After being jilted by the saintess at the beginning, why is she crying?

"Lin Fengmian!!"

She spoke each word slowly and deliberately, as if chewing on the bones of an enemy, "I swear I will not rest until I kill you!"

early morning.

Qingzhufeng Cave.

The first rays of sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the vines at the cave entrance, casting golden streaks on the ground.

The spiritual energy inside the cave was so dense it was almost viscous. In the center, Li Cheng sat cross-legged on a futon.

The black energy surrounding the demonic corpse surged and boiled.

That body, which was originally only at the Great Perfection of Core Formation, is being tempered, transformed, and elevated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The bones were making slight popping sounds, and the meridians were being reorganized and reshaped.

A faint dark red halo peeked through the black demonic energy, a sign of physical transformation after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Li Cheng's aura continued to climb and rise.

From the Great Perfection of Core Formation, to the Half-Step Nascent Soul stage, and then to the Early Nascent Soul stage—

"Buzz—"

A chilling pressure suddenly spread out, and the restrictive talismans on the cave walls glowed all at once, desperately suppressing the leaking aura.

Li Cheng opened his eyes, and his ghostly green eye sockets now had a hint of dark gold, making them deep and vast.

His current strength is comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

In just one night, he refined most of the bottle of innate spiritual dew, forcibly pushing the demonic corpse to the maximum height that the lower realm could accommodate.

Lin Fengmian sat on the stone bed on the other side of the cave, feeling the oppressive aura coming towards him, but a calm and breezy smile still lingered on his lips.

He even had the leisure to examine the three flying swords floating in his dantian.

After a night of nurturing, the blades of the Little Heavenly Sword, the Shadow Sword, and the Golden Edge Sword all developed a layer of fine lines, a sign that the quality of the swords was slowly improving.

To be honest, the oppressive aura emanating from Li Cheng, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, did give him a slight jolt. But he remained completely calm.

The life force is still firmly in your own hands.

As long as that curse remains, even if Li Cheng breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, he won't be able to lay a finger on me.

"Old Li, you've made quite a commotion." Lin Fengmian stretched and jumped off the stone bed. "Time to get to work."

Li Cheng's eyelids twitched, his lips twitched, and he withdrew his aura, forcing out an expression that said, "This old man is more than willing to serve you": "Alright... kid, what do you plan to do?"

Lin Fengmian did not answer, but simply raised his hand, and a ball of extremely pure spiritual energy slowly condensed in his palm.

The spiritual energy displayed a strange luster with five colors flowing around it, and its intensity far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators of the same level—this was the result of his bottomless dantian being infused with spiritual spring energy overnight.

The Great Perfection of Core Formation.

Not only that, he flipped his wrist and took out a pill that was entirely crimson and covered with dark gold patterns from his storage bag.

The moment the pill entered his throat, an extremely violent heat surged through his body, causing the flow of spiritual energy in his meridians to increase more than threefold, and his aura to rise at a frenzied speed!

Blood-Burning Pill.

He refined this pill by mixing his own blood essence with the inner core of a third-tier demon beast. After taking it, it forcibly stimulates all potential in a short period of time, temporarily raising one's cultivation level by one major realm.

His aura surged from the peak of the Core Formation stage—

Half-step Nascent Soul.

Early stage of Nascent Soul.

"Buzz—"

The five-colored core in his dantian suddenly shone with a dazzling light, and a powerful pressure no less than that of a true Nascent Soul cultivator surged out from his body!

In addition, there's the physique of the Jade Bone Rock Technique, comparable to a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and the rankless sword formation techniques recorded in the Starfall Sword Manual—

Today, he is qualified to compete with a true Nascent Soul mid-stage monster.

Li Cheng felt a chill run down his spine as he watched this scene. This kid's growth rate was simply abnormal.

But what struck him even more strangely was that the boy's dantian seemed like a bottomless pit; no matter how much spiritual energy he absorbed, it only strengthened his foundation slightly, never filling it completely. Once such a person fully matured…

He dared not think any further.

"Let's go." Lin Fengmian wiped his mouth, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The Myriad Immortal Alliance, Zhongzhou City.

Today, the western district of Zhongzhou City is bustling like never before.

The reason is simple—today, it is Gongsun Mili, the apple of the Gongsun family's eye and one of the top five beauties on the Central Plains list.

The wedding to "Situ Changkong, the prodigy who became a Nascent Soul at the young age of three hundred, and the leading figure of the Situ family of this generation."

Starting at 3:45 AM, spirit boats and beast-drawn carriages continuously landed and passed by on the main road leading to the Situ residence.

Various colored lights intertwined in the sky, like a grand fireworks display.

"The Supreme Elder of the Ascending Sect, True Man Qingyang, has arrived—"

"Elder Zhou Tai of the Zhou Family, the Beast Tamer, has arrived—"

"The Pavilion Master of the Hundred Refinements Pavilion, True Person Tie Xuan, has arrived—"

One by one, renowned names spread far and wide, and behind each name was a powerful figure.

Of the 108 vice leaders of the Zhongzhou Myriad Dao Immortal Alliance, nearly 30% have arrived today.

These people usually guard their own areas, and they would never gather here except for such an important wedding.

The main hall of the Situ residence was already decorated with a festive atmosphere.

A red brocade carpet stretched from the main gate all the way to the inner courtyard. Large red lanterns hung from the pillars, each one a second-tier spiritual artifact, emitting a warm red glow day and night.

Countless spiritual fruits and wines were laid out on dozens of long tables, their fragrance filling the air and attracting the frequent glances of the guests.

On the central altar, a woman dressed in a magnificent red wedding gown with gold patterns and a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix sat as still as a statue.

Gongsun is confused.

Her stunning face was adorned with exquisite makeup; her eyebrows were like distant mountains shrouded in mist, and her lips were like cherry blossoms painted crimson. Beneath the phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, her cool yet stubborn eyes remained captivating.

Today, she is so beautiful that you can't take your eyes off her.

But there was not a trace of a new bride's joy or shyness in those eyes.

There was only an overwhelming sense of resentment, humiliation, and...loss.

She sat there with her back ramrod straight, her hands clasped on her knees, her knuckles turning slightly white from the effort.

She didn't even dare to turn her head to look at the smiling faces of the guests below the stage, because every smile felt like a knife stabbing into her heart.

On a personal level—Gongsun Mili, a dignified mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, if she really wanted to back out of this marriage, she could simply overturn the wedding and leave without anyone daring to stop her.

Although those old monsters have extraordinary abilities, if things really come to a head, she might not be able to escape.

But she can't.

The Situ family is far, far stronger than the Gongsun family. Just considering the Nascent Soul cultivators on the surface, the Situ family has no fewer than nine.

The Gongsun family, at most, only has five members.

Situ Xiong, that old fox, had already made it clear – “If this marriage doesn’t go through, the Gongsun family will have to report to the Situ family every time they open a gate in Zhongzhou City.”

Over the years, the 108 leaders of the Myriad Paths Immortal Alliance have formed a complex web of relationships through mutual checks and balances, marriage alliances, and other connections.