Chapter 413: All Living Beings Are Equal

If you swap the roles of everyone at the banquet, you have a ready-made wedding.

The gods can provide everything needed for a wedding.

The Goddess of the Forest filled the venue with vibrant flowers, the God of Stars hung specks of starlight across the ceiling of the temple, the Goddess of Wisdom served as the maid of honor, the Mountain God acted as the best man, and the Goddess of the Earth officiated the wedding...

Although there were not many people at the wedding, the wedding of the Love God and the God of Stars was even more extravagant than Lin Bai's own, because everyone participating was a top-tier deity.

As the Goddess of Love put on her pure white Wedding Dress and walked toward the God of Stars on the opposite side, led by little sprites, a notification of task completion echoed in Lin Bai's mind:

【Without using items, match a pair of powerhouses no weaker than yourself to be married (Completed); Reward: Wedding Domain (Issued)】

【Use the Wedding Domain to manipulate ten pairs of powerhouses no weaker than yourself to be married; Reward: Let the World Be Full of Love (Time-limited Skill: within one minute, eliminate all hostility between all living beings within your controllable range. Cooldown: 12 hours)】

Wedding Domain: At the wedding venue hosted by you, no one can do anything except get married.

Lin Bai smacked his lips at the skill description and frowned slightly; the requirements were a bit harsh—where would he find so many weddings for him to officiate?

The current wedding was being officiated by the Goddess of the Earth, so it was inconvenient for Lin Bai to test the skill.

And so.

He remotely controlled his God of War body in the Real World to test the skill.

After the skill was used, everything remained calm; nothing happened at all.

Damn it!

Lin Bai cursed under his breath. What kind of trash skill was this?

Other people's domains were generated instantly; he had finally managed to get a domain, and it had to be a wedding venue?

Could it be that he was supposed to conjure a wedding out of thin air?

Conjure it out of thin air?

Lin Bai paused.

The God of War body aimed at Ye Song and Ye Lan and said, "Ye Song, Ye Lan, I think you two should get married."

The two were stunned, not yet understanding what was going on.

Three hundred types of wedding procedures had already appeared in Lin Bai's mind, and he subconsciously chose a traditional Chinese wedding.

The next second.

The attire on Ye Lan changed into a phoenix coronet and ceremonial robes, a red veil covering her face, and Ye Song was also dressed in bright red wedding garments.

The two had large red silk flowers pinned to their chests, a red silk ribbon appeared in their hands, and each held one end...

The Justice Alliance Army was located at a military camp on the Western Continent.

The Wedding Domain spread out, the scene in the camp shifted, bright red lanterns were hung high, red carpets covered the ground, and dragon-and-phoenix wedding candles were lit on the Heaven and Earth table...

Tuohai held firecrackers in his hands, while Tu Yan, Nan Rong, and others were either blowing suonas, holding flutes, or playing sheng, forming an impromptu band.

The vast military camp was instantly decorated into a wedding venue, and screams erupted everywhere.

Everyone was at a loss; no one knew what had happened.

Xu Longyun, Jiang Qingqin, Hu He, and others also had their clothes changed into bright red wedding garments; their roles in the wedding were bridesmaids, responsible for attending to the bride.

Xu Longyun widened her eyes in disbelief and looked at the God of War body: "Xingtian, what is happening?"

The God of War body did not look like Lin Bai. Xu Longyun knew that Lin Bai's split soul was inside, but facing a strange face, she still could not bring herself to call him "husband."

Xingtian smiled: "The Alliance Leader has comprehended another divine ability, and I am testing it here."

"..." Everyone.

"Forcing people to get married?" Xu Longyun asked in astonishment.

"Not only forcing people to get married, but within the Wedding Domain, everyone's divine abilities and skills will be suppressed. Why don't you all try and see if your spells still work?" Xingtian smiled and reminded everyone while walking toward the podium.

In fact, he had already tested it just now.

The moment the wedding formed, all active and passive skills—such as the Dark Domain, Magpie Bridge, and Smile When I See You—were all suppressed, and even Dihua and Being Read Mind could not be used.

Within the wedding, all living beings are equal.

Although Lin Bai, as the wedding officiant, was also unable to harm his enemies.

But it had to be said that the Wedding Domain was indeed a powerful control skill; if used well, it could accomplish many things.

Following the God of War body's words, "The grand hall is adorned with silk and embroidery, the sheng and songs play in joy," the wedding of Ye Song and Ye Lan officially began...

Lin Bai had tested it; once a wedding started, it could not be ended voluntarily.

This was another drawback, but compared to the powerful ability of equality for all living beings, this small flaw was nothing.

After all, he rarely had perfect skills; he was already used to it.

Participating in the wedding were not only the cultivators of the Justice Alliance but also many officials and players from the Western Continent.

Suddenly dragged into the wedding, the players were also completely confused, and then, in their daze, they started a livestream.

Shenmo Dalu was having a wedding, and the Real World was also having a wedding; the barrage comments exploded again:

"What is he doing? Lin Bai is obsessed with weddings, isn't he!"

"He switched to cultivating the Law of Love, so naturally, he can't escape these romantic entanglements. This is probably a new divine ability he comprehended during his last wedding!"

"Forcibly dragging people into a wedding is just too ridiculous. Is the Justice Alliance really a proper sect?"

"A proper sect? How could you have such a strange idea? Ever since Lin Bai exposed the method of the Law of Cultivation, I knew the Justice Alliance wasn't proper at all; it should be a sect made up of a bunch of lunatics."

"Pfft! Justice Psychiatric Hospital."

"No one can use skills within the wedding. I feel like no one can defeat Lin Bai anymore. It's too late; the world already belongs to Lin."

"I only hope to know if the Love God can comprehend the Law of Love through the wedding. If she can, that would be the best news. Only laws can counter laws."

"If anyone can maintain a good state of mind in this hellish world, they must be truly insane."

……

Ambition changes constantly as one's strength grows.

Having verified the power of the Wedding Domain, Lin Bai felt he was capable once again.

Not to mention that the Yuelao System's next task required forcing ten pairs of powerhouses to marry, the Great Heavenly Venerable System's task of conquering the current land, and the War God System's task of conquering the false gods of Shenmo Dalu, all destined him to offend every powerhouse in the world.

Standing at the highest peak, one sees all the mountains as small.

The strongest do not need friends, only subordinates...

Lin Bai narrowed his eyes, sizing up the gods at the wedding, and determining that there was no immediate danger here, he focused his attention on the dreamscape of Heavenly King Meng.

It was time to wake him from his dream.

……

The dream space was filled with mist, darkness, surging water, shimmering blue ice, and dead, silent light...

Several top-tier powerhouses had become enraged in the dream.

The Mist Forest in the dream had been nearly destroyed, with not a single intact place to be found.

The Necromancer Lord's army of a million skeletons had long since turned to ash, leaving only high-level creatures like bone dragons, dark knights, and liches to linger on under the protection of the Necromancer Lord;

Many low-level creatures of the Abyss had also been killed, and those that survived were mostly high-level creatures like human-faced spiders, faceless men, and Succubus...

The few players Lin Bai had brought in with his avatar had long since been killed, but the avatar possessing the Darkness Divinity was still alive.

After all, two avatars, plus the orthodox God of Darkness, were equivalent to three Gods of Darkness, which was no small force even in the dream.

It was only because Lin Bai's energy was occupied with dealing with the Earth Goddess; otherwise, with three Gods of Darkness plus the Lord of the Abyss and the Necromancer Lord, the scales of victory would have been tipped long ago.

The Red Rope was still chasing Heavenly King Meng back and forth across the sky.

The Lord of the Abyss had used the Delayed Spell several times to try and trap Heavenly King Meng so he would be caught by the Red Rope, but failed every time.

Heavenly King Meng's Dream within a Dream Skill was impossible to guard against, always able to interrupt all high-powered spells in time.

This was also the reason the three of them were able to hold on until now.

"Lin Bai, it's just a mere Heavenly King of Thunder; does it really take you two so long to take him down?" Having been subjected to Dreaming repeatedly, and with more than half of his subordinates dead or injured, the Necromancer Lord could not help but feel irritable and complained.

"Puluotuo, that's easy for you to say. I have already trapped the Heavenly King of Thunder and am also multitasking to interfere with Heavenly King Meng using a Magic Tool. Without me, you would have likely been defeated by the three of them long ago." Lin Bai lifted his silence and retorted tit-for-tat.

The God of Darkness was speechless. He knew clearly that the Heavenly King of Thunder had been dealt with long ago, and his master's avatar had been daydreaming the whole time, having only just regained his senses.

"Meng Laoda, my Skills have been wiped clean." The Heavenly King of Thunder finally regained the ability to speak.

Crack!

The health bar was cleared.

Having been swallowed by the Dark Domain for so long, the Heavenly King of Thunder was already at the end of his rope. No sooner had he shouted a sentence than Lin Bai twisted his neck off.

Just at this moment.

A golden light struck from the horizon, and Heavenly King Jin burst into the dream.

The moment he appeared, the weapons of the dead skeleton soldiers and Abyss creatures in the dream space seemed to hear a command, rising up to form a torrent of steel that crashed toward the Lord of the Abyss.

The weapon of the Lord of the Abyss was a giant Sword, and at that moment, it actually reversed its blade, slashing toward his own neck.

The Lord of the Abyss did not expect his own weapon to rebel. Caught off guard, he forcibly controlled his giant Sword, but was still pierced through the chest by the torrent of steel, which punched a large hole in his heart...

Roar!

The Lord of the Abyss let out a painful roar, and the Sword in his hand slashed down with force, forcibly cutting off the torrent of steel brought by Heavenly King Jin. Then, with a swing of the great Sword, a phantom of a sword several thousand meters long slashed toward Heavenly King Jin.

Bang!

A metal sword appeared out of thin air in front of Heavenly King Jin, blocking this powerful blow.

Heavenly King Jin laughed, "I am the number one in offense among the Nine Heavenly Kings. You are dead today. Meng Laoda, let's join forces to slaughter the gods."

The arrival of reinforcements was a shot in the arm for the several Heavenly Kings.

The three of them were invigorated.

Heavenly King Meng said, "You came just in time. First, help me cut this damned Red Rope."

"You got it!"

Heavenly King Jin's Magic Tool was a Holy Sword. Without using any Skills, he directly used Teleportation to the side of Heavenly King Meng and swung his Sword at the Red Rope.

One sword stroke swept across the Red Rope.

The Red Rope snapped into two pieces in response.

Lin Bai's expression froze.

It broke?

The next second.

The broken Red Thread seemed to have a life of its own, automatically reconnecting and resuming its pursuit of Heavenly King Meng.

"Damn it!"

Heavenly King Meng and Heavenly King Jin cursed at the same time.

Lin Bai let out a soft breath; he had said so, how could the thread of fate be cut so easily!

"Lin Bai is an avatar, ignore him. Kill the Lord of the Abyss and the Necromancer Lord first." Heavenly King Meng frowned, used Flash to escape again, and arranged the tactics.

In a short while.

The injuries of the Lord of the Abyss had recovered. He stood on the back of a black dragon and said coldly, "Lin Bai, the Heavenly King of Thunder is dead. Trap Heavenly King Meng, and leave the other three to me and Puluotuo."

Having fought with real fire, the Lord of the Abyss seemed to have forgotten that this was a dream.

"All this fighting and killing will inevitably hurt our harmony. Take my advice: why don't you all stop and get married!" Lin Bai's avatar poked his head out from the Dark Domain, looking at everyone with a smile, "I think Heavenly King Meng and Heavenly King Jin are a match made in heaven. There is no time like the present; today, I will preside over your wedding and help you get married!"

"..." Everyone was stunned, not yet understanding why Lin Bai had said such a thing for no reason.

The next second.

The spells covering the sky and earth vanished, and everyone floating in the air fell to the ground.

Jin Tianwang changed into a neat Suit, while Meng Laoda's attire transformed into a pure white Wedding Dress.

The bewildered Shui Tianwang and Huo Tianwang stood behind Jin Tianwang, acting as groomsmen, while a Succubus and a human-faced spider stood behind Meng Laoda, acting as his bridesmaids...

"Meng Laoda, what is going on?" Jin Tianwang asked in horror, "Is this a dream you created?"

Before Meng Laoda could speak, the Red Rope that had been chasing him for half a day finally found an opportunity, winding around his body and binding him tightly into the shape of a Tortoise Shell Binding.

Seeing this scene, Lin Bai was stunned; what on earth, is Rope Binding not restricted by the Wedding Domain?

He tried to mobilize Jin Tianwang's hair to bind himself, but the hair remained motionless and did not accept the command for Rope Binding.

Delay!

The command for Rope Binding was issued before the wedding began, so after the wedding started, the Red Rope continued to act according to the previous command...

But the spells of the Lord of the Abyss and the others were also cast before the wedding, yet they had likewise disappeared.

That is to say, only the System Skill he mastered could still take effect during the wedding if it was released in advance before the wedding.

What delay skills did he have?

Three Heads and Six Arms? Phoenix Seeks Phoenix? Heavenly River? Magpie Bridge?

He would have to experiment again.

Sure enough, no matter when, experience is always gained in battle...

Lin Bai looked at Meng Laoda and thought to himself, his dream did not shatter with the wedding; it seems the level of his Ruyi is also not low.

"My Divinity has been sealed." After the Lord of the Abyss tried to mobilize his Divinity repeatedly to no avail, he looked at Lin Bai's divine avatar in horror.

"During the wedding, all beings are equal; only I have the ability to officiate the wedding." Lin Bai smiled slightly, "Great Lord of the Abyss, if there is anything, why not wait until after the wedding? Now, let us witness the wedding of a pair of newlyweds."

"Lord of the Abyss, now you know who the real enemy is. If you don't kill Lin Bai, one day, all of you will fall into his hands." Meng Laoda sneered, looking at the Lord of the Abyss with pity, "However, you will never remember this lesson..."

"..." The Lord of the Abyss frowned deeply.

"Meng Laoda, when Lin Bai smiled, no one followed suit; his strength should also be suppressed," Shui Tianwang said, "He cannot dominate everything."

"All of Lin Bai's skills have loopholes; there must be a way to break this damn wedding," Huo Tianwang said.

"Hmm." Meng Laoda nodded and took a deep look at Lin Bai, "The results of this battle are already significant. Later, when we exit the dream, we will split up and rendezvous at three-three-two-three."

"Received." The three Heavenly Kings responded simultaneously.

Lin Bai looked at Meng Laoda in confusion, just about to open his mouth to officiate the wedding.

The next moment.

The scene before his eyes shattered, replaced by the identical scene in reality.

The moment they exited the dream, the trees of the Mist Forest and the million-skeleton army of the Undead Monarch instantly replicated the scene from the dream, just as the creatures that died in the dream did...

Whatever happened in the dream was perfectly restored in reality.

"Damn, this guy can really kill in dreams." A stormy sea surged in Lin Bai's heart, but the next second, the memories of the dream receded from Lin Bai's mind like a tide, first becoming blurry, then disappearing entirely.

At the same time, the arm frozen by Ruyi regained its ability to move, and after unlocking, it rushed toward the Ruyi above Meng Laoda's head.

Jin Tianwang slashed with his Sword, destroying Lin Bai's head and arm.

Meng Laoda, who ended the dream, gave Lin Bai a contemptuous smile, and the group immediately fled in different directions.

(End of this chapter)