The Lunar Ice Palace is an ancient immortal palace, said to be founded by the primordial Lunar Goddess from the Moon Palace during the era of the Ancient Celestial Court. In terms of heritage and foundation, it's even more ancient than the Jiang Family.
And the impression given by the Lunar Ice Maiden is one of mystery and immense power.
Despite her young age, she has already reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, the tenth heaven!
But just today, this Maiden, always known for her aloofness and mystery, not only spread news of an engagement but also personally acknowledged the marriage pact???
The damage this inflicts on her legion of admirers is absolutely nuclear in scale.
"No!!! Why... why?!"
"That guy is just... sob sob!"
Wails spread across the land. Already feeling terrible from being roasted by Jiang Che, whose every word struck a painful chord.
They might be considered minor geniuses within their own domains, but across the Nine Heavens with its nearly ten million provinces... they're not even a speck of dust once they step outside their home turf.
What Jiang Che said was painfully true; they are indeed just self-important little nobodies.
Defying the heavens, defying fate... the emergence of the Fate-Bearers Association has long since categorized all those blessed by destiny!
Your fate is set there. Even if you shout the most defiant slogans, like 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river,' your lifetime achievements might very well stop at the Martial God stage or the Creation realm.
It's completely different from many fantasy novels, where the protagonists constantly move to new maps and grow stronger!
But the Fate-Bearers Association uses fate to classify all those with great fortune into ranks, a reality so brutally despairing.
...
"Oh? This Lunar Ice Maiden is being so proactive? We haven't even met, and she's already speaking up for her future husband?"
Jiang Che was also shocked.
He had actually prepared himself for the Lunar Ice Maiden to break off the engagement, but now things had exceeded his expectations.
"But since you're so obedient, your husband will reward you handsomely!"
Jiang Che stroked his chin. Should he... add her as a friend first?
Try a temporary online romance?
A love story spanning the mountains and seas of this world?
However, just as this thought arose, his eyes widened.
[ 'Young Mistress of the Lunar Ice Palace' has sent you a friend request. Will you accept? ]
Oh ho!
It seems his little fiancée is a bit impatient!
She actually took the initiative to add him?
A case of great minds thinking alike.
Accept without hesitation!
[Hello, I am the Young Mistress of the Lunar Ice Palace, and also your fiancée. Can we get to know each other?]
Before Jiang Che could even speak, the other party took the lead.
To be honest, Jiang Che was momentarily dazed. Why did this feel like adding someone after a blind date?
[Of course, of course. May I ask, what is your surname, miss? I've only ever heard your title, but never your beautiful name.]
Honestly, Jiang Che was a bit excited. This brand-new online dating playstyle was a first for him.
[Gu Wantang]
This Young Mistress of the Lunar Ice Palace was far too mysterious, so much so that even her legion of admirers didn't know her real name, only her revered title, the Lunar Ice Maiden.
[To learn Miss Gu's name is an honor for me.]
On the other side, within the Lunar Ice Palace.
A faint smile slowly curled on Gu Wantang's lips. She crossed her legs, propped her chin with one hand, a playful glint flashing in her crimson eyes.
[What are your thoughts on the marriage pact? I listen to my elders and have no objections. If you agree... we can complete the marriage after you enter the Nine Heavens.]
Ahem... Isn't this moving a bit too fast???
Jiang Che was usually very aggressive and proactive when pursuing girls, but even he, a proactive type, felt this was overly aggressive.
He was planning to slowly cultivate feelings through this online romance with the Maiden, yet the moment he opened his mouth, the other side directly asked when to get married???
Wait, could this be a marriage scam? To swindle a large dowry from the Jiang Family and then vanish?
Ahem, obviously overthinking it. We're both from immortal clans... we wouldn't stoop to such lowly tricks.
[Um... complete the marriage?]
[I possess an Immortal Physique, and you are the rare, peerless Four Immortal Physiques. Although my natural talent is inferior to yours, I hold some status within the Nine Heavens. An alliance marriage with you... wouldn't be too much of an imposition, would it?]
???
Wait! Jiang Che's head was spinning a bit!
This Maiden seems off!
She's not just a little off, she's twelve parts off out of ten!
From what Jiang Che knew, this Lunar Ice Maiden was famous for her cold pride and mystery, a top-tier genius ranked second on the Heavenly Leaderboard, blessed with an Immortal Physique... she shouldn't possibly be this proactive, right???
Could it be that my talent is so strong it scared her?
[Of course it's okay! But Miss Gu... let me state my flaws first. I have quite a few close female companions...]
[That's not really a flaw. You possess the Four Immortal Physiques, a constitution unparalleled in all ages. Having more dao companions allows for leaving behind more offspring with excellent bloodlines. That's perfectly normal and understandable. On our wedding day... the 12 personal maids who accompany me will naturally marry over with me...]
???
Jiang Che was utterly stunned!
This... is this really the Lunar Ice Maiden?
Could it be Bai Jie logging in from a different location?
Although Jiang Che was somewhat confident, he wasn't arrogant enough to think he could make a holy maiden of an immortal imperishable sect turn into a fawning, obsessed girl, especially when the other party was a powerhouse at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm.
[Miss Gu, I understand you might resent the arrangements made by the family elders. If you don't like me or object to this marriage, I can help you escape it... Forcing two people who don't like each other together is destined to be a disaster!]
Jiang Che understood!
Gu Wantang must be speaking sarcastically!!!
She's being forced into marriage by the family elders, hence these angry words. After all, he and this Gu Wantang have never even met. How could this woman possibly have any favorable impression of him?
So she's been speaking in anger. In such situations, one should generally act pure-hearted, guiding things slowly and progressively!
[Hmm? I don't know if I like you, but I'm certain you like me!]
After saying this, Gu Wantang directly sent a picture!
Jiang Che's eyes instantly widened!
In the photo, a stunningly beautiful figure with silver-white hair sat with legs crossed atop an ice coffin. A cascade of silver hair flowed down, yet not disheveled. A thin layer of gauze lightly veiled her alluring form. The shot seemed taken from a low angle, the woman lifting a bare, jade-like foot as if stepping towards the lens.
Her crimson pupils held a bewitching, proud smile, like a legendary succubus.
"Gulp~~~" Jiang Che swallowed hard.
This... this Lunar Ice Palace Maiden seems quite different from the rumors.
Could she be a... ahem, a character with a hidden side!
To be honest, Jiang Che felt a bit intimidated. After all, girls with a hidden side usually play very wild games. Such women, no matter how beautiful, aren't easy to handle.
But this Gu Wantang was indeed the most beautiful woman Jiang Che had ever seen, bar none!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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!
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
