Return of the War King

Phoenix City International Airport.

At this moment, the airport was not as crowded as it used to be. Instead, it felt rather empty. Among the sparse travelers, a man with a resolute face and an air of blood and steel supported another pallid man as they slowly exited the terminal.

"Five years. I never thought I’d be gone for five years. I wonder if she’s been well," Xiao Yu murmured, gazing at the city before him—a place both familiar and strange.

A gust of autumn wind brushed past, making Xiao Yu, already weak, break into a fit of coughing. A faint trace of blood colored his lips. Upon seeing this, Tai Sui hurriedly took a pill from his pocket and pressed it to Xiao Yu's lips. Only then did Xiao Yu find some relief.

Xiao Yu—an utterly ordinary name. Perhaps no one would recognize it, but mention the War King of Yanxia, and none would be ignorant of his fame. Standing by Xiao Yu was his companion, Tai Sui. To call him a companion was generous; he was, in fact, more like a subordinate.

Xiao Yu had been a boy from a simple family, but in his youth, he met the woman who changed his life—Ye Shihan.

The Ye family held great prestige in Phoenix City. Naturally, Ye Shihan’s kin looked down on Xiao Yu’s humble origins. Yet the two were deeply in love, and despite her family’s opposition, Ye Shihan secretly married Xiao Yu. The Ye family had no choice but to acknowledge him, on the sole condition that he become their son-in-law by marriage.

For Ye Shihan’s sake, Xiao Yu agreed to join her family. But as a live-in son-in-law