Standing not far away, Luo Qingxue watched Liu Ruyan in Qin Hao's arms, her eyes fixed on the hands Liu Ruyan had wrapped around his waist. An indescribable feeling welled up in her heart—it wasn't painful, but it was intensely sour.
So sour that her eyes grew hot, her nose felt stuffed, and her throat felt as if something was lodged in it, rendering her completely speechless.
Qin Hao clearly noticed Luo Qingxue's emotional state. He smiled softly, freed up one hand, and reached out to her:
"Come here, you too."
His voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of everyone present. The entire area plunged into a deathly silence.
Jiang Yun and Qin Wuya's eyelids twitched violently. They subconsciously looked at Liu Ruyan, wanting to see how this Fairy Miejue would react.
However, Liu Ruyan simply leaned quietly in Qin Hao's embrace, showing no emotional fluctuation whatsoever at his words.
Luo Qingxue looked at Qin Hao's outstretched hand and the gentle smile on his face. The sourness in her heart was suddenly breached by something.
Without any hesitation, she walked straight toward Qin Hao. Together with Liu Ruyan, one on the left and one on the right, they nestled into his arms.
The crowd erupted into a collective gasp. The disciples of the Jade Pool widened their eyes, while the mighty Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors were so utterly dumbfounded that their jaws nearly dropped to the ground.
"This... embracing one on the left and another on the right right in front of Fairy Miejue! This Emperor Son of the Qin family is truly a legend!"
Seeing this scene, Qin Wuya shook his head helplessly. Soon, his attention was drawn to Jiang Yun beside him. He quietly sidled up to her and tentatively tried to hold her hand.
However, Jiang Yun didn't give him a good look at all. With a single slap, she swatted his reaching hand away.
Witnessing this, Qin Hao raised his index finger and wagged it at Qin Wuya. Qin Wuya gritted his teeth, glared fiercely at Qin Hao, and then shamelessly glued himself back to Jiang Yun's side.
After cuddling in Qin Hao's arms for a while, Liu Ruyan pulled away. With a serious expression, she looked at Qin Wuya and the other mighty figures of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens:
"Everyone, I believe you all know who I am."
The crowd nodded repeatedly. If they didn't even know Fairy Miejue, there would be no point in them continuing to survive in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens.
"Good that you know. I have returned for only one purpose: to start a war!"
The moment Liu Ruyan said this, an uproar swept through the crowd. Qin Wuya could no longer bother with Jiang Yun. In a flash, he appeared before Liu Ruyan, looked at her with a solemn face, and enunciated every word:
"What did you say? Start a war? A war with whom?"
Liu Ruyan offered Qin Wuya a genial smile. "Father, you should already know who I want to wage war against. After all, you just came into contact with them."
Qin Wuya furrowed his brows tightly. He just came into contact with them? The Alien Realm?
Qin Wuya looked at Liu Ruyan and spoke word by word, "Can you tell me why? The truth is, both we and the Alien Realm are victims in this matter. Since we are both victims, we can absolutely ally with each other!"
Liu Ruyan shook her head. "People's thoughts differ. To us, this might seem like the best choice, but the people of the Alien Realm won't see it that way."
Qin Wuya wanted to say something more, but Liu Ruyan directly raised her hand to interrupt him. She leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "I came back from the future."
Hearing this, Qin Wuya cast a deep look at Liu Ruyan. He stopped trying to persuade her and instead asked:
"Then do you have a plan?"
The corners of Liu Ruyan's mouth curled up slightly, and a sharp glint flashed across her frosty, autumn-water eyes. "Of course I do."
Liu Ruyan took two steps forward and looked around, her gaze sweeping over everyone present. Her look carried no oppressive aura, yet it made everyone subconsciously lower their heads the second they met her eyes.
"Everyone should be well aware that the current Three Realms and Nine Heavens only has an alliance in name. In reality, it is nothing but a loose sheet of sand. If it weren't, the incident where people kicked them while they were down wouldn't have occurred when the Qin family's patriarchs were trapped in the Alien Realm."
Saying this, Liu Ruyan raised a single finger. "My return this time is to do only one thing, and that is to establish an Immortal Court!"
"An Immortal Court?" someone exclaimed in shock.
Liu Ruyan nodded. "That's right, an Immortal Court! Not an alliance, not a pact, but a truly unified Immortal Court with absolute ruling power. All factions in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, regardless of their size or strength, will be brought under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Court."
"The Immortal Court will uniformly allocate resources, uniformly mobilize troops, and uniformly wage war against external enemies!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire crowd was in an uproar.
"That's highly unlikely, isn't it? How vast are the Three Realms and Nine Heavens? To establish a faction that unifies the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens, this..."
Liu Ruyan glanced at the speaker. The man was also a mighty Immortal King, but the moment Liu Ruyan's gaze fell upon him, he subconsciously shrank his neck.
"It was indeed impossible before, but now that I am here, it can be done!"
Saying this, Liu Ruyan looked toward the Jiang family, who had rushed over upon hearing the news. She looked directly at the First Patriarch of the Jiang family and asked:
"Jiang Taiyi, what is your opinion?"
The First Patriarch of the Jiang family, a senior who had lived for countless tens of thousands of years, was as nervous as an elementary school student seeing their homeroom teacher when facing Liu Ruyan. He hurriedly raised his hands:
"Everything will be done according to the Fairy's arrangements. Without you, Fairy, how could my Jiang family have its current glory?"
Hearing the Jiang family's response, Liu Ruyan nodded in satisfaction. Then, she turned her head to look at the Ye family's camp:
"Ye Chen, what about you?"
The First Patriarch of the Ye family suddenly smiled. "In my youth, I obtained the cultivation technique left behind by the Fairy. Only then was I able to counterattack all the way, fighting from a nameless nobody to establish today's Ye family. The Fairy is half a master to me, so naturally, I will obey my master's arrangements."
Seeing that both the Jiang and Ye families, two of the top three Ancient Desolate Families, had spoken, Qin Hao hurriedly nudged the silent Qin Wuya with his elbow.
Qin Wuya looked at Liu Ruyan, the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably:
"Ahem, Ruyan is my daughter-in-law, a member of our Qin family. Naturally, I fully support Ruyan."
Liu Ruyan then looked at the remaining Ancient Desolate Families: "And you?"
The Patriarch of the Wang family hesitated for a moment, then cupped his fists and said:
"I naturally revere the Fairy's prestigious name. It's just that this matter involves too much. According to the Fairy's words, once we join, everything the Wang family owns will be handed over to the Immortal Court for distribution. Please allow me some time to consider this at length."
"Brother Wang makes a valid point. The Qin, Jiang, and Ye families have deep ties with the Fairy. Naturally, they are willing to establish an Immortal Court to control the resources of the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens, but we have to think for ourselves, don't we?" The tone of the Ji family's Patriarch was full of resistance.
His meaning was obvious: when the time comes, you will definitely favor the Qin, Jiang, and Ye families. They will gain benefits by helping you build the Immortal Court, while we will merely be the ones being exploited. We won't engage in a losing business.
However, before the Ji family's Patriarch could even finish his sentence, he stopped abruptly, simply because Liu Ruyan cast a glance at him.
With just one glance, the Ji family's Patriarch vanished, as if he had never existed in the first place.
With just a single glance, an Immortal Emperor realm cultivator was directly erased from existence. Such a terrifying display of power plunged the entire scene into dead silence, while simultaneously shaking Qin Hao to his very core.
Wait a minute, just how ridiculously powerful has my wife become? Exactly how terrifying must their future enemies be to force her to travel through time and space just to break the deadlock?
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
