Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When the topic of marriage by combat came up, the sky-prides all thought of Princess Linglong, especially the moment where she blocked Chu Kuangren’s attack single-handedly during the banquet last time. This refreshed the memories in their minds.
Even they did not dare proclaim to be able to block Chu Kuangren’s sword attack, but Princess Linglong managed to do it by herself. It was an obvious sign that she was a top-notch sky-pride as well.
“The Princess possesses the Godly Daoist Physique too. If I can get my hands on that Godly Essence, then perhaps I’ll stand a chance to face off against Chu Kuangren.”
At that time, one of the sky-prides murmured.
The eyes of everyone present lit up as those words were true. Although they returned empty-handed from the Secret Realm exploration, the Godly Essence was still an Opportunity of Fortune that they could obtain.
“Just give up. With Chu Kuangren around, do all of you think there’s any hope of us winning this competition for marriage?” one of the sky-prides then said. His words were like a basin of ice-cold water, putting out the fiery passion in everyone’s heart in an instant.
The bitter Yuanhong replied with a forced smile, “Chu Kuangren’s abilities are just too powerful for us to handle. If he joins the competition for marriage, there will definitely be no hope for us then. Besides, the Princess adores that guy’s looks.”
At that thought, everyone in the crowd instantly felt a world of darkness looming before them.
Such a handsome look and horrifyingly strong abilities to match.
If they were the Princess herself, they would no doubt choose Chu Kuangren as well.
“Everyone, do not be discouraged as such. That Chu Kuangren won’t be participating in this competition for marriage.”
Right then, Gu Changge and a few sky-prides could be seen walking towards the crowd.
Everyone in the crowd frowned when they saw him. Previously, to cultivate his Heart of Invincibility, Gu Changge had sought their respective orthodoxies out for battle and because of that, he still held some grudges with some of the people in the crowd.
However, they became interested when they heard Gu Changge’s earlier words. Fangtian then asked, “Your Highness, what do you mean by those words earlier?”
Gu Changge casually replied, “I say, Chu Kuangren will not join this marriage by combat. This is what my sister told me personally.”
Before going to the Luminous Moon Secret Realm, Gu Changge had discussed Chu Kuangren with Princess Linglong. The Princess told him then about Chu Kuangren’s disinterest in her Godly Essence and the fact that he would not participate in the marriage by combat.
After hearing what Gu Changge had to say, a ray of hope appeared in everyone’s eyes.
“I can’t believe Chu Kuangren is not interested in the Godly Essence. Haha, he unknowingly gave us that chance instead.”
“Is this person a real man? The Princess is so beautiful and she even possesses the Godly Essence, yet you’re telling me that he’s not a single bit interested?”
“That’s good news for us. He better not mind if we do take it for ourselves then.”
Once the crowd was done being delighted over that fact, Fangtian then looked towards Gu Changge and asked curiously, “Your highness, why are you telling us all this?”
A sense of coldness flashed past Gu Changge’s eyes. “Same like everyone here, I personally dislike Chu Kuangren. I don’t mind my sister being wed to anyone, so long as that person is not Chu Kuangren!”
“I see.”
…
Royal Azure Dynasty, inside the royal palace.
Princess Linglong was inside her personal chambers. Sitting on the bed, she had a blade in her grasps. That blade was the sacred weapon, Full Moon Blade.
“This Sage Daoist Rhyme is indeed extraordinary. Seeing that the blade still has some very mysterious Sage Daoist Rhyme remaining within, it should be sufficient for me to absorb it for some time.”
Princess Linglong had a distracted look in her eyes as her slender fingers stroked across the blade gently. Nobody knew what she was thinking of at the time.
“His royal majesty has arrived!”
Just then, the voice of the court maids could be heard from outside her chambers.
The Ruler of the Royal Azure Dynasty, a middle-aged man around his forties or fifties who was dressed in an imperial dragon robe walked into the room.
Princess Linglong kept the sacred weapon, stood up, and greeted, “Greetings, father.”
“At ease, my daughter,” said the Royal Azure Dynasty’s Ruler with a slight smile. However, his expression turned very stiff and gloomy following that.
A surge of utterly horrifying and domineering aura was swept out uncontrollably. It was so powerful that it made the palace maids fall to their knees in fright.
They were all terribly frightened since they did not know what had made the dignified and elegant Ruler of the Royal Azure Dynasty suddenly so enraged.
“Everyone else except my daughter, leave this place at once.”
Soon after, the whole palace chamber was left empty except Princess Linglong and the Royal Azure Dynasty’s Ruler. That domineering aura of his still lingered as it filled their surroundings.
“Tell me, who is it?”
“Who did you give your Godly Essence to?”
The Royal Azure Dynasty’s Ruler asked as he held back his rage.
Having brought up Princess Linglong since young, and as an Honorable Supreme cultivator himself, it did not take long for him to notice something strange about her.
The Godly Essence within Princess Linglong had disappeared!
That was a matter concerning his daughter’s purity and innocence, how could he not get mad?
“Father, please cancel the marriage by combat.”
Princess Linglong said calmly.
“We’ll talk about this later. Now tell me, who is it? I’m going to skin that b*st*rd now!”
“I did it willingly.”
“Willingly?” The Royal Azure Dynasty King froze for a while before he asked, “Do you know what you’re talking about here? It’s only a few days until the Shang Clan’s Young Emperor arrives, and when he does, he’ll be participating in the marriage by combat as well. If word of this spread to him, it would cause a rift to happen between the Royal Azure Dynasty and the Shang Clan.”
“Had I known that something was going to happen earlier, I wouldn’t have agreed to let you host this marriage by combat in the first place. Now, such a disgraceful thing has happened. What a joke.”
The more he thought of it, the more enraged the Royal Azure Dynasty King became. He could not wait to go after the person who had robbed his daughter’s innocence, cut him into pieces, skin him alive, and tear his limbs apart.
“Tell me now. Who is that person?”
Princess Linglong pursed her lips and was silent for a while. “He’s the Elder Senior Brother of the Black Heaven Sect, Chu Kuangren!”
“It’s him.”
The enraged Royal Azure Dynasty King was taken aback for a moment, but he eventually calmed down after a while. Right then, he had a pondering look in his eyes. “So it’s him.”
“I met him when we were inside the Secret Realm, we were facing…” Princess Linglong then told him everything that transpired inside the domain of the Gray Mist.
As the Royal Azure Dynasty King listened, his anger had disappeared from his face and it was replaced with a look of consideration. “If it’s him, it’s not that unacceptable.”
Princess Linglong was speechless.
She had known that things would turn out like this earlier on. To the Ruler of the Royal Azure Dynasty, she was not his daughter but a marriage tool to secure the allegiance of others instead.
As long as there were benefits, who was to say that any marriage would not count as one?
“Chu Kuangren, Supreme Daoist Physique, Supreme Foundation, hm… He killed an Honorable Supreme in the past, killed Lei Ao, and also killed a weakened sage in the Secret Realm…”
“This person is a peerless talent.”
“Besides, the Black Heaven Sect does not fall short compared to the Shang Clan. On the other hand, they might serve as a better allegiance partner compared to the Shang Clan.”
The Royal Azure Dynasty King murmured.
Standing beside him, Princess Linglong suddenly felt excited.
‘A marriage with Chu Kuangren?’
To her, she would rather agree to wed Chu Kuangren compared to some Shang Clan’s Young Emperor whom she had never met before.
“Let me deal with this matter,” the Royal Azure Dynasty King told her.
…
Outside the Royal Azure Dynasty.
A fairy boat was traveling high up in the air.
A young cultivator in green robes was sitting with his legs crossed on deck. That young cultivator had an energetic look as a surge of Daoist Rhyme emanated around his body.
Not long after, the green-robed cultivator retracted his Daoist Rhyme. “I’m only one step away from ascending to the Battle Monarch Realm. It’s getting closer now.”
“Young Emperor, we shall be arriving soon.” An elder person walked towards and informed him.
“Alright.”
“Young Emperor, there’s something that I don’t understand. Why did you agree to Princess Linglong’s request to let her organize the marriage by combat? Isn’t this an unnecessary action?”
The green-robed cultivator gently replied, “She’s a type of woman who will not easily submit to the will of others. Organizing this marriage by combat is simply her way of going against this marriage agreement. Don’t worry, I shall let her know how everything she did is futile!”
“Before me, she will only submit!”
“Besides, this is my first time in the Azure Dragon’s domain, so I might as well have a go at the sky-prides within this area.”
The green-robed cultivator’s words were full of confidence. He was not at all worried about losing in the marriage by combat because he was the Shang Clan’s Young Emperor!
“So that’s how it is. Young Emperor, I almost thought you had fallen for Princess Linglong herself just now.” The old man suddenly understood.
“To me, she is but a tool for me to break through my cultivation. Tell me, elder, will you ever fall in love with a tool?” The Shang Clan’s Young Emperor sneered.
