The Immortal's Corpse Falls — How Could a Disciple Not Bring a Grand Gift for Shifu's Wedding?
The Immortal’s Corpse Falls — How Could a Disciple Not Bring a Grand Gift for Shifu’s Wedding?
After Xian’er, Jiang Chuchu, Tiantian, and the others offered their toasts, they departed one after another.
Then some old acquaintances came over as well, including Jiang Luoshen, the princess of the Godly Illusion Clan. Even Xiao Ruoyin, the reincarnation of the High Priestess of Destiny whom he had not seen in a long time, arrived in the great hall to toast Changge. Her expression was calm, betraying little abnormality.
The matter between her and Changge was, truth be told, rather complicated. Because of the Celestial Boat of Creation, she had come to this world from the far shore of a distant starry sky.
Afterward, she gradually recovered her memories as the High Priestess of Destiny, and had once offered herself to him in order to seek Changge’s protection.
Moreover, Xiao Ruoyin knew Changge’s true identity. After recovering her original memories, she had perceived the many threads of karma stretching from the Forbidden Era, coiling around Gu Changge like a dense fog.
Possessing the Nihility Destiny Physique, her perception of such ethereal things as karma and destiny was exceptionally keen.
In the eyes of many cultivators, peering into the secrets of heaven invited terrifying karmic backlash, with mortal danger at every turn. Even those with heaven-piercing abilities feared being left with a Dao Injury.
But Xiao Ruoyin feared none of this karma. She herself stood beyond destiny, untouched by karmic ties, so she would often risk herself, attempting to see through karma and even the future.
However, at Gu Changge’s grand wedding today, she did not say much, seemingly here only to offer her congratulations.
“It’s been a while. It seems you no longer hate me as much as you did back then.”
Gu Changge nodded slightly. He sensed that in the short time since they had last met, Xiao Ruoyin’s cultivation had already broken through to the Sacred Realm — and that was merely her strength on the surface. Her true methods were likely even more terrifying.
Previously, he had kept Xiao Ruoyin around intending to harvest her Source once it matured. But she had probably long since guessed his purpose and would have prepared for it.
Of course, Gu Changge no longer needed her Source now. After all, he held the Dao Fruit that the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being had accumulated over countless ages, so naturally he had no need for that portion of her Source.
Meeting again, his state of mind was no longer what it once was, and Gu Changge could hardly scheme against her anymore.
The past had drifted away like smoke — why bother dwelling on it?
Ruoyin clearly understood this as well. Her temperament was tranquil and uncontentious. After offering her congratulations, she transformed into a phantom and left the great hall, not staying any longer.
But at the very end, she seemed to remember something. She turned back to glance at Gu Changge, as if she had something to say but hesitated.
Gu Changge, however, did not look at her again. He turned to toast the other old acquaintances. He had expected to see Wang Zijin, but he only saw many important figures of the Longevity Wang Family — she was nowhere to be found.
This surprised Gu Changge slightly. Based on his understanding of Wang Zijin, she should not have been absent from an occasion like this.
Her physique was somewhat special — could she no longer be in the Beyond?
Changge could only speculate as much. From the very first moment he had come into contact with Wang Zijin, he had felt that she carried quite a few secrets.
As for the Longevity Wang Family, Wang Zijin’s younger brother Wang Wushuang could be seen there, but Changge had no intention of going over to ask.
The wedding banquet continued. The great hall was filled with lively festivity, with firecrackers bursting everywhere.
All kinds of divine music played, and maidens like fairies gliding on rippling waves swept across the sky.
Auspicious birds — azure luan, golden rocs, immortal cranes — danced through the air, while propitious beasts like spirit deer and qilin bounded about. White mist curled and divine radiance shone brilliantly. Swathes of palaces hung high in the heavens, as if one had arrived in a celestial realm.
The atmosphere here was incomparably fervent and harmonious. Everyone drank cup after cup of wine.
Within the hall, many figures of the older generation spoke heartfelt words of blessing, and the entire wedding maintained its high spirits throughout.
Then, beyond the great hall, a sky-piercing red glow appeared. An incomparably vast silver river emerged, glittering with light as if flowing from the depths of the universe, draping directly into the hall. Immortal mist pervaded it, divine rosy clouds interweaving — utterly resplendent.
Many beautifully dressed, enchanting maidens led the bride forward slowly, like the Nine Heavens’ Goddess descending into the mortal world.
Nearly all the guests in the hall were stunned by the sight, their eyes full of amazement.
Changge walked over with a smile and, with perfect naturalness, took hold of that soft, delicate hand.
“First bow to Heaven and Earth, second bow to the parents, husband and wife bow to each other!”
A highly senior Ancestor of the Longevity Gu Family watched the two newlyweds with a smile in his eyes, loudly calling out the auspicious words, having them bow to the two sets of parents seated at the head of the hall, following the proper ceremony step by step.
But just then, heaven collapsed and earth split — a terrifying sound that shook the soul rang out.
Many star domains trembled, and countless stars quivered, on the verge of falling.
Beyond the Longevity Gu Family, nearly half of the entire star domain was in upheaval. Resplendent light surged skyward, shaking this corner of the universe.
In that instant, every cultivator and living being was stunned.
Even the True Daoists set down their wine cups, brows tightly furrowed.
In the distant universe, a light suddenly tore through the firmament, as if it would pierce through the Nine Heavens and Ten Realms and suppress the Eight Wastelands — terrifying beyond compare.
The entire world seemed to undergo a violent upheaval. A dreadful, hair-raising aura spread over from that place.
Everyone heard the sound of something unimaginably heavy falling — falling from who-knows-where, smashing down into the depths of this universe all at once, stirring up a heaven-shaking commotion, sinking an entire star domain with its impact.
That terrifying aura, enough to crush the void itself, continuously billowed out from that place, chilling the heart. Vast stretches of star domains dimmed and collapsed, utterly unable to withstand it.
“Th-this aura... it’s... the aura of an Immortal?”
“Could it be that an Immortal’s Corpse has fallen out?”
Within the great hall of the Longevity Gu Family, nearly all the powerful figures changed expression, rising to their feet in utter shock and crying out.
Their gazes seemed to tear through the void in an instant, landing upon the place from which the terrifying commotion came.
Something had truly fallen out.
And it was not only the Longevity Gu Family — among the other Daoist lineages and powers, powerful figures also sensed this dreadful fluctuation at the first moment, their expressions changing drastically, shocked and horrified beyond measure.
It was a terrifying aura that suppressed the very laws of this world, spreading through that star domain. Even without approaching it in person, one could feel the oppressive, heart-palpitating dread.
Merely a wisp, a thread of it, was enough to silence and terrify every living being and cultivator under heaven, nearly driving them to their knees.
Why had an Immortal’s Corpse suddenly fallen out — and at this very moment, so close to the Longevity Gu Family?
Where exactly had this Immortal’s Corpse come from?
In the great hall, all the guests stared at that place in extreme shock, their faces full of bewilderment.
After all, gathered here were the leaders of nearly every Daoist lineage and power in the Beyond. Every single one of them possessed sky-high authority and status. To put it bluntly, the people assembled here could easily alter the entire landscape of the Beyond.
In their eyes, this was simply far too much of a coincidence.
Yue Mingkong, her head covered by the red bridal veil, suddenly gripped Gu Changge’s hand tightly, trembling in a way she could not quite explain herself.
She had a premonition — this suddenly fallen Immortal’s Corpse had come for Gu Changge.
“Don’t worry. Whatever is meant to come will come.”
Gu Changge comforted her softly. At this moment, his expression was unprecedentedly calm, his gaze profound and utterly without ripples.
In truth, he had known all of this long ago — he simply had not known in what form it would arrive.
And just then, from the distant star domain, accompanied by sky-blotting demonic qi, came a cold voice that made hearts tremble with fear. The voice was like heavenly music, yet its chill pierced to the bone.
“Shifu’s grand wedding — how could your disciple not bring a grand gift?”
“I wonder... will this Immortal’s Corpse suffice?”