Chapter 3: Ascension

I originally wanted to make the whole world your enemy, but I never expected the whole world to dare defy me; this time, I will spare no cost to let you and the whole world be destroyed together!

Facing a planet like yours, I'd be happy to destroy it any number of times, but that doesn't mean you can be resurrected multiple times!

The empty Upper Realm appeared in the eyes of everyone in the Lower Realm; only one person hung in the sky—the Heaven Slaughter God who had just seized Ge Feng's body!

I understand now—you're a waste who can't beat others, so you attack when they're weak. Why didn't you go back fifteen years to prevent the birth of my beloved consort?

The Crown Prince spoke sarcastically, yet a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck him without causing even a hair's injury.

What?

I thought you'd realize I granted you rebirth, but you're incorrigible—truly heinous!

Above the Upper Realm, a beam of light slammed heavily into Ge Feng's body, yet caused not a scratch—not because Wan Wujiang didn't want to harm him, but because the other side held four hostages!

Ge Feng's body, Ge Feng's soul, the soul that had transmigrated into the Heaven Slaughter God's body, and that person's body!

Someone wanted to transmigrate into me to attack you, but my own soul didn't object—after all, he's just a kid looking for a thrill.

My body isn't something just any loser can command, so I used his body to impersonate me.

That way, even if I fail again, you won't be able to save either of their souls or bodies—hahaha!

Before he could finish laughing, Wan Wujiang's words turned his face ashen:

Is there any benefit to transmigrating into Qin Hui, who harmed Yue Fei?

She clenched her jade hand, and the hostages and the Heaven Slaughter God vanished completely from spacetime—no past, no future, utterly gone.

But that squeeze exhausted all her strength; before she could release, she collapsed from utter weakness.

Xin Er saw this, rushed over to support her, and brought her back to the Grand General's Manor.

"Qin Hui is a figure from a story I once heard—envious of talent, treacherous for personal gain—while Yue Fei is a man of utter loyalty to his country…

Back home, Xin Er watched her father telling the story of Qin Hui and Yue Fei to a crowd.

……This isn't a made‑up tale; it's the true history of another world—the foreigner who had just possessed that person through transmigration,

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He came from that world.

Without stopping to listen to her father's story, Xin Er slowly helped her sister onto the bed; at this moment Wan Wujiang had already regained consciousness.

So then, why can't we transmigrate there? Let Yue Fei live on!

You have such compassion, but what about them? Coming here, they show no respect, drift away from their former world, become lawless—even if they blew this place up, they wouldn't feel a pang, since it's not their homeland.

Hit the nail on the head, the guests flared up in rage, and suddenly they harbored the thought of annihilating that world!

But they couldn't get there, so they could only fume here.

"This is settled; soon, the Divine Origin Realm experts on the continent will go to the Upper Realm to gradually build it—even if someone harbors ulterior motives, they likely won't stir up any trouble.

One person spoke plainly, everyone nodded, but suddenly they felt something off; looking up, they realized the speaker was none other than the Emperor of Xiaohui State, Huang Chengde!

Your Majesty…

"No need for formalities—I am no longer emperor; I am the Grand Emperor Emeritus. After Long Er and Wujiang's wedding, I ascended to the Upper Realm.

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, yet there was little to say; as a result, Wan Wujiang became empress before even being crowned crown princess.

"I don't know if you, my beloved official, would like to ascend with me? Our elemental power has stalled here for ten years, accumulating nothing; strength at this level mostly depends on one's natal element—I wonder what we might gain up there.

Huang Chengde gazed upon the empty Upper Realm; now he could see it, but alas, there was nothing at all.

"If Your Majesty has need, I, your servant, will devote myself until death.

"Good—arrange it at once. Mobilize the nation's power to forge the meteors that fall from heaven into a towering peak ten thousand feet high, erect the Chengtian Terrace, pass the throne to the Crown Prince, and appoint Wan Wujiang as empress!

At the command, the whole nation began the project to rebuild the Heavenly Pillar; a formation spanning a hundred thousand li appeared, and the meteors from the Upper Realm rose in a breath to become a peak that pierces the sky!

Only saw Huang Chengde sweep his sleeve—the mountaintop smoothed instantly, and a platform several hundred meters across suddenly appeared!

"Gentlemen ministers, fly up with me to this platform; the new emperor and empress will ascend step by step.

His resonant voice echoed across the land, while inside, the already‑prepared Wan Wujiang was attended by several maidservants

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She stepped out of the gate of the Grand General's Manor.

The Crown Prince and she walked step by step toward the city gate, finally meeting at the intersection of Huihe Avenue, three hundred meters from the gate.

"Beloved consort, you've worked hard—if you hadn't been sending me dreams, I might have been abducted by that transmigrator.

The two locked eyes; the Crown Prince said nothing, yet they had long understood each other.

"It's normal for women to enjoy palace intrigue; if I don't like it, letting others have it is fine too.

"You like me, not palace intrigue.

Hearing this, both blushed with embarrassment, then took each other's hands and walked together toward the peak.

Though the peak is high, it lacks overly rugged terrain; one must walk step by step, and reaching it in fifteen days would be a stretch.

Fortunately, thanks to Wan Wujiang, we saved the time for eating and foraging, and finally reached the platform at dusk on the fourteenth of the month.

"I originally thought that with this woman's aid you could arrive on the tenth, but it ended up taking twice as long.

"Reporting to Father Emperor, if we travel day and night, we could indeed arrive on the day you hoped for, but I, your son, want to double that time—because I wish to be married to her in my next life.

Huang Chengde certainly knows what his son wants, but these words must be spoken personally by Yinglong.

"Since you've come here step by step, this imperial seal should change hands; my task here is done, the Upper Realm's pull is growing stronger, and I hope that after we go up we can come back down to take a look.

"Father Emperor!

Just as he called out, the Former Emperor had already vanished; in response, he could only kneel and kowtow three times, then take up the imperial seal.

As he seized the seal, a yellow robe draped over him, a crown appeared on his head, and a jeweled sword formed in the rosy light—in an instant it hung at the waist of Huang Yinglong.

All officials immediately knelt in homage; praises for the new emperor's accession echoed down from the mountains, and every subject of Xiaohui State beamed with joy.

But as the two returned to the Imperial Palace together with the officials, a voice suddenly caused an uproar:

"Your Majesty, the Great River Empire has surrendered…

"Great River Empire? Is there such an empire?"

"Huang Yinglong's eyes were sharp, those who came from the pass suddenly felt a chill, on such a fine day, could it be that the emperor wants to unleash a massacre?"

"Outside the Great River Fortress, is it not the duchy of my Xiaohui State: the Great River Duchy?"

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