Volume One, Chapter 72: The Prenuptial Agreement and the Benefits of Divorce

Young Master Huo didn’t take him seriously at all. “Since you’re here for the wedding, what does it matter whose family is whose? In the end, aren’t you all marrying into my family?”

She walked to the window, gazing out at the world through the glass. A smile of hidden meaning played on her lips, and from the side, it seemed almost uncanny.

Of course, such things may have happened in the past, but no one had ever been foolish enough to speak of them openly. Everything was done in secret, while others turned a blind eye, pretending not to know.

Princess Lihuang broke down in tears. As composed as she usually was, she could no longer suppress her emotions. Her mother had been so gravely injured while trying to protect her, and now she sensed that something truly terrible might befall her mother. That was the source of her deepest terror.

Zhang Yuchao and his companions followed behind, while Qi Xuanyi and his group only made their way to the stone monument an hour after everyone else had entered the main hall.

In a brand-new office building, a young man sat before his computer, wholly absorbed in the final stages of debugging.

She looked at the person lying on the bed, his entire body swathed in gauze, his breathing so faint as to be almost imperceptible. She reached out to feel his pulse; after all, they had agreed to exchange knowledge. She couldn’t break her promise just because she was disappointed.

Qi Xuanyi gradually regained consciousness, slowly adjusting to the frigid air around him. Half an hour later, he reached the Lunar Frost Fruit Tree, and without hesitation, used the Lunar Frost Pearl from the Sun and Moon Treasure Orb to pluck and preserve the fruit from the tree.

Yet, none of the four fiercely battling contestants realized that the true key to victory at this moment lay with Bai Ye, who was already halfway up the spiral staircase leading to the top of the clock tower.

Despite everything, their photos taken at the hospital still leaked online. Netizens, full of excitement, let their imaginations run wild, and some people—always eager for drama—went so far as to pair them as a so-called “cult couple.”

Elsewhere in the Great Wilderness, in Qingqiu, several ancestral grandmothers once again gathered simultaneously in that pavilion. With a speed unmatched by any other race in the wilderness, they quickly learned every detail of the dragon and phoenix duel taking place outside.

Zhang Ruocheng’s heart of truth sensed a deep foreboding. In the void where nothing existed, an immense danger lurked—it was as though he was being watched by the abyss, unable to escape.

The pillars of light shattered countless machines one after another, finally crashing into the invisible shield protecting the “Skynet.” It was like a lion ramming against the bars of its cage, and the force threatened to bring the entire prison crashing down.

As Orochimaru turned, a human hand suddenly flew toward her, landing right in front of her feet.

Clad in a skintight bodysuit from head to toe, with a mask completely concealing his face, Baron Zemo sat in his living room on a throne-like chair, fiddling with the holographic screen before him.

This man had clearly noticed Ye Kai and the others below, which was why he paused his movement.

Though it was said to be Ji Youyun’s primordial spirit, only the face still resembled Ji Youyun’s features. The body was an enormous mass, its color akin to the gray-brown of Ji Youyun’s robes, but faintly glowing. Shi Qingxiang realized with a start that he was facing not only Ji Youyun, but also the beastly divine soul called “Devour.”

When Hongjian casually inquired about Qi Tianbao and Shi Qingxiang’s experiences atop Chihong Peak, Zhang Yu was not at all suspicious. These two belonged to the same sect as her brother and were his seniors; it was perfectly normal for her to be curious.

No matter what the couple thought at the moment, the first thing they needed to do was tell Fang Tianbao and his brothers exactly where their second brother, Wang Shouquan, was right now.