Chai Chuxi walked away, but saw a girl in men's clothing standing at the bridge ahead, looking down at the flowing water. She looked like the girl named Luo Wanyi who was with Su Yun.

Chai Chuxi didn't care and walked onto the bridge.

"When I competed with Su Yun for the position of the head of the Tongtian Pavilion, he didn't dare to fight me at the same level, and used his higher realm to suppress me."

Luo Wanyi's eyes were deep as she gazed at the river, saying, "That's how he took the position of the head from me. But to this day, I have never admitted defeat."

Chai Chuxi intended to walk across the bridge, but Luo Wanyi's momentum gradually increased, blocking the bridge.

Chai Chuxi stopped, puzzled, "You're stopping me because he's your lover, and you don't want me to marry him?"

Luo Wanyi shook her head, turned around, and said seriously, "I just want you to know that I am also strong. He is called a celestial being, and so am I."

Chai Chuxi looked at her and shook her head, "Being one realm higher than you is indeed a skill. You have a high spirit, but at the same time, you think too highly of yourself, higher than your talent and cultivation strength, to the point where you think of yourself as a giant, and others are only lucky to surpass you."

Luo Wanyi clenched her fists.

Chai Chuxi continued, "However, you have never been able to face yourself squarely. In your eyes, you are always a step above others, but I see you very clearly, and you are much shorter than me. Compared to you, I am more suitable for him."

Luo Wanyi loosened her fists and chuckled.

Chai Chuxi disregarded it and said, "Also, you are stopping me not just to prove that you are a celestial being and to demonstrate your strength. You are just jealous, consumed by jealousy. You like him, but cannot have him, and I beat you to it. So you want to defeat me to prove yourself."

Luo Wanyi felt something was wrong. Her momentum was unconsciously shaking, while Chai Chuxi's momentum was rising and gradually surpassing her!

"To me, you are just a greedy little woman."

Chai Chuxi walked up to her and said lightly, "Don't try to regain your pitiful self-esteem by defeating me, because you will lose miserably."

She walked past Luo Wanyi.

Luo Wanyi clenched her fists tightly, turned around suddenly, and her spiritual and physical body merged. She then displayed her celestial arts!

The seven-colored light of Yue Liuxi and the great divine power of Jiang Zushi's physical body merged at that moment!

However, just as she made her move, a celestial spirit appeared behind Chai Chuxi, towering over ten zhang, like a heavenly maiden descending to earth, untainted by the mortal world.

The celestial spirit was surrounded by fluttering colored ribbons, each of which was a manifestation of celestial arts, with various celestial runes imprinted on them.

A ribbon floated over and met Luo Wanyi's attack. Her body shook violently, and her spirit was almost shaken out of her body.

With a light flick, she couldn't help but grunt, and was involuntarily thrown into the river with a thud.

Chai Chuxi did not look back, and walked across the bridge, saying, "Compared to you, I am more suitable for him, but he is not worthy of me."

Her figure drifted away, and her voice came from afar, "Don't use your childish emotions to bind my steps."

Luo Wanyi stood in the water, staring blankly as the girl walked away.

"Is there really such a woman in the world?"

Her heart was in turmoil, and a voice in her mind kept saying, "Perhaps Lord Su is really not worthy of her. But..."

Luo Wanyi stood in the water and smiled, feeling very happy, "Even if you are like a heavenly maiden, you cannot defy the command of the divine lord. You still have to marry someone surnamed Su! It's a joy to see a pure and untainted woman like you being defiled!"

She suddenly felt a strange sense of satisfaction. It was strange, as she had indeed felt an unattainable jealousy before, but now she felt a sense of pleasure at seeing a pure woman being defiled, like seeing a clean sheet of paper being stained, or a piece of porcelain being smashed!

The next day, the wedding was held.

The Chai family was in a frenzy, but Su Yun was somewhat uneasy. He was pulled by some matchmakers to dress up and change into new clothes and shoes.

Su Yun was still uneasy and grabbed Yu Daoyuan, the God Emperor, who said irritably, "You ask me, who do I ask? I married, but it wasn't true love..."

"Me too!"

"I married for the power of the woman's family, it was a marriage of influential families."

"Me too!"

"I actually just lusted after her body!"

"Me too!"

...

Yu Daoyuan and Su Yun sympathized with each other. He told Su Yun some wedding taboos and shared some of his experiences, kindly telling him what to prepare and what mindset to have for the wedding night.

"Generally, the first time is not too good, even very bad. It feels too fast, but it's okay, it will be better next time... Why am I telling you this?"

Yu Daoyuan walked away with a dark expression, and glanced back at Su Yun with a sinister look, thinking, "He knows my secret. Normally, I should silence him, but unfortunately, I can't beat his father-in-law... You lucky brat!"

Finally, the wedding ceremony arrived. Su Yun and Chai Chuxi bowed to the altar, drank the wedding wine, and were sent into the bridal chamber by the lively crowd.

The bridal chamber was a palace newly arranged by the Chai family. The Chai family treated the wedding of the young couple as a real wedding. Su Yun had some doubts before, worried that it was a trick by the divine lord Chai Yundu, but when he actually bowed to the altar and entered the bridal chamber, he suddenly woke up.

"I'm actually married, really married."He held one end of the flower ribbon, the other end in Chai Chuxi's hand, surrounded by the matrons and maids, who escorted them to the bridal chamber, where the sight of splendid brocade curtains and a red, fragrant quilt greeted them.

The matrons and maids settled Chai Chuxi by the bed, then pressed Su Yun to sit beside her. After a round of teasing and laughter, they finally left.

Chai Xicong lingered last, turning back to close the door with a smile, "Son-in-law, rest early. By this time next year, you may well be holding a chubby little boy!"

Su Yun's face flushed red, he stammered, "Rest? It's still early..."

"In my Tianxi Mountain's Ying'an City, night seldom falls. Son-in-law, best to sleep early."

Chai Xicong closed the door and left, her voice chasing away the eavesdropping maids outside, their giggles fading into the distance.

The bridal chamber quieted down, leaving only Su Yun and Chai Chuxi.

Su Yun composed himself and lifted the rosy veil from the girl's head, revealing a strikingly lovely face beneath.

Though he had met her only twice before, this being the third, an inexplicable chord struck his heart.

In the spirit realm, Ying Ying exclaimed excitedly, "Today, we shall cross this thunder pond! Su Scholar, put in some effort, I'll take notes on the essence of things... What are you doing?"

Ying Ying was both shocked and angry as a wall of runes surged towards her, sealing her and the spiritual rhinoceros together!

"Traitor!"

Ying Ying's angry voice came through, "Think of the years we've suffered and enjoyed together, you traitor, doesn't your conscience hurt? Let me see! At worst, I'll just stop taking notes..."

Su Yun, expressionless, sealed Ying Ying and the spiritual rhinoceros deep within his memory, thinking, "What peculiar hobbies Ying Ying has..."

Chai Chuxi's face, lightly dusted with powder and brows delicately drawn, was captivating yet carried a cold indifference that seemed to keep others at a thousand miles distance. She said indifferently, "That's it, our fate ends here. I am wholeheartedly devoted to the pursuit of the Dao of immortality, and our connection ends with this. I can leave you the title of husband, but nothing more."

She raised her delicate fingers, tracing a line in the air, "This is your thunder pond. Cross it by even a hair's breadth, and you will suffer the greatest humiliation of your life."

Where her fingers passed, thunder brewed, and between her and Su Yun, lightning coalesced like water, forming an actual thunder pond!

Su Yun was astonished, looking at the thunder pond before him and then at the girl opposite, he praised, "Chuxi, I underestimated you. This thunder pond is extraordinary, containing unique natural energies of heaven and earth, yet I find them somewhat familiar. Among the seventy-two heavenly domains, there is one whose energy resembles that of your thunder pond."

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A flicker of surprise crossed Chai Chuxi's eyes, "You're quite perceptive. This is the natural energy of the Thunder Pond Domain. By chance, I entered a forbidden area within my Emperor's Domain and was trapped there, but I found a path to immortality."

Su Yun was curious, "A path to the Thunder Pond Domain? Is this path opened through an altar and immortal talismans?"

Chai Chuxi nodded.

Su Yun blinked and laughed, clapping his hands, "I've had a similar experience. I've been to the Cold Moon Domain, where I, along with another girl, comprehended an entirely new realm, the Cold Moon Realm."

Chai Chuxi shook her head, "I did not comprehend the Thunder Pond Realm. When I arrived at the Thunder Pond, it was uninhabited, and the pond was nearly dry, with planets drifting in the outer space carrying the dust of calamity. Bathing in the Thunder Pond, I did not grasp its realm, but my strength is equivalent to having an additional Thunder Pond Realm."

Su Yun looked at the thunder pond before him.

Chai Chuxi said, "I am on par with the celestial bodies of the same clan in the realm of Contending Saints; do not attempt it lightly."

Su Yun smiled, "I want to try."

Chai Chuxi sat by the bed, her body still, but her celestial spirit emerged, towering over ten zhang tall, with colorful ribbons fluttering behind her.

"Try then!"

Su Yun laughed heartily, his own celestial spirit also emerged, equally towering, with a halo forming a ring behind his head.

He stepped over the thunder pond, "Let's give it a try!"

"Boom!"

The thunder pond erupted, engulfing Su Yun in lightning. At that moment, the celestial spirit behind Su Yun took a deep breath, swallowing the thunder pond whole.

Chai Chuxi remained seated, speaking indifferently, "You're only humiliating yourself."

Her celestial spirit's three colorful ribbons danced, each movement unleashing a realm, three great realms overlapping, engulfing Su Yun!

At that moment, Su Yun's celestial spirit unfolded his own realm, contending with Chai Chuxi's three great realms. A thunderous noise followed, and the fragrant red quilt along with the large bed turned to dust!

"Unfortunately for you,"

Su Yun smiled, "If you wish to become an immortal, you must first pass through this immortal tribulation I present!"

To Chai Chuxi's astonishment, his realm revealed the sharp edge of an immortal sword!

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