The wedding was being held at the Jiang Heavenly Star Manor, sparing Li Tianming the trouble of receiving guests. That made things rather easy.
Jiang Meng's older brothers were marrying off their younger sister for the first time, and they had long since arranged everything in impeccable order. The prestige, etiquette, and grandeur were all in place.
The Jiang Heavenly Star Manor had always been extravagantly wealthy. With a little decoration, it displayed luxury on a universe-wide scale.
Looking out from Jiang Meng's boudoir—
Beneath the glazed dome floated nine hundred and ninety-nine star lamps, each wrapped in translucent shark-silk gauze and filled with cold flames gathered from different starfields.
The green-jade steps were paved with crushed stardust in patterns like a Milky Way. At the slightest touch of a toe, scattered streams of light flowed over one's ankles.
Twelve coiling-dragon pillars were carved wholly from starfall golden-thread nanmu wood. The purple crystal pendants hanging from the dragons' whiskers slowly shifted with the dome's star map, casting patches of ever-changing light and shadow across the vermilion-painted corridor pillars.
Red lanterns and crimson wedding silks filled every corner, like a sea of blazing red, brimming with celebration.
"Son-in-law, this way."
All the guests had arrived, and the auspicious hour was near. Someone came to lead Li Tianming and Jiang Meng together toward the ceremonial wedding hall.
As Li Tianming stepped outside, he felt a trace of emotion in his heart. *They've all been with me for so long, especially Ling'er. Over these years, it seems I've entered the wedding hall a few times, yet I've never given any of them a proper wedding. It always feels like there are still things unfinished along the road, still campaigns to undertake. A wedding seems like the final celebration... but in this boundless universe,