I Only Marry Widows

"The Empress marries Chu Tiange, the Celestial Emperor appears, and we’re all finished."

"If I manage to win over the Empress, I can leverage the Gifted Talent, gain the authority and power of the Celestial Emperor, and then compete with Chu Tiange."

"If there really is such a story, it should be named: After marrying the Empress, I saved the Three Realms."

He was genuinely at a loss for words, feeling his head was full of clichés, placing the fate of all beings in the Three Realms on a romantic relationship, which was utterly ridiculous.

"Senior, you might as well lay it all out clearly, just tell me directly, you are that ’Yue’, and you know all my secrets..."

"Haha!" The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable seemed amused by his attitude, couldn’t help but laugh, "You little fellow, you really are interesting. However, there’s one thing you guessed wrong; I was never anything like ’Yue’ and never held the true Power of Time."

"I am merely a fish that happened to jump out of the Long River of Time, glimpsing some truths."

Lu Chengfeng took a deep breath, his expression turned serious, "I understand what you’re trying to say, but I just want to ask you one thing, Senior."

"What exactly is your relationship with Suyi?"

The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable seemed to have anticipated this question, even softening his tone, "You don’t have to worry. I am merely a lingering remnant in the world, I am her past self, but she is not me."

"She is a new life, living her own life. Although she possesses some gifts, she has nothing to do with my past."

"Once my remnant fades away, the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable from the past will disappear completely from the world."

"She will remain herself, with no changes, not even possessing so-called memories of her previous life, so rest assured."

The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable spoke these words with a calm tone, but Lu Chengfeng heard faint traces of sorrow within.

In other words, from a certain perspective, once this remnant disappears, the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable of the past is essentially dead.

The only one remaining in the world is Luo Suyi!

Lu Chengfeng understood some of it, looking at the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable with a complex gaze; this method was akin to reincarnation in ancient mythologies, severing one’s past and living as a new being.

It’s not possession, it’s not rebirth, it’s reincarnation.

The old life has perished, and a new life is born.

The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable looked at Lu Chengfeng, her tone becoming relaxed again, as if the earlier sadness was just an illusion, "Little one, I know you’ve guessed some things, but when you see Shenxiao, you need not tell her these matters."

"Just let her think I’ve been reborn!"

The wariness originally in Lu Chengfeng’s heart dissipated significantly, "Why did you choose to do all this, Senior?"

"If you make a mistake, naturally there’s a price to pay." The exotic phenomenon enveloping the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable gradually dissipated, finally transforming into a plump woman with hair beautifully adorned, a slender figure, dressed in a long moon-white dress, accentuating her graceful curves.

She exposed her fair, clean feet, slightly moving them, and a pool of clear spring water appeared in the void, where her tender feet soaked, creating ripples.

At this moment, she was like an innocent young girl, merely kicking water with her jade feet, giving off a silver-bell-like laughter.

She turned her beautiful face away from Lu Chengfeng, her tone becoming more and more ethereal, as if she was a distant memory.

"The divine position of the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Venerate is very special, the term ’Nine Heavens’ is not casually used. It connects to the Nine Heavens, borrowing its power to suppress all demonic and heretical forces."

"A talisman decree contains a thread of authority from the Sun and Moon Heaven, the only existence besides the Sun and Moon capable of connecting to the Sun and Moon Heaven."

"So when a hundred thousand years passed and everything began anew, the Celestial Emperor only arranged for the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Venerate to guard the path, this was by no means arbitrary."

"Now that the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Venerate’s talisman decree has fallen into your hands, I will help you for the last time, lend you a hand."

The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable’s jade feet stirred endless ripples in the spring pool, "I decree, appoint Lu Chengfeng of Red County as the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Venerate, granting authority over the Demon Subduing Celestial Army, violators of Divine Law may be punished with the divine might of the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing."

As the final words fell, the golden scroll she held quivered violently, slowly unfurling, releasing an incredibly terrifying aura, as if a temple of ten thousand gods, with power that spanned antiquity and the present, terrifying to the extreme.

Within the scroll are numerous names and titles, yet at one glance, Lu Chengfeng saw the most prominent at the top—Shenxiao.

This name was plain, without any extraordinary phenomena, as if casually written.

But just these two seemingly ordinary characters firmly suppressed below them thirty-three other impressive, chaos-emitting, heaven-creating names.

Further below were titles of venerate positions, starting from First Grade Celestial Venerate, emanating various different phenomena.

Some of these venerate positions manifested human figures, some were still suspended in empty space, the scroll densely filled with phenomena and countless divine shadows, sacred and terrifying.

When the scroll reached the Fourth Grade, the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Venerate’s talisman decree integrated within the Sun and Moon Gourd on Lu Chengfeng, burst with brilliance, the power of authority even True Immortal couldn’t detect instantaneously flowed into Lu Chengfeng’s brow, merging with his divine soul.

Nine divine rings appeared, enveloping the back of his head, connecting to the Ninth Layer Heaven, cascading endless Immortal Light, completely submerging Lu Chengfeng’s figure.

"I directly grant you the title of Fourth Grade Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Venerate. Through this divine position, you can communicate with the Nine Heavens, draw upon its power, to contend with Dharma Form Great Power."

"Of course... it’s merely the weakest Dharma Form Great Power, or rather, it enables one not to be killed by Great Powers."

"To truly possess Great Dharma Form Divine Techniques, you will still need to rely on your own cultivation."

"This is the only thing I can do to help you..."

The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable’s form gradually transformed into pure light and vanished, the previously unfurled scroll turned into a golden light, soaring into the sky, disappearing in an instant.

Lu Chengfeng vaguely saw a hand, as white as jade, tightly holding onto the scroll.

"The Red Dog outside the hall is my little disciple. He is simple-minded and stubborn, cultivating the Path of Devouring the Sun. In the future, he may lend you a helping hand in crucial moments."

"However, his Great Tao is lacking, and you need to feed him with the Power of Time."

"I hope you can help him!"

The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable, in her last words, looked up toward the heavens, seemingly locking gazes with her stubborn daughter.

"Mother’s at fault. It’s mother who wronged you!"

Thinking this in her heart, she still showed a playful smile on her face, "Dear daughter, I hope you won’t blame mother for competing with you for your husband!"

As the words spoke, the last trace of the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable’s remnant faded away.

...

In Shenxiao Heaven, the Empress suddenly accidentally shattered the glazed cup.

She bit her teeth slightly, glaring toward Star Constellation Heaven, "What on earth are you up to? At a time like this, you still fool around?"

"To even directly grant a Fourth Grade Divine Position to a mere True Immortal is simply..."

For her mother to indulge a pretty boy and promote him to riches, she was fuming with anger.

"Lu Chengfeng, Lu Chengfeng, I originally didn’t want to bother with you."

"But you’ve really infuriated me now, I’ll settle both old and new scores with you together."

The Empress’s gaze was cold as a divine decree instantly fell from the Nine Heavens.

Lu Chengfeng hadn’t even recovered from the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable’s disappearance when he saw a golden light fall from the skies, accompanied by immense Celestial Might, with a decree descending.

"By order of Emperor Shenxiao, the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Venerate is commanded to enter the Demon Subduing Continent in person, within three years, to submit the Celestial Demon Continent Map, ascertain the distribution of the Six Desires Celestial Demon and various other information."

"If a military order is violated, divine position will be revoked, Immortal Bone stripped, cast into the Red Dust, forever unable to reach the Immortal Path."

Lu Chengfeng’s face turned green, "Is this woman mad? Why target me?"

For such a dangerous place as the Celestial Demon Continent, to have him alone figure out the Celestial Demon Continent Map and ascertain the distribution of the Six Desires Celestial Demon and various other information, it was clearly an attempt to kill him.

"Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable, you wanted me to be with your daughter, but your daughter wants to kill me!"

"Never mind saving the beings of the Three Realms, I fear I won’t even get the chance to save the beings of the Three Realms before being toyed to death by your precious daughter."

His expression looked grim, as the Empress gave very little time, even if he had eighty-one Guardian True Spirits, trying to explore an entire continent and the Six Desires Celestial Demon at Dharma Form Great Power level was utterly impossible to accomplish.

"Empress, someday I’ll get back at you!"