A Promise of Betrothal! Calamity Loomed, and Strange Fortune Descended Upon the Human Race!

Then Qin Mu lowered his gaze to the beauty in his arms and spoke gently.

"Hou Yi."

"I plan to hold our wedding before long."

"I'll announce it to the Primordial World, so you can rightfully become my Dao companion."

"What do you think?"

Qin Mu's words jolted Xi He. She froze in shock.

After a moment, her face flushed scarlet, and she stammered.

"You... didn't you say you'd wait until you attained Primordial Grand Unity before... before marrying me?"

When they had first arrived at the Underworld, Qin Mu had told Xi He that he wanted to wait until he attained the Dao before marrying her.

Xi He had naturally agreed.

As long as Qin Mu would marry her, she was willing to wait as long as it took.

Qin Mu smiled and teased her.

"What?"

"Xi He, are you unwilling?"

"If so, then I'll wait until I attain the Dao..."

Before Qin Mu could finish, Xi He raised a delicate hand and covered his mouth. Her lovely eyes gazed at him with tender affection.

"I... I'm willing."

"I'll leave everything up to you."

She had been waiting a long time to hear those words from Qin Mu.

Though she was terribly shy, her heart brimmed with happiness and delight.

Seeing Xi He blushing shyly in his arms, Qin Mu held her close, savoring this rare moment of tenderness.

He had indeed said that he wanted to wait until he attained Sagehood before marrying Xi He.

But the path he had chosen was no ordinary one. He had to emulate Pangu and create the world!

Fortunately, after combining the scrolls to forge the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Sacred Spirit Pearl, he had laid the foundation for his path to the Dao.

After all, the space within the Sacred Spirit