I didn't abandon my fiancée... I was torn through time on our wedding night.
One moment I was about to marry the woman I loved. The next, I woke up alone in the modern world with nothing but a tiny apartment, instant noodles, and no way back.
A year later... she found me.
White Ningbing—the Empress of the Immortal Realm, the strongest cultivator across the Six Realms—crossed dimensions just to bring me home.
There was only one problem...
She thought my microwave was an evil artifact.
"This demon must be destroyed."
"IT'S JUST A MICROWAVE!"
She leaped onto the roof of an Uber. Tried to destroy the fare meter. Nearly sliced a taxi dashboard in half because the glowing numbers kept changing. And now she's battling my kitchen appliance while dumplings spin peacefully inside.
I spent the first hour explaining electricity.
The second convincing her the refrigerator wasn't a dimensional portal.
The third trying to save my microwave.
But beneath all the comedy is the love story that broke me.
She crossed worlds to find me. Worked construction before sunrise just to earn enough money to buy me a bowl of noodles when I had nothing.
And I spent 3,000 years searching for the only woman I ever wanted to call my wife.
We never gave up on each other.
The microwave was just caught in the middle.
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One moment I was about to marry the woman I loved. The next, I woke up alone in the modern world with nothing but a tiny apartment, instant noodles, and no way back.
A year later... she found me.
White Ningbing—the Empress of the Immortal Realm, the strongest cultivator across the Six Realms—crossed dimensions just to bring me home.
There was only one problem...
She thought my microwave was an evil artifact.
"This demon must be destroyed."
"IT'S JUST A MICROWAVE!"
She leaped onto the roof of an Uber. Tried to destroy the fare meter. Nearly sliced a taxi dashboard in half because the glowing numbers kept changing. And now she's battling my kitchen appliance while dumplings spin peacefully inside.
I spent the first hour explaining electricity.
The second convincing her the refrigerator wasn't a dimensional portal.
The third trying to save my microwave.
But beneath all the comedy is the love story that broke me.
She crossed worlds to find me. Worked construction before sunrise just to earn enough money to buy me a bowl of noodles when I had nothing.
And I spent 3,000 years searching for the only woman I ever wanted to call my wife.
We never gave up on each other.
The microwave was just caught in the middle.
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00:00My ancient fiancé wants to castrate me and chases me all the way to modern earth,
00:04but I never meant to ditch the wedding. On the very night of our wedding, a strange force yanks
00:08me back to the modern world. Who could possibly understand the regret of being dumped into a
00:13rental apartment on my wedding night? But one year later, my fiancé shows up at my door.
00:17You, the heavenly sovereign of the celestial realm, have always been carefree and easygoing.
00:22Living alone in the mortal world, my days have been pretty laid back.
00:25I'm so shocked I stumble back two steps.
00:28Selene, how are you here? Seeing the confusion in my eyes, she answers flatly.
00:32You want to ask how I found you so you can dodge our engagement again next time?
00:36She looks at my disheveled state and lets out a contemptuous smile.
00:39I, I know I vanished into thin air on our wedding night and made you the laughingstock of the three
00:44realms, but this whole past year I've prayed to every god. Every single day I tried everything I
00:48could, but I just couldn't cross back. I don't want to hear it. I came to the mortal world for
00:53two things, and once they're done, you and I will be over for good, never to meet again.
00:57First, since you, Lucien, refuse to marry me, then let's settle this once and for all today,
01:02right here, in front of everyone. I tear up the marriage contract sealed by the heavenly
01:06Tao from this day forward. I, Selene, and you, Lucien, have nothing to do with each other ever
01:10again. But I tell her, this bond was sealed by the heavenly Tao itself, no one can just break
01:15it on a whim. I will never agree. Seeing how unyielding I am, Selene clenches the torn contract
01:20tight in her hand. I already announced it to every soul across the six realms I called off
01:24the engagement myself and stripped you of the title of heavenly sovereign I came today
01:28only to tell you in person. But I hold firm. No matter how many times you said it in the
01:31celestial realm, no matter how many times you announced it, I, Lucien, refuse to accept any
01:36of it. I look into her eyes. You once taught me. You don't judge a person by their words,
01:40you judge them by what they actually do. Selene can no longer hide the hurt in her voice.
01:44You're the one who ran from the wedding, you disappeared for a whole year, and now you absolutely
01:48refuse to call it off. How am I supposed to believe you? I fall silent. She goes on.
01:52Now for the second thing, you were the one who pursued me in the beginning. So why did
01:55I end up the target of every rumor with everyone pointing fingers at me? The joke of the realms.
02:00Why was it me? I have no answer. I reach out to wipe her tears, but she gently turns away
02:04and says coldly, the engagement is void, Mr. Lucien. Please keep your distance, show some
02:08respect. I try to explain. I never once thought of running from this marriage. I begged the heavens
02:12for 3,000 years to earn this engagement. How could I just let it go? On the night before
02:16our wedding, a strange, heavenly Tao backlash struck me out of nowhere and dragged me straight
02:21back to modern earth. I can't hold it back anymore. Selene, believe me, if I'd had even
02:25the slightest choice I would never have left you alone. But she still doesn't believe me.
02:29Lucien, did you really think you could throw out some heavenly Tao backlash excuse and I'd
02:33just buy it? I lost all face in front of 10,000 immortals mocked and shunned by everyone.
02:38Do you have any idea what this past year has been like for me? I step forward. If killing
02:42me would ease your anger then go ahead. Selene looks at the man tangled into her life
02:46for 3,000 years and still she cannot bring herself to strike. But if I find out you've
02:51lied to me about even half a word, I will shatter your very soul and you will never reincarnate
02:55again. I step closer to say something and just as the tension is about to snap, my aunt
02:59sends me a message. Lucien, are you off work yet? You've been single for so long I've set
03:04you up on a blind date. She's a pretty girl. Great figure too. Tomorrow morning, 10 o'clock,
03:09Riverside Tea House. You hear me? I rub my forehead. Auntie, please stop setting me up on
03:14these dates. I already have someone I love. Don't try to brush me off with that line.
03:17If you dare skip out tomorrow, I'll call your parents and have them deal with you.
03:20I hang up, knowing there's no way to talk my way out of this one.
03:23A blind date. That's where a mortal man and woman meet up privately, isn't it?
03:27She says with a sneer. Go right ahead. Don't let an old flame you abandoned get in the way
03:31of your beautiful new match. I deflate. Selene, it's not what you think meetings in the mortal
03:35world aren't as serious as you're imagining and that line you taught me. It has a second half
03:39you can always trust, Lucien. She doesn't respond. She just quietly sheathes her sword.
03:44I don't understand mortal customs, but tomorrow's blind date with that long-legged girl. I'm coming
03:48with you. I want to see for myself exactly what she looks like. I think she's only bluffing,
03:52but the next morning I hear something stirring in the living room. Selene is thrown on one of my
03:56t-shirts. The oversized shirt makes her look tiny. Catching me staring, she gets annoyed.
04:00What are you staring at? Keep gawking at me like that and I'll gouge your eyes out.
04:04Also, this shirt. I don't think it suits me. Do you have anything else?
04:08Oh, I sure do. I grin mischievously. My Lady Sovereign, your humble servant,
04:11shall fetch one. Fifteen minutes later, I finish helping her get dressed.
04:14Let's go, My Lady Sovereign, today. I'll show you the customs and life of the mortal world.
04:18Her fighting spirit immediately flares up. Just lead the way I want to get a good look
04:22at this long-legged blind date woman everyone's talking about and see how pretty she really is.
04:26Just how pretty she really is. She shoves me out the door, full of fire.
04:30Downstairs, I call the Uber I booked. But the moment Selene sees this moving contraption,
04:34she leaps straight onto the roof of the car. Ah, dude, what's going on with your girlfriend?
04:38Is she filming a martial arts show? That kung fu leap looked way too real.
04:41My brand new roof can't take this kind of beating. I hurry to coax her down.
04:45Selene, get down. This isn't some immortal treasure standing up there will crush the car.
04:49She replies, perfectly calm. Husband, no need to panic a platform this low.
04:53I'm standing on it just fine. How could it possibly break?
04:56Seeing how stubborn she is, I scoop her down and tuck her into the car.
04:58The moment she's inside, she's grumbling again.
05:00Mortal things are pathetically fragile. What is this weird round array that keeps flashing and ticking?
05:05The numbers shift up and down. Is it secretly draining our life force?
05:08An evil array like this will only bring disaster. Let me destroy it with one strike of my sword before
05:12it can harm you in secret. She starts channeling her power. I grab her hand at once.
05:17Your majesty, this is not a life-draining array. It's called a taxi meter.
05:20It calculates the fare for the ride. The numbers ticking are just counting money.
05:24They have nothing to do with our lifespan. Please don't do anything rash if you break it.
05:27We can't afford to pay for it. The driver, completely worn out, mutters,
05:31I've been driving for years and this is my first passenger who climbs onto the roof and
05:34rambles like she's in a trance. We finally arrive at the date and another classic soap opera scene
05:39is waiting for us. Luchin, you actually had the nerve to show up if your aunt hadn't shown up
05:44yesterday with a live chicken begging us to give you a chance to meet. Do you really think I'd be
05:48sitting here with you? A few thousand a month, no car, no house, nothing. Take a hard look at
05:53yourself. Are you even worthy? The man flips open a fancy box. Since you're here, let me give you a
05:57treat. This is a Tang Dynasty Hetty and Jade bowl worth a fortune. A regular working class guy like
06:03you couldn't afford it in a lifetime, even if you broke off a tiny chip. You couldn't pay it back.
06:07Selene flares up before I can react. A common mortal dares insult my husband in public?
06:12Isn't this just the classic humiliate the simp trope? Where did you even crawl out from to speak to me
06:16with that attitude? Selene picks up the bowl and examines it. This thing is lifeless,
06:20a cheap, artificially aged knockoff, and you have the nerve to call it an antique treasure?
06:24Are you insane? This is a top-tier antique. I'm calling the police right now to have you arrested.
06:28Oh, is this worth a lot? Selene laughs and conjures a breathtaking jade tablet in her palm.
06:33Even the finest imperial green jade is nothing next to this. How can a jade this perfect even exist?
06:38This stone is the lowest grade spirit jade in the celestial realm. We use it to prop up table legs,
06:43and a single piece is worth more than your entire family's assets combined. But then I notice,
06:47the jade pendant hanging around this man's neck carries a sinister aura I know all too well,
06:52the very same one that back then tore me out of the celestial realm and dragged me back to modern
06:57earth, that same rift of the heavenly Tao, that same black mist. Where did you get this pendant?
07:02The man, intimidated by my presence, blurts out, from Blackheart Antiques in Treasure Antique
07:07Alley. The owner of that shop sold it to me. Treasure Antique Alley, Blackheart Antiques.
07:12So the truth behind my wedding night disappearance and the reason Selene burned through her own
07:15cultivation to cross realms searching for me. It's all hidden inside that antique alley.
07:19I take Selene's hand.
07:20Come on, wife, let's head home first tomorrow. I'll take you to flip that whole place over.
07:24We leave. Back home, Selene's stomach is already growling. Let me heat up some dumplings for you.
07:28Dumplings? Just try them. You'll see.
07:30I toss the frozen dumplings into the microwave and instantly trigger Selene's full caveman mode.
07:35Stop! This square boxy thing. What kind of evil artifact is it?
07:39She points her sword at the microwave. It hums nonstop and gives off scorching, hostile energy.
07:43This is absolutely no ordinary mortal object. A bad feeling hits me.
07:47Stand back, get away from it. Let me slay this demon with one strike. I won't let it harm a
07:50single
07:51hair on you. I rush to stop her. Wait. My Lady Sovereign put the sword away.
07:55This isn't a demon or any kind of evil artifact. It's called a microwave, a mortal appliance used to
08:00heat up food. There's no danger at all. Selene is skeptical. Heating food without firewood,
08:05without open flame? Just this iron box can produce heat? How can such a bizarre thing
08:10exist in the mortal world? Has your mind already been clouded by some demon so now you're covering
08:14for it? I reassure her. There's truly no danger. It runs on electricity. We use it to heat all our
08:19meals. It'll stop in just a moment. Just watch. You'll see. Half convinced, she fidgets with the
08:23sword in her hand. A moment later, ding! The microwave chimes and steaming hot dumplings come out.
08:28See? I wasn't lying. It's just for heating food. Try one. She puts away her divine sword and
08:33inspects the dumpling carefully. This mortal world snack is actually better than the celestial realm's
08:38jade dew and spirit moon, and even tastier than divine elixirs. She starts devouring them.
08:43All grace forgotten. Those bland, grain-abstaining pills back in the celestial realm compared to this
08:47they're nothing like rotten, choking gruel. Listening to her mumble, my mind drifts elsewhere.
08:52That rich kid's pendant, the one carrying the aura of the heavenly Tao rift, came from Blackheart
08:57Antiques in Treasure Antique Alley, where I work part-time that Vince on the surface he's just an
09:01antique shop owner, but he's hiding something dark underneath that shop holds the full truth
09:04behind my forced transmigration. Selene finishes her meal happily and wipes her mouth. Catching
09:09my troubled expression out of the corner of her eye, she asks,
09:12What are you thinking about? Nothing. Let's clean up and get ready for bed tomorrow. I'm taking you
09:16to Blackheart Antiques. The moment we step inside, the shop owner's voice booms out.
09:20Perfect timing, broke errand boy this Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain. A major piece. You appraise
09:25it in front of everyone. Broaden your horizons. You've been here long enough to have sharpened your eye.
09:29Don't let our customers think our own staff can't tell a treasure when they see one. I let out a
09:33cold laugh. Vince is obviously laying a trap, planning to pin the sale of a fake on me as a
09:37scapegoat. This so-called appraisal session today is a setup made specifically for me.
09:41The planted chills in the crowd chime in. Wow, one look and you can tell this is a priceless
09:45antique. A treasure like this is worth an absolute fortune. Isn't that guy just the errand boy here?
09:50What does he know about antiques? He probably can't even tell blue and white porcelain from Celadon.
09:55Look, look. His face has gone pale. He probably doesn't even dare to touch it.
09:58I almost burst out laughing on the spot. This piece has none of the spiritual aura a true
10:02antique should carry, not a trace of the earthy patina that yours should leave behind.
10:06It's nothing but a modern factory assembly line low-grade knockoff. Cut the hype. This piece of
10:10junk dares to be called a legendary antique. All of you claim to be appraisal experts, yet you can't
10:15see that this thing has zero spiritual aura of a real antique, not even a hint of the patina of
10:20age.
10:20Nowhere to be found. It's a modern factory assembly line low-grade knockoff, plain and simple,
10:26and you all sing its praises like this. This jar isn't a yuan blue and white. It doesn't even
10:30qualify as a republic-era reproduction. A pure modern assembly line knockoff cost? 200 yuan tops.
10:36If I were you, I'd be looking for a hole to crawl into, instead of embarrassing myself here.
10:41Seeing I won't take the bait, the owner sneers. Every senior figure in Cloud City's antique world
10:45is sitting right here you dare call my prize treasure a fake? Then sign the liability agreement.
10:50I already called the police in advance. The officers are waiting right outside the moment
10:54your appraisal turns out wrong. You'll not only pay massive damages but face full legal consequences.
10:59A punk with dyed yellow hair jumps out. Who the hell do you think you are? Acting up at Boss
11:04Vince's
11:04event? Just a broke nobody with no background renting some dump of an apartment, scraping by at
11:08the bottom and you think you're qualified to judge a yuan blue and white? When Boss Vince was already
11:13collecting antiques you were still hauling bricks at a construction site. A self-important expert
11:17chimes in. Kid, you can eat whatever food you want, but you can't say whatever you want
11:20in this trade. What counts is your eye, your experience, your lineage. A green kid like
11:25you who can't even tell apart blue and white glaze, clay, or chemical composition who doesn't
11:28even know which way the door of this trade opens dares call a legendary yuan blue and white
11:31a fake. If you ask me, you just watched a couple of appraisal videos online and came here
11:36to fake expertise and grab attention. When I sign the agreement, the owner bursts into laughter,
11:40but then he watches me lift the vase and smash it onto the floor. Are you out of your mind?
11:45A priceless antique like this? You just destroyed it like that? You'll never escape responsibility for
11:50this in your lifetime. Outrageous. Absolutely lawless. This is a legendary yuan blue and white
11:55and you dare to scratch and abuse it in public, wantonly destroying it. This is a sacrilege
11:59against a sacred object. If this piece has even a hair of damage, ten lives wouldn't be enough to
12:03pay it back. A man in a suit blocks me. In this trade, you handle pieces gently even if you
12:07think
12:07it's fake. You don't desecrate it like that several certified appraisers here have already agreed
12:11this is a genuine museum-grade piece. Who the hell are you? A kid to destroy a treasure here.
12:17You don't have an ounce of reverence for ancient artifacts. I've worked in appraisal for twenty-two
12:21years. Eight or ten yuan blue and whites have passed through my hands. The clay, the glaze,
12:26the painting, the form. Every detail of this piece is spot on and you dare manhandle it like that.
12:30It's a desecration of the entire antique trade. My eight million! Lucian, you bastard, you dare destroy
12:36my family heirloom. If this jar has so much as a scratch, I'll make you pay until you're bankrupt.
12:40The police arrive in moments. What's going on here? Selene sees things turning bad and gets
12:44ready to strike. I press her hand down. Everyone here claims to be an antique expert, so open your
12:49eyes wide and take a good look at the inscription on the bottom of this yuan dynasty masterpiece.
12:53Right there on the bottom, in plain letters, microwave safe. The crowd bursts into laughter.
12:58The appraisal experts, however, lose their cool. Vince, you piece of trash, I must, have been blind to
13:03vouch for a scumbag like you. You took a two hundred yuan piece of junk and passed it off as
13:07an eight
13:07million yuan national treasure. You cheated your fellow traders. You swindled collectors. All the
13:11rules, the face, the reputation of our trade. You stomped them all into dust. The reputation of our
13:15appraisal circle is being destroyed by shameless frauds like you wiped clean off the map, and to
13:19think we treated you as one of us. Yet here you are, using a fake to set up a scam
13:23making fools of us.
13:24People who've been in this trade for decades. This isn't just fraud, it's smashing the rice bowl of
13:28our entire industry. Vince, losing control of the scene, roars. Where the hell is security? Seal every
13:33entrance and exit anyone tries to push through. Take them down. If anything happens, I'll cover it
13:37all. A swarm of guards floods in through the door. Selene is about to draw her weapon. When a car
13:41crashes straight into the shop, and another team of bodyguards pours out, Mr. Lucian, that rainbow
13:46spirit stone you had on you yesterday, the one radiating powerful spiritual energy. The Sutton family
13:52is willing to buy it for ten billion. My grandfather has been tormented for years by cursed antiques.
13:57The backlash is threatening his life. Every master in Cloud City is helpless. Only a treasure carrying
14:02pure spiritual energy can stabilize him, prolong his life, and heal him. Mr. Lucian, I beg you,
14:07please save my grandfather. At that moment, her butler calls. Miss Sutton, the dark energy inside
14:12the old master has gone completely out of control. Several senior doctors have been thrown across
14:16the room. The old master can't hold on much longer. How can this be happening? Even the most skilled
14:20healers couldn't help. The only one in this world who can save grandfather now is him. Claire is on the
14:24verge of tears. My grandfather is dying. Please save him. I glance at Selene. She gives a small nod.
14:31All right, I'll help you. Take us to your grandfather. She thanks us and rushes us toward
14:35the hospital by the time we arrive. The dark energy in the old man's body has already knocked out a
14:40row of doctors, but to me, the Heavenly Sovereign, this is nothing a petty mortal world death curse
14:44dares act up before a Heavenly Sovereign. Break. In an instant, the hospital room clears,
14:48and the old master wakes. Impossible. How did he do that? Mr. Lucian has heaven-shaking power.
14:54He brought a man back from death. I've practiced medicine for decades, and only today have I truly
14:59witnessed what a master healer looks like, I am utterly convinced. Claire steps forward.
15:03Mr. Lucian, words can't repay this debt. You saved my grandfather today, which means you saved the
15:07entire Sutton family from this day forward. You are our family's savior. Every member of the
15:12Suttons will follow your word. Thank you, Mr. Lucian, for saving his life. The Sutton family will
15:16never forget this. The old master struggles to sit up. Mr. Lucian, your power runs deep. Thank you for
15:22stepping in. These dark, cursed energies in me come from cursed objects sold by a shadowy force in Cloud
15:26City. They call themselves the Shadow Cloud Group here is an invitation to their underground auction.
15:31I take the invitation. So the mastermind who dragged me back to Earth all those years ago is
15:36finally surfacing, piece by piece. I'm going to that auction tonight, no matter what.
15:40Selene grips her sword tight. I'm going with you. Claire then accompanies the two of us to the venue.
15:45Tonight's entire auction, every antique fragment carrying spiritual energy is being claimed in full
15:50by the Shadow Cloud Group. Anyone who dares place a bid on their own is making an enemy of Shadow
15:55Cloud
15:55and asking for trouble. A bunch of ordinary mortals dare to throw their weight around in front of me?
16:00Selene begins to channel her power. When a heavenly Tao backlash suddenly erupts, Earth is in the end
16:05of Dharma era. The laws of heaven and Earth are strictly bound here. Beings from the celestial realm
16:10cannot freely use immortal power just now to protect me. She forced her way past the laws and her organs
16:15are being torn apart by the world's rules. She's gravely wounded. Husband, I'm just a little tired.
16:20I'm fine. I can hold on. The first item now opens for bidding. The millennium-bonded jade marrow.
16:25It carries the purest, most refined primordial spiritual energy starting bid. 50 million yuan.
16:31This jade marrow can repair the torn rift of the heavenly Tao, stabilize Selene's life soul,
16:35and suppress the terrifying backlash no matter the cost I have to win this 1 billion yuan.
16:40The rumor erupts. Hmm. A regular working class guy dares to throw out a 1 billion yuan bid?
16:45Someone, throw this troublemaker out. Claire speaks up.
16:48Every cent Mr. Lucian spends is fully covered by the Sutton family. If 5 billion isn't enough,
16:53we'll go 10 billion. Even if it drains every asset the Sutton's own, I will back.
16:57Mr. Lucian's shadow cloud group does not run everything. Down in the crowd, Trent grits his
17:01teeth. The Suttons are backing him now the haze air has run into a real wall. No wonder he dares
17:06stand up to Trent. He's got real muscle behind him. Trent refuses to back down 110 million.
17:11Then I'll see this through to the end 130 million. Trent, we can't bid any higher. Every corporate and
17:16personal account is dry. Every credit line is maxed out. We can't pull out another cent.
17:20Hearing he's tapped out, Trent flushes with rage and shame in the end. I take the piece for 130
17:25million. Congratulations, sir. You've won the showcase treasure of the night, the millennium
17:29Jade Marrow. While the crowd is in uproar, Trent still refuses to accept it. So what if you won the
17:34Jade Marrow? This treasure is incredibly hard. You'd need shadow cloud group specialized equipment
17:38and 49 days of refining before you can use it. Your companion is going to... Trent keeps ranting,
17:44but I have no time for him. Whoa, my God. He just crushed the millennium Jade Marrow with his bare
17:48hand. How is that possible? A treasure worth hundreds of millions destroyed just like that
17:53and that golden light. No mortal could do that. I gently lift Selene's chin. Don't be afraid.
17:58Drink slowly. Once it's down, every wound will heal. The moment the Jade Marrow flows down,
18:03Selene's vitality returns at last the next day. The Suttons get hit with sanctions from
18:07shadow cloud group for backing me. Their message, hand over Mr. Lucian and the Sutton family will be
18:11spared. Miss, please hand over Lucian and save our family. If the Sutton family chooses to stand
18:16against Mr. Lucian, then I will leave the family on my own. You are utterly ungrateful from this day
18:20on. I cut ties with the Suttons by my own will. No matter how hard the road ahead, I will
18:24follow
18:25Mr. Lucian. Claire, think this through. What you're doing is unforgivable. But Claire walks out without
18:29looking back. Meanwhile, in the office of shadow cloud group, the once mighty heavenly sovereign of the
18:34celestial realm, after falling to the mortal world, is nothing before the power of modern
18:38capital. Nothing but a cornered, pitiful worm with nowhere to run. Nothing but a cornered, pitiful
18:44worm. A sudden, piercing pain shoots through my heart. Selene, Claire, leave me the mastermind
18:49behind shadow cloud group. Comes from the celestial realm. He holds my soul tablet. I have no way to
18:54fight back. Now I've gone blind. I'm a broken man. Don't let me drag you down. Selene throws her arms
18:59around me. Lucian, alive! You are my heavenly sovereign dead. You are still my only husband.
19:04If you cannot see, I will be your eyes. If you are gravely wounded, I will guard you for the
19:08rest of
19:08my life. Whoever dares harm a hair on you, I will raise this city to the ground, slaughter every enemy
19:14and never let them go. Mr. Lucian. Lady Selene, you saved my grandfather's life even in death. I will
19:19never abandon you. Selene then takes me to a derelict house and tends to me through the entire night,
19:24never changing out of her clothes. Wife, where are you going? Selene throws on an old coat from the
19:30house. I'm stepping out. I'll be back soon. I see her leave behind all the beautiful clothes I bought
19:34her, dressed instead in the plainest work outfit. My heart aches at the construction site. Things are
19:39rough for Selene. A pretty girl like you. Why would you come do hard labor here? Suffering like this
19:44wouldn't an easier job be more comfortable than hauling bricks? Selene swallows her anger. My husband is
19:48gravely ill. I need money for his treatment. How much does hauling bricks pay here per day?
19:52The foreman points. See that stack of steel over there? Carried all up to the tenth floor. By hand,
19:57no machines. No tools finish. And you get paid on the spot. The rough steel tears Selene's hands raw.
20:01One step, one more step. Just enough money. Then his eyes can be healed for this small bit of money.
20:05Selene nearly falls from the fifth floor. Boss, pay me. Dragging her exhausted body and the small
20:10wage she earned through her own sweat. Selene buys food for me. Husband, eat slowly careful. It's hot.
20:15This bowl of noodles was made from pork bone broth. It's good for healing. The taste is excellent.
20:19But I have no mind for taste. I look at her once soft, pale hands, now covered in cuts and
20:23bruises, and she tries to hide them. Don't hide them. Tell me the truth. Where did you really go
20:28just now? What did you do? Selene freezes for a moment. Nowhere I just went out to carry a few
20:33things. Then, without warning, I throw back my head and let out a long roar. I understand everything
20:39now the heavenly Tao's suppression, the deadly backlash of the soul tablet. I pull Selene into my arms
20:44between me and the mastermind. What was missing was this. The karmic bond between husband and wife.
20:50Every hardship, every pain you've endured for me is the key to breaking this curse and turning fate
20:54on its head. Selene, tonight let us seal the heart bond pact of the heavenly Tao, strengthen our bond
21:00across all lifetimes, and break this chain of the heavenly Tao together. Selene looks at me, puzzled.
21:05Are you sure this can really break the curse of the soul tablet? Then she gently touches my face.
21:10A face that looks just like light Yagami's. You are the wife the heavenly Tao itself
21:14recognize as long as we vow to stay together for every lifetime, never to part we can share
21:19the backlash of the soul tablet between us, and break free of the heavenly Tao's chains
21:23for good. I'm sorry to put you through this, we have only this broken little house to continue
21:26our heaven-bound marriage. Selene wraps her arms around me. As long as the one beside me
21:31is you, even the humblest shack feels no different from the ninth heaven's celestial palace.
21:35We press our hands together, gathering spiritual energy, searching for the source of the
21:39backlash, the cursed soul tablet, struck back by our combined power, turns the backlash
21:44against itself, and the boss who only showed his face once or twice goes down just like
21:48that, and just like that, my eyes can see again. Don't ask how I could see while eating
21:53the noodles earlier. Blame the AI, husband your eyes. My eyes are healed, I'm sorry for
21:58what you went through. We hold each other close. From this day forward with me here, no one
22:02will ever insult you again. Right on cue? Trent's men come to throw their lives away.
22:06A spy must have spotted Selene at the construction site. Find the blind man and the woman from the
22:11site, ha ha ha ha. Let's take them out together, then go collect the bounty. I unleash the power
22:16of the Eye of the Reaper and drop these small fry where they stand. Noisy. Annoying. My wife and I
22:21walk calmly out of the broken house. Waiting for us are the Suttons. Mr. Lucian, the custom battle
22:26attire you requested is already first stop. Where to? First, let's collect some interest from an old
22:31friend. We head to the pawn shop, where laughter and cheers fill the air. Let me tell you all that
22:35Lucian is finished, washed up, he's vanished without a trace from now on. The whole antique
22:39alley runs under Shadowcloud group. What did you all come here for? For prosperity, of course, for
22:43daily gold, pouring in for making more money with Vince here. I guarantee your fortunes will roll in,
22:48no one can stop us. The crowd erupts in flattering laughter. Chairman Vince is right with you at the
22:51Helm Shadowcloud Association rules. The antique world of South Province. From now on, we all follow
22:56you. Chairman point us anywhere, and we strike a toast to Chairman Vince, ha ha ha. That's the moment,
23:00Celine, and I walk in. It's been only a few days. Looks like none of you recognize me anymore. Well
23:05then, this antique alley that profits off cursed fakes has no reason to exist anymore. I crush their
23:10signboard under my foot. Just then, Claire appears out of nowhere. Mr. Lucian's Shadowcloud group's
23:15seven top auction houses are all launching their major fall auctions tomorrow. At the same time,
23:19they've been hoarding huge amounts of spirit-laced antique fragments, planning to monopolize the
23:23entire city's antique market. They want to monopolize the market? Then I'll bankrupt them all in a
23:28single night. Claire pauses for a beat, but quickly stands behind my decision. Just give the order.
23:33Mobilize every available fund, short every stock under Shadowcloud group's umbrella.
23:37Yes, Mr. Lucian. I start stripping the illusions from these fake antiques one by one.
23:42What the hell? It's a fake. These auction houses are scamming us all together. That's right,
23:46scamming us together. As I expose fake after fake, the guests can no longer hold their seats.
23:50Frauds. Every one of you is a fraud refund my money. I'm suing commercial fraud. One after another,
23:55the merchants under the Shadowcloud Association collapse. Breaking news appraiser Lucian sweeps
24:0012 top auction houses across the city, exposing 21 sky-priced fakes in total, with a total value
24:05exceeding 10 billion, sending shockwaves through the entire collector's world. With their strongholds
24:10shaken, the Shadowcloud Association pours out in full force for a final showdown.
24:15I'm about to head out to face them when Selene stops me. You've just broken through and recovered
24:20your cultivation. You shouldn't waste your power so often. She gives me a doting smile and looks out the
24:25window. Leave these mortal nobodies to me. Selene steps out of the car and softly closes the door
24:29behind her. Sword, come. In an instant, a freezing wave sweeps over the Shadowcloud army, locking them
24:35in place. Husband, the road ahead is clear. She takes my hand and walks me straight up through
24:39Shadowcloud Tower. Unstoppable. Lucian, in the end, I underestimated you. The mastermind rolls a pair of
24:45walnuts in his hand. Even shattering your soul tablet couldn't finish you off instead. It broke you
24:48and reforged you, letting you smash through every limit. He turns to face us, and Selene realizes she knows
24:53him Cassius. So it really is you, the traitor of the Celestial Realm. Ha ha ha ha. The noble
24:58heavenly sovereign and the proud cold sovereign queen surprised to see me? You think I spent three
25:02whole years hoarding mortal antiques just to make money? I used the fortune energy of the entire
25:07treasure antique alley to form the nine abysses world-ending array tonight. I will drain every
25:13living being on this planet of their life force to break through the realm's barriers and ascend to
25:18godhood, and the two of you will be the very first sacrifices to this array. How does that feel?
25:23The lives of hundreds of millions of mortals will be wiped out because of you. Once I devour the
25:28power of all things and successfully ascend to godhood, both the Celestial Realm and the mortal
25:32world will kneel at my feet. Ha ha ha ha. I cut him off. Cassius, you've schemed and planned for
25:37three whole years, yet you forgot the one thing that matters most every array, every cultivation
25:41technique you ever learned I taught you with my own hands. Cassius's smile freezes in an instant.
25:46What are you talking about? I let out a cold laugh and snap my fingers. You thought I spent all
25:50those
25:51days walking through every antique alley gathering broken artifacts just to scrape by? He watches
25:55through the window as the array he spent years building unravels in an instant. Like a joke,
26:00impossible, my array my one chance at ascension if I cannot become a god then this planet will
26:04perish with me. He swallows a self-destruct pill. How dare you, you arrogant fool, a mere traitor and
26:09rebel dares cause chaos in front of my husband. Selene moves at once to fight beside me. Cassius,
26:15I once placed you on the throne of the former king with my own hands today. I will cast you
26:19down into
26:20the depths of the nine abysses with those same hands sealed forever, never to be reborn.
26:24The array seals Cassius, who then crumbles into ash. The sky returns to peace. Husband,
26:30it's all over. No, our story is only just beginning for every life for every year I will be by
26:35your side.
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