The Remembrance Immortal Technique — With a Wife Like This, What More Could a Husband Ask For
The Remembrance Immortal Technique — With a Wife Like This, What More Could a Husband Ask For
The Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty was located in the central region of the Beyond, vast in territory, its borders boundless and immense.
It faintly held the reputation of being the foremost Celestial Dynasty in the Beyond.
Even the Great Yu Celestial Dynasty, which was often mentioned in the same breath, fell far short of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty in terms of national power.
There were many ancient kingdoms and divine dynasties in this world, but to dare take the name “Unrivaled,” one naturally had to bear the karma that came with it, requiring immense boldness and profound foundations to suppress it.
From this alone, one could see the confidence and might of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty’s founding emperor back then.
Through the endless ages since primordial times, across ten thousand eras, as thunder and lightning withered away, the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty endured, immortal and everlasting.
And the most prosperous place in the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty was none other than the Imperial Capital, towering like a celestial palace descended upon the mortal dust, radiant with light, wreathed in immortal mist, impossible to see clearly.
Countless divine mountains and ancient peaks rose and fell there, silver waterfalls cascaded and swirled, flying eaves and interlocking brackets were shrouded in chaotic mist—incomparably magnificent.
Over these years, the Crown Heir Yue Mingkong had established the Dragonfly Immortal Bureau, the Palm Immortal Bureau, and the Star Net Bureau, dispatching three hundred and sixty-five commanders responsible for punishment, patrol, and defense—each with their own duties.
Under her governance, the entire Imperial Capital ran in perfect order, smooth and methodical.
She had combined the methods of many previous emperors and summarized a new way of governing the people, leaving many of the older generation sighing in admiration.
Now, in the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, there was no Cultivator who mentioned Yue Mingkong without eyes full of reverence.
One day, she would become the Unrivaled Empress.
This was basically everyone’s consensus. Yue Mingkong’s father, the current Emperor Yue, had already retired behind the scenes.
Thus, the many affairs of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty were all handed over to Yue Mingkong.
In the eyes of many ministers, Yue Mingkong’s authority even surpassed that of her father, Emperor Yue, by several degrees.
At such a young age, she already possessed the peerless bearing of an empress of a generation.
At this moment, deep within the Imperial Capital of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, inside an extremely grand and ancient palace.
Yue Mingkong, dressed in loose, flowing robes, sat upright upon a phoenix couch.
Her immortal countenance was like a painting, her dark hair lightly pinned up, revealing a section of tender, snow-white neck. Her dark eyebrows were like kingfisher feathers, her eyes deep and calm as she flipped through numerous memorials.
Below her were several female officials who had been selected through layer upon layer of screening and whom she valued highly.
They were quietly reporting the various matters of recent times—concerning the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, the various Dao traditions of the Beyond, and the many pieces of news about Gu Changge.
The matter of Dark Heaven was now spreading among the various Dao traditions, provoking enormous panic.
“Your Majesty, should we make preparations in advance, to guard against this Dark Heaven infiltrating our Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty?”
A female official spoke softly, gazing up at Yue Mingkong above, her words carrying respect as she asked.
“Dark Heaven?”
Hearing this, Yue Mingkong did not raise her head. She merely parted her vermilion lips slightly and said indifferently, “No need to concern yourselves with it.”
Although she had not left the Imperial Capital of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty during this time,
not the slightest stir from any corner of the Beyond could escape her eyes and ears.
In Yue Mingkong’s view, the appearance of Dark Heaven was absolutely inseparable from Gu Changge.
It was even highly likely that Gu Changge himself was the one pushing it from behind the scenes.
That he was, in truth, the master behind Dark Heaven.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Hearing this, though the speaking female official was puzzled in her heart, she did not dare ask further.
Although Dark Heaven’s emergence showed signs of throwing the Beyond into chaos, to think it could shake the foundations of an unrivaled Celestial Dynasty just like that was still far from enough.
In her view, Yue Mingkong telling them there was no need to worry was a display of immense confidence—she simply did not regard Dark Heaven as worth her attention at all.
“Oh, right, Your Majesty. Word came from the Longevity Gu Family that Young Master Changge’s injuries have mostly healed.
Several days ago, he already departed from the Longevity Gu Family, and judging by his direction, it seems he is coming to see you.” The female official seemed to suddenly remember another matter and reported it softly.
“I know.”
Yue Mingkong nodded, the corners of her mouth curving up slightly, though she quickly composed herself.
In truth, several months ago, when she received the seven Tools of World Domination that Gu Changge had sent from the Profound Sword World, she had already understood that Gu Changge intended to make his move on the secret trove of the Immortal Palace.
In her previous life, it was also only as their wedding date drew near that Gu Changge began sending people to search for all the clues regarding the Seven Tools of World Domination.
So looking at it this way, the timeline had been pushed forward by a full three thousand years.
Although Mingkong had returned through rebirth,
many things in this life had developed off their original course, leaving her unable to judge whether things would still match the visions of the future she had experienced before.
Moreover, during this period—especially when she closed her eyes to rest—inexplicable images would always surface in Yue Mingkong’s mind.
She saw herself, yet it was not her, in some distant, unknown place—profound and sacred, vast and ancient.
“Through the eternal ages, a single dawn of wind and moon.”
The her of that time seemed like a different person—cold and lofty, like a deity standing above the Nine Heavens, looking down upon the boundless masses of living beings.
Those images were not very clear, so much so that at times they were merely a few hazy, scattered fragments.
She had also wondered whether these images were memories left over from her previous life, but on further thought, the possibility seemed slim.
After all, from the moment she was killed by Gu Changge to her rebirth back to half a year before Gu Changge returned from the Overworld—everything in between, she remembered clearly, as if engraved into the deepest recesses of her divine soul and mind.
So those hazy images clearly had nothing to do with her previous life.
“A dream of thousands of autumns—what year is this evening?”
The Remembrance Immortal Technique.
Thinking of these things, Yue Mingkong suddenly felt a weariness in her heart and waved her hand, dismissing all the female officials and maids in the palace.
This was an extremely mysterious technique, one that had appeared during this period along with those images surfacing in her mind.
She had no idea whatsoever of this technique’s origins.
This left Yue Mingkong deeply puzzled, even somewhat worried, making her wonder just what her rebirth truly was.
Where had this mysterious technique come from? Why had it appeared?
Judging from everything happening now, if she truly had been reborn thousands of years into the past, then why did so many things develop in ways that always deviated from the course of her previous life?
Just looking at Gu Changge’s various actions alone revealed much.
Not to mention that at times, things she had believed long since set in stone would always take unexpected turns.
The battle in which the Beyond campaigned against the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains—though its outcome had not changed much, it had arrived nearly a thousand years early.
The emergence of the True Immortal Academy and the Eternal Overcast Kingdom was the same.
So at times, Yue Mingkong could not help but wonder—were the things she experienced in her previous life even real?
Was it all a golden millet dream, flowers in a mirror and the moon on water, Zhuangzi dreaming he was a butterfly?
Or perhaps a corner of the future she had somehow glimpsed through the unseen workings of fate?
These questions, even if she did not actively dwell on them, would involuntarily surface during this time.
“If I confess the matter of my rebirth to Changge, what would he think of me?
Would he feel that I approached him with vengeance in mind from the very start? He has finally come to trust me—I don’t want to destroy the relationship we have now.”
Yue Mingkong, in truth, still had her own considerations in her heart.
Whether the rebirth was real or false, her current relationship with Gu Changge could not be more real.
Gu Changge had also promised her that once matters at the Great Yu Celestial Dynasty were settled, he would come to the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty to discuss their wedding date with her.
This was what she had waited three thousand years for in her previous life, the thing she had longed for and yearned for most.
Now it was right before her eyes, almost within reach—yet it left her somewhat anxious, fearing loss amid the gain.
And just as Yue Mingkong’s thoughts churned, a light laugh suddenly rang out from outside the palace.
“After months apart, I’ve missed you dearly. Mingkong, are you missing your husband?”
Gu Changge strolled in unhurriedly, with numerous female officials following behind him, their faces showing some hesitation and conflict.
According to Yue Mingkong’s orders, without her permission, no one was allowed to force their way into this place.
But the one who had come was Gu Changge—Yue Mingkong’s fiancé, no less. In the entire vast Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, who would dare stop him?
So they were quite torn, somewhat worried about being reprimanded by Yue Mingkong.
“Changge, you’re here?”
Yue Mingkong had not expected Gu Changge to arrive so quickly. She lifted her eyes, somewhat delighted.
She had thought it would take Gu Changge several more days to reach this place.
But on second thought, with Gu Changge’s cultivation now comparable to a Remnant Immortal, tearing through the universe to rush here was but a matter of moments.
Though this journey was vast, to him now, it was nothing at all.
“I’ve come.” Gu Changge smiled faintly, waving his hand to signal the many female officials behind him to withdraw.
Since their last parting, quite a long time had actually passed. Though they had exchanged letters in between, how could that compare to meeting again in person?
As the saying goes, reunion after long separation surpasses even the wedding night—there was reason in those words.
At this moment, even Gu Changge had many things he wanted to say to Yue Mingkong. He had to admit that at the very beginning, his treatment of this woman had been with an exploitative mindset, but as he gradually came to understand her, he finally comprehended what deep affection meant.
He was not, after all, truly made of stone and iron. Faced with a woman so ardent and sincere, willing to make an enemy of the entire world for his sake,
how could he remain unmoved?
“I thought you wouldn’t arrive for several more days. Was the journey tiring?”
Yue Mingkong rose from the phoenix couch. Her usually stern, otherworldly beautiful face could not help but show a trace of a smile as she naturally walked over and smoothed out the slightly wrinkled collar of Gu Changge’s robe.
Gu Changge smiled and said, “Coming to see you—how could that be tiring?”
As he spoke, he very naturally wrapped an arm around her slender waist.
Yue Mingkong shot him a mild glare, but did not mind his actions. Instead, a trace of anticipation rippled through her eyes as she said, “You... you came to see me—is there something the matter?”
In truth, she was asking what she already knew; she simply wanted to hear the answer from Gu Changge’s own lips.
“Naturally, it’s to discuss the matter of our wedding date. I don’t want to make you wait too long.”
Gu Changge smiled, tucking a strand of hair that had fallen across her forehead back behind her ear.
Don’t want to make me wait too long...
Yue Mingkong’s heart suddenly turned sour.
If she could have heard these words earlier in her previous life, then she truly would not have had to wait bitterly for three thousand years, only to be cruelly killed by him on their wedding night.
“This time, you’re not lying to me again?”
Yue Mingkong stared at him in a daze, then suddenly asked softly.
Gu Changge seemed not to notice the “again” in her tone. He smiled faintly and said, “Why would Mingkong say such a thing? When have I ever lied to you?”
He knew that when Yue Mingkong said this, she was carrying the emotions of her previous life.
But for the sake of harmony between them, Gu Changge did not wish to expose her secret of rebirth.
After all, some things buried in the soil would sooner or later rot away and scatter—so long as no one went digging them up.
Just as Yue Mingkong had always known of his methods, knew how he had previously trapped and killed so many Young Prodigies, how he had pinned the black pot of the Successor of Demonic Arts onto others—
yet she never spoke of it, pretending not to know.
Between the two of them, from beginning to end, there had always been this tacit understanding—both clearly knowing everything, yet each playing the fool before the other.
“The things you’ve lied to me about are countless.”
Yue Mingkong quickly noticed the slip in her own words just now.
But she paid it no mind, rolling her eyes at Gu Changge as she said, “What is your relationship with Jiang Chuchu, the Saintess of Mortal Palace? You’ve never told me.”
“When you went to the Demon World, you were also entangled with Empress Yao Xi of the Demon World, and you never told me about that either. And also—”
“As for the rest, no need to say it. I know it all.”
Gu Changge felt a slight headache coming on.
Then he gently shook his head with a smile and said, “If you want to know, I can tell you everything. But I always thought you never cared about such things. Since when did you start getting jealous too?”
“I also thought I wouldn’t care. After all, whether now or in the future, I will be your properly wedded principal wife, and the others can at most count as concubines.
But the moment I think of how, when I’m not by your side, there will always be flocks of orioles and swallows swarming around you, the urge to kill them all rises in my heart.”
Yue Mingkong likewise shook her head, saying these words in a very calm tone.
Her temperament had always been forceful and domineering.
In some respects, she was even cold to the point of unreasonableness, so for her to say such a thing was actually not surprising.
Besides, Gu Changge had not yet reached the point of that bone-deep coldness of his previous life.
Toward the various peerless beauties around him, he had always welcomed all comers.
“Then just stay by my side forever. Wouldn’t that solve it?”
Hearing this, Gu Changge could not help but chuckle lightly, as if he had not heard the resentment in her words at all.
“But you will eventually leave the Beyond. If I leave together with you, then the foundations you’ve built up all these years—who would manage them for you?
Or is it that you simply don’t care, and would let the foundations you’ve built collapse into ruin?”
Yue Mingkong shook her head, giving him a faint look, understanding his teasing intent.
With Gu Changge’s cultivation at this stage, he would sooner or later break through to the Immortal Dao Realm.
Now the Celestial Path was about to appear, and the ancient beings of the various powers and Dao traditions were all stirring restlessly, wanting to find that path.
In the near future, when great chaos engulfed the Beyond, Gu Changge would certainly seize the opportunity to take that step and then leave the Beyond.
So she had to find a way to at least let Gu Changge depart without any worries behind him.
“Mingkong, you truly are wonderful, thinking of me like this.”
Hearing Yue Mingkong’s words, Gu Changge was first taken aback, then smiled, unable to stop himself from reaching out and pulling her into his embrace.
In truth, he had not expected that Yue Mingkong had long since made such plans. In his heart, there was still some irrepressible emotion.
With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?
In the days that followed, Gu Changge remained in Yue Mingkong’s bedchamber, utterly at ease and leisure, never showing himself outside.
Although the many Cultivators within the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty all knew that Gu Changge had come to this place, no one dared come to disturb them.
Even Emperor Yue and the many ancient beings of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty were the same, regarding this scene with nothing but delight.