen's forehead as she transferred all of the information he needed to him.
Hanzen nodded at her and then disappeared from the palace, he didn't have much time left either so he wanted to finish the mission she gave him before he would live his last years in a quiet place, even though his body was self-destructing slowly, his mother promised him that he would reincarnate so he wasn't that depressed.
The Empress looked out one of the big windows of the palace as she muttered to herself:
"Who are you, Zhao Yun?"
Yun Jhin sneezed as he could feel that someone was talking about him, Yun Jhin knew that he would only sneeze if someone of certain importance would talk or think about him, he kept his face straight as he realized that the Empress's crosshairs were now on him.
"She is weak and she can't use time-reversal again, her capital formation is broken and it would take time to restore it, she must have sent the sage realm experts that weren't injured to the jumping pad formation so I won't be able to leave the planet, fortunately, it isn't time to leave now or I would have been in trouble..."
Yun Jhin waved for Ghin to stop giving him pills and told him:
"Contact me immediately after the peak sage realm experts restore their prowess to 100%, we will have to do some other stuff before we will attack the capital again, the Empress doesn't have much to live for either, but it would still be a lot of time for us, fortunately, she won't be able to pull the same technique again, from what you told me she was already pretty injured and reversing time isn't something we can even think about, the consequences of using such a technique while being that injured should be colossal."
Ghin nodded at him and went ahead to inform the sage realm experts of what Yun Jhin wanted him to, most of them were contacted and responded, but one peak sage couldn't respond, it seemed he was too concentrated on cultivating. Yun Jhin shook his head it was good as long as one peak sage realm expert accompanied him at the time.
Yun Jhin finished healing his body but he couldn't recover his lost arm currently, he decided to go back and spend some time with Qinghe while undercover, there will be some time needed for the Sages to recover their prowess and there wasn't anything he could do, cultivation would also take him too much time normally without any special resources.
Yun Jhin met up with Qinghe in the same place that he left her, in a concealed house around 2 million kilometers away from the capital, Qinghe immediately jumped into his arms the moment she saw him landing, her eyes were wet as she got a good look at his missing arm and she cried out:
"I know you want to save every male and get equality, but you should put your safety as a top priority, look at you, you even lost your left arm!"
Yun Jhin shook his head as he gave her a one-arm hug while she cried into his clothes for a few tens of minutes before she recovered her wits and gave him a deep kiss on the lips.
Yun Jhin returned the kiss and chuckled at her as he entered the house with her.
Almost 2 years passed since the failed attack on the capital, the males were influenced by Yun Jhin's propaganda and they started to revolt against their female companions everywhere on the planet, they started to regain their fangs and claws, at least on the surface, they didn't let themselves be trampled over anymore.
Yun Jhin was in a rocking chair with a 1-year-old boy on his lap, the child had smart and glittering blue eyes, he was half red-haired and half black-haired and wore a loose cotton robe. Yun Jhin was currently playing with him as he kept rocking the chair back and forth, from time to time the child would laugh with glee as Yun Jhin would do some tricks.
From Yun Jhin's aura, it could be seen that he almost reached the 3rd stage of the Emperor realm. From his stump, a new arm was slowly growing but Yun Jhin kept it hidden under black bandages.
Qinghe who was heavily pregnant came from inside the house and gave Yun Jhin a smile and a peck on the cheek as she said:
"Honey, the dinner is ready, get inside with Yun Lao, and let's eat!"
Yun Jhin gave out a peal of hearty laughter as he entered the house and then sat at the dining table, Yun Lao was around 1,35 meters tall and he couldn't reach the average-sized dining table properly, so Yun Jhin made him a special long chair.
Yun Jhin ate his food as Qinghe fed Yun Lao some minced meat from a rare fowl that Yun Jhin caught.
Yun Jhin finished his food and excused himself from the dining table as he left the house, a communication stone was vibrating inside his spatial zone, he kept his spatial zone open towards communication lines so communication stones could get messages even inside.
Yun Jhin took the communication stone and narrowed his eyes as he listened to the message inside, the peak sage realm expert finally recovered fully and he was ready to follow him to the jumping pad formation!
Yun Jhin entered the house and told Yun Lao to go play with his toys while he talked with his mother, seeing his eyes, Qinghe knew what was going to come, she gave him a big hug as she said:
"It seems you have to go for the male's rights again, please don't get injured again, I hope you can come back again, and this time uninjured!"
Qinghe frowned as she grasped her stomach, then she gave out a smile as she looked into Yun Jhin's eyes and said:
"This one is more feisty compared to Yun Lao, I think its a girl, what do you want to name her?"
Yun Jhin put a thoughtful expression on his face as he said after a little time:
"What about Yun Qinghe?"
"Oh dear, you want to give our daughter my name?"
"That's because she will be the next most important woman in my life, she also deserves a beautiful name, in the future when she will hear her own name she will also remember you, I will have to be truthful with you here dear..."
"It's unknown if I will be able to come back after this war, however, I want you to keep an ear open for the good news about the revolution!"
Tears started to drip slowly from Qinghe's eyes as she looked at Yun Jhin's sturdy back that was getting far from her and she shouted:
"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS?"
Yun Jhin shook his head as he looked back and said:
"Why? You will understand in the future, anyways I'm going to talk with Yun Lao and leave afterward, he will be the male of the house while I'm gone, and I want you to take good care of him now so he can take care of you later..."
Yun Jhin waved at her as he left the house and went towards Yun Lao's usual playground that wasn't far from the house.
There he met with his child, he didn't have many toys or any at all as Yun Jhin only sculpted him some and infused them with ki making them a little bit 'special' for him.
Seeing how his father was approaching him Yun Lao quickly got up from the ground and ran towards him for a hug.
Yun Jhin hugged Yun Lao as he looked into his eyes and said:
"Things are done on my part, you should know about this right?"
Yun Lao nodded, his expression was rather mature for a one-year-old as he said:
"Of course, it's all for the good of your greatness, I hope you can achieve eternal life!"
Yun Jhin tussled his son's hair for a few seconds before he looked towards the skies and then flew away!
Yun Lao looked into the skies for a few brief seconds before he went back to playing, seemingly as if he didn't care at all that his father was leaving him, maybe even forever!
Qinghe quickly left the house and gave Yun Lao who was still playing a gentle hug, her tears were still staining her cheeks as she kept her eyes to the skies, wanting to see Yun Jhin but failing.
Yun Lao gave his mother a hug as he told her:
"It's ok mom, dad will come back!"
Qinghe cried as he continued hugging Yun Lao, those were his first words! His first words!
Yun Jhin looked towards the ground as he disappeared through the clouds, it was nice having a family for some time, acting like a normal human made him a bit less tense, he cracked his neck and knuckles as he started flying towards the location that he talked about with the others.
For now, he had to conquer the jumping pad formation before making a new plan to take the capital by force!
It didn't take him much time to meet with the peak sage realm expert and a few other sage experts that were around the middle stages.
They weren't that respectful towards him but they believed in his abilities and plans even though they failed the first attack, it was only because a peak God Realm expert interfered, they still remembered the events before the time-reversal ability took place so they knew Yun Jhin's abilities were genuine.
The peak sage realm expert asked Yun Jhin:
"So what's the plan for this operation?"
He had a certain fire in his eyes, it seemed that his time spent in closed-door cultivation didn't douse his ambition of gaining equal rights and saving the men of the world.
Yun Jhin smiled at him politely and decided to unveil the plan to everyone here, it was quite a simple and direct one, but also extremely effective!