Chapter 34: A Match Made in Heaven’s Wrath
Chapter 34: A Match Made in Heaven’s Wrath
Watching Luo Ningshuang suddenly change her expression and slow her pill-shaping speed, Meng Shu couldn’t help but speak up.
“Young Madam, is something troubling you?”
Only after Meng Shu’s reminder did Luo Ningshuang snap out of her thoughts, hurriedly completing the shaping of the remaining pill in her hand.
“I was just thinking about my time at Jixia Academy… Suddenly realizing Su Ming and I share some similarities.”
As she spoke, Luo Ningshuang handed the finished Qi Condensation Pill to Meng Shu.
“It’s always good for young people to communicate more. Pity the Young Master is in seclusion now, but after he returns from the Three Saints Secret Realm, Young Madam should seize the opportunity.”
Meng Shu winked exaggeratedly at Luo Ningshuang as he spoke, shedding all pretense of elder dignity.
Blushing at the obvious hint, Luo Ningshuang said, “Please just call me by my name. The title ‘Young Madam’ is something I can’t bear yet…” Her expression instantly turned icy as she recalled Yaochi Empress’s words.
Witnessing Luo Ningshuang’s lightning-fast mood shift, Meng Shu scratched his head in confusion, privately marveling at the unpredictability of youth before leaving to process the newly acquired Qi Condensation Pills.
Once alone, Luo Ningshuang shut down the Profound Yang Flame Cauldron and retreated to her room.
“Yaochi Empress, answer me—why must I leave Su Ming’s side? Why are we destined to become enemies?”
“Because fate decrees Su Ming isn’t your future cultivation partner. Your true match is another, your destinies already intertwined…”
“You’re saying you can see my fate? My future?”
“Not see—sense. Though I’m but a remnant soul, my perception of heavenly destiny remains. And as my soul recovers, this perception grows clearer.”
“So you claim that because of this so-called destiny, I must become partners with some stranger I’ve never met? And this cannot be changed?”
Luo Ningshuang’s voice now carried unmistakable fury. She utterly despised such arrangements.
“Indeed, heavenly destiny cannot be defied—”
“Bullshit!” Luo Ningshuang abandoned all decorum. “My fate is mine to command! My future is mine to decide!”
“From this moment, if your precious destiny says east, I’ll go west! If it decrees I must join another and oppose Su Ming, then I’ll do precisely the opposite!”
“I’d rather die than submit to your so-called destiny!”
Faced with such resolve, Yaochi Empress fell silent. These words reminded her of someone—though her fractured soul couldn’t recall the name or face, only that they too had scorned destiny and fought against it.
“Defying heaven’s will never ends well…”
“Perfect! That suits me just fine!”
“You claim I’ll oppose Su Ming because of destiny too?”
“No. His very existence denies destiny. Thus, all whose fates are deeply intertwined with heaven’s will shall inevitably be guided to oppose him.”
“Is that so? Wonderful…” A smile curled Luo Ningshuang’s lips as if she’d reached some decision.
At that instant, she sensed palpable malice—thunder seemed to crash in her ears, condemning her rebellion.
Feeling this, her smile widened:
She refused heaven’s arrangement, while Su Ming was heaven’s natural enemy. “It seems I’m truly the perfect candidate for Su family’s Young Madam after all.”
The thunder in her mind intensified. The Innate Dao Marks on her forehead flickered as her thoughts grew disordered.
Visions appeared—a complete stranger stood beside her, while Su Ming faced them both.
“He’s my enemy…” The thought surfaced before she violently rejected it.
That was the future heaven desired.
Not the one she wanted.
She reached for the glowing marks on her forehead as if to claw them off.
If these too were heaven’s gifts, she’d rather tear them from her flesh.
Blood streaked her forehead as she marred the sacred patterns.
But these marks were soul-bound—the physical scars meant nothing.
Just then, a hand caught her wrist.
“Self-destruction isn’t the best way to fight it.” Su Ming’s voice whispered by her ear.
Mid-cultivation, Su Ming had received system alerts:
[Luo Ningshuang develops affection for host, accepts identity as host’s fiancée. Destiny Points gained]
[Luo Ningshuang recognizes destiny’s existence and sparks rebellious will. Destiny Points gained]
[Destiny begins interfering with Luo Ningshuang’s mind. Spend Destiny Points to intervene?]
Most of this world’s destiny centered on Luo Ningshuang and Chu Fan—meaning heaven could influence them most powerfully.
Core opportunities stolen? Heaven would provide new ones.
Rebellious thoughts emerged? Heaven would twist them.
Su Ming now suspected those “brain-dead” moments in the original plot where Luo Ningshuang fawned over Chu Fan were exactly such interference.
[As Luo Ningshuang has recognized destiny and chosen rebellion, permanent prevention of heavenly interference possible. Cost: 250,000 Destiny Points]
Su Ming checked his reserves—barely 280,000.
This would nearly wipe him out.
But he knew better than to let destiny gain irreversible influence.
“My fiancée isn’t yours to control!”
“System, teach this so-called destiny who’s boss!”
[Host must approach Luo Ningshuang and deploy Half-Step Void Realm Battle Puppet]
Thus Su Ming appeared in her room, stopping her self-harm.
“Luo Ningshuang, will you join me in defying our preordained fate?”
Meeting Su Ming’s gaze, Luo Ningshuang’s eyes widened as she banished the visions until only his face remained. Her answer rang clear: “I will!”
As the words left her lips, heavenly lightning struck—literally blasting down upon their heads.
They were indeed, in the most literal sense, a match made in heaven’s wrath.