Chapter 480: The Third Fated Battle (Part 3)

Indeed.
Fate is so capricious.
Su Chen was helpless, but he quickly understood the cause and effect of the matter.
In this life, he originally had no right to be associated with the Mountain and River Sect.
However, the current sect master's personal disciple... possessed true dragon blood. His marriage to him was due to a prophecy by the Dragon Lord. He wasn't actually the first person to be married to a dragon descendant, but he was the first to be jilted by one!
Su Chen: "......."
Without thinking, Su Chen knew that all of this was the work of Dragon God.
As the mountains and rivers trembled, terrifying auras manifested out of thin air.
The Floating Life Realm trembled, and countless beings, billions upon billions, couldn't help but want to kneel in worship.
The number one power in the Immortal Realm, the current sect master's personal disciple of the Mountain and River Sect, had arrived in the Mountain and River Realm!
All eyes were on the Wei family of the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect.
The Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect is one of the three top powers in the Floating Life Realm, and the Wei family, the current leader of the sect, enjoys immense prestige. Su Chen is from this lineage.
On the day Wei Chen was born, a contract floated towards the Wei family from the Dragon God Palace. This was a marriage contract, a common tactic used by the Dragon God Palace over the past few eras. Although their true intentions are unknown, anyone recognized by the Dragon God Palace's contract has been betrothed to a pure-blooded dragon maiden, becoming Daoist partners—without exception.
The Dragon God Palace is another transcendent power in the heavens. Although nominally subservient to the Mountain and River Sect, it possesses the only officially recognized True Immortal in the Immortal Realm—supreme and not to be dishonored!
The dragon maidens of the Dragon God Palace, possessing pure bloodlines, not only possess talents surpassing all others, but are also destined to become supreme beings at least at the Emperor Realm. Each is also breathtakingly beautiful, like goddesses, high above and untouchable, the dream lovers of countless young talents from powerful forces across the heavens.
A marriage contract not only grants the prospect of becoming a prince consort of the Dragon God Palace, but also the chance to marry a dragon maiden possessing both beauty and power—a dream for many. Wei Chen, the young master of the Wei family, received the Dragon God Palace's favor from birth, a stroke of luck that inspires envy and resentment in countless... While the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect is a powerful force in the Floating Life Realm, it is but an ant before the Dragon God Palace.
In particular, the current generation's Dragon Maiden, Long Qingxian, possessed unparalleled talent in the history of the Dragon God Palace, hailed as the most likely to become an immortal. At a young age, she broke through to the Longevity Emperor Realm, and through this opportunity, she caught the eye of the current sect leader of the Mountain and River Sect, who took her as a disciple. The thought of such a dazzling woman being betrothed to an ordinary man from an 'ordinary' power fueled a burning desire among the younger generation of various forces across the myriad realms to usurp her place—the hatred of having one's wife stolen was irreconcilable!
However, less than a thousand years after Long Qingxian joined the Mountain and River Sect, news shook the major powers: Long Qingxian intended to personally dissolve her engagement with the Wei family of the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect!
This was an unprecedented move by the Dragon God Palace, and the current sect leader of the Mountain and River Sect expressed his support.
Therefore... this is how Su Chen, upon awakening his memories, learned of the annulment of the engagement.
Long Qingxian has traversed countless realms and arrived at the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect, attracting frequent attention and even schadenfreude from powerful figures of various forces.
"The Dragon Goddess has arrived in the Floating Life Realm so quickly; it seems she's determined to annul this engagement."
"Indeed. How could a genius of such high standing, with the potential to become an immortal, willingly marry an ordinary man?"
"Even if the Wei family member of the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect has good aptitude, he's far too mediocre compared to the Dragon Goddess."
"This is going to be good... If the Dragon Goddess succeeds in annuling the engagement, the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect won't fare well. Their former glory will be followed by a miserable end. Those forces that want to curry favor with the Dragon Goddess won't let the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect off easily."
"........"
The expressions of the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect members changed drastically at this moment.
That's the number one sect in all the heavens; they've truly arrived.
The current leader of the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect, still clinging to a sliver of hope, asked, "May I ask what brings the Dragon Goddess to our sect today?"
A beam of azure light descended upon the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect. Countless ancient runes coalesced into a transparent, azure dragon phantom stretching across the heavens and earth. This phantom seemed even larger than the entire sect, behind which stood numerous gods and demons—the Dragon Goddess's subordinates, each possessing the power to easily overthrow the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect!
These god-like figures all wore respectful expressions.
Ripples spread from the beam of light. A slender, white foot stepped out, touching the void. Ripples of ice crystals and water spread out beneath her feet. A flowing, gradient-blue dress billowed. Looking upwards, she revealed a face that could eclipse all other beauty. Her icy blue pupils were like shattered glass, and her long, silvery-moon hair cascaded down like a galaxy, gradually deepening to a profound, dark blue from the tips.
She didn't move, merely standing there, yet exuding an invisible majesty, like a mountain pressing down on the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect members, making them breathless.
Long Qingxian completely ignored the words of the current leader of the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect. Her tone was cold and condescending: "Who is Wei Chen?"
"He's not qualified to be engaged to me, Long Qingxian!"
The last shred of hope in the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect leader's heart vanished.
Before the Mountain and River Sect and the Dragon God Palace, the Wind and Thunder Ancient Sect was less than a grain of sand in the universe, utterly powerless to resist.
A voice broke the deathly silence.
"I am Wei Chen."
Everyone looked.
A figure silently appeared, tall and imposing, clad in pristine white robes. The first thing one noticed was his pair of eyes—one blue, the other purple, imbued with the essence of wind and thunder. But upon closer inspection, these two essences transformed into a pale, indifferent aura, like the precipitous snow that had never melted for millennia, cold and devoid of any worldly dust.
If Long Qingxian was high above, looking down upon all,
then those eyes represented indifference! Indifference towards all people, towards all living beings, towards everything.
He stood there, and everything around him fell silent.
Wei Chen was the man fortunate enough to be married to Long Qingxian!
Long Qingxian was stunned.
For some reason, facing that figure at this moment, she couldn't help but want to lower herself, to submit—a feeling that Long Qingxian found utterly repulsive.
"Wei Chen, you should know why I have come today."
"Hand over the soul imprint, and I will not endanger your life. However, our marriage must be annulled. You are not even qualified to catch up with me, so what right do you have to be my husband?"
Long Qingxian suppressed the strange feeling in her heart. Although the young man before her had decent talent by all standards, the gap between him and her was simply too great, like an insurmountable chasm. How could Long Qingxian tolerate her fate being restricted by a marriage contract?