Chapter 8

The hall.

Fifth Master Gu and Yan Bietian were both beaming.

Once today's wedding ceremony was completed,

their schemes would succeed, and the entire Southwest Dao would undergo a reshuffling of power.

Just then,

Yan Liuli and Gu Jianmen, dressed in wedding robes, appeared together.

The moment for them to bow and become husband and wife was almost upon them.

Jiang Mu Ming, seated below, patted Baili Dongjun. "It's your turn to make an entrance."

Jiang Mu Ming himself continued reading intently.

Once he finished the book in his hands, the number of books Jiang Mu Ming had read would reach thirty thousand volumes!

"Money-losing wretch, it's our turn to make an entrance!"

Baili Dongjun immediately stood up.

At present, the Eight Princes of Northern Li were all outside the Gu Family residence, blocking any enemies who might appear for Baili Dongjun.

Thus, the bride-snatching affair

fell to Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng.

Although Baili Dongjun had no martial cultivation,

he did have a trump card.

"Little White!"

With a loud shout from Baili Dongjun, the mountains shook and the earth trembled. The entire ground began to quake!

Under the horrified gazes of everyone present,

a white serpent roughly thirty meters long drilled out of the ground.

The sight truly terrified all the guests present. Everyone fled in panic, with only Jiang Mu Ming remaining as immovable as a mountain.

He merely glanced at White Glass emerging from the ground,

then sank back into the world within his book.

At the same time, Baili Dongjun had already revealed his identity. Yan Bietian had never imagined that the young master of the Baili Family from Marquis Zhenxi's Manor would actually come to snatch the bride!

And he was doing it for Gu Jianmen's elder brother, Gu Luoli!

What was going on?!

But at this point, regardless of whether Baili Dongjun was truly the young master of the Baili Family, Yan Bietian had no choice left.

Today's wedding had to proceed!

Moreover, at that very moment, Young Master Mochen Mo Xiaohei and Young Master Zhuo Mo Lei Mengsha also appeared, carrying Gu Luoli's coffin.

They exposed Yan Bietian's schemes to the public.

The only way to break the deadlock now was to eliminate all these troublemakers! Once the Southwest Dao was completely unified and backed by Beyond Heaven, they might even find a way to survive!

"Kill them all!"

In an instant, the Yan Family members poured out in full force, and the two sides clashed fiercely.

As for the newlyweds, Gu Jianmen and Yan Liuli, they were unwilling to marry as well.

They both turned against Yan Bietian.

Yan Liuli looked at Yan Bietian, high above her, her eyes filled with hatred.

But unfortunately, she was only a woman.

She simply lacked the strength to kill Yan Bietian under everyone's protection.

All she could do was let her unwillingness spread through her heart.

Yet at that moment, she suddenly saw Jiang Mu Ming nearby, who remained indifferent to everything happening around him and focused solely on reading.

Jiang Mu Ming's words from that day immediately echoed through her heart.

A request...? No matter what it is—even if it is an outrageous request—as long as it can kill Yan Bietian, I am willing!

"Mister Jiang, I beg you to take action. I, Yan Liuli, am willing to agree to any request you make!"

Yan Liuli shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction of her voice. At the banquet, only one person remained where he was.

He was a man dressed in blue,

holding a scroll in his hands.

He paid no attention to everything around him.

Yue Yao looked at Yan Liuli and Jiang Mu Ming in astonishment, countless questions flashing through her mind. Why was Yan Liuli asking him for help?

In her impression, Jiang Mu Ming was merely a frail scholar.

And what request? What kind of request?

What kind of request could a man make of a woman...?

An inexplicable jealousy suddenly rose within Yue Yao's heart.

But faced with Yan Liuli's plea,

Jiang Mu Ming acted as though he had not heard her and continued turning the pages of his book.

"Mister..." Yan Liuli could not help feeling a trace of despair.

Could it be that I truly can only let others control my fate?

But just then,

Jiang Mu Ming finally turned to the last page of the book in his hands.

[Ding! Read thirty thousand volumes of treasured books!]

[Reward obtained—Hundred Years of Martial Cultivation!]

[Reward obtained—Heavenly Stream God Finger!]

The Hundred Years of Martial Cultivation fused into him.

Streams of warmth surged from within his body.

His aura gradually began to rise.

When Jiang Mu Ming put down the book in his hands, his cultivation naturally broke into the Carefree Heaven Realm.

And it continued skyrocketing.

His cultivation rose without pause. In the blink of an eye,

he had already reached the Great Carefree Realm.

He could be called... an immortal!

"Finally..."

Fifteen years of diligent study had finally transformed into sweet fruit at this very moment.

Below the Carefree Heaven Realm and above the Carefree Heaven Realm

were completely different worlds.

They were as different as heaven and earth, with absolutely no comparison between them!

No matter how talented one was in the Free Earth Realm, one could ultimately only make it onto the Fine Jade Ranking of the Hundred Information Hall.

But once one's strength broke through into the Carefree Heaven Realm,

one could be listed on the Peerless Ranking, renowned throughout the world!

Yet Jiang Mu Ming did not feel pleased because of this. The Carefree Heaven Realm was divided into four realms: Nine Heavens, Soaring, Great Carefree, and Half-step Profound Spirit.

And above the Carefree Heaven Realm, there was still the Profound Spirit Realm.

Figures such as Li Changsheng and the Earth Immortal Mo Yi looked down upon everything in the world, their methods resembling those of gods and immortals.

"It's time to bring this fine play to an end." Jiang Mu Ming turned to look at Yan Liuli.

He needed this woman—or, more precisely, he needed the Yan Family behind her.

Jiang Mu Ming needed to borrow the Yan Family's power

to print and distribute the novels he had brought over all these years, spreading them throughout the world!

Once the novels he had written became wildly popular across the world,

Jiang Mu Ming's strength would rise with the tide.

If everyone in the world had read the books he wrote, Jiang Mu Ming might already have become... invincible beneath heaven!

And not far away,

Yan Liuli, who had already fallen into despair, saw Jiang Mu Ming turn around.

She immediately burst into tears of excitement.

This meant that Jiang Mu Ming had not forgotten his promise to her!

As for whatever request he might make afterward,

she would do it all!

Jiang Mu Ming put down the book in his hands, and an ethereal aura lifted him slowly into the air.

Until he stood above the void,

looking down upon everyone!

A powerful aura erupted from Jiang Mu Ming, shocking everyone present.

They involuntarily turned their gazes toward him.

"What... what is he going to do?"

Yan Bietian felt inexplicably frightened, yet he could not say why.

Above the void,

Jiang Mu Ming slowly extended one finger.

That single finger seemed to seize all the radiance in the world.

All of it condensed at Jiang Mu Ming's fingertip,

shimmering with specks of light.

"Know the masculine, yet preserve the feminine, and become the world's stream; know the black, yet preserve the white, and become the world's model."

"This technique is called... Heavenly Stream God Finger!"