Child of Destiny! Xiao Yan'er!

Profound Heaven Sect.

Inside and outside the sect, people had already gathered in a vast sea.

Countless Xiao Family servants were busily arranging the venue.

Expensive red carpets had been rolled out as though they cost nothing, stretching far into the distance.

The trees lining both sides of the road were draped with silks and satins.

Xiao Zhan, the current head of the Xiao Family, had long since changed into his most formal ceremonial robes. He stood outside the sect, quietly awaiting the Qin Family's arrival.

Behind him stood Xiao Family Elders, retainers, and other people of some standing, all dressed in their finest attire. They stood behind Xiao Zhan without even daring to breathe loudly.

Many Xiao Family disciples had also been summoned by their elders to join this grand welcoming procession.

Some disciples who knew nothing of the situation looked at the solemn Xiao Zhan, the other Elders, and the extravagant reception ceremony, and began discussing it in astonishment.

"Do you know who's coming? Why such a massive display?"

"When the Thick Earth Sect Master came last time, the Sect Master didn't receive him with such grave ceremony! Could the person coming today be even more impressive than the Thick Earth Sect Master?"

"Tch, what do you know? I heard... the one coming today is Young Master Qin Jiuge of the Qin Family! Miss Yan'er's fiancé!"

Someone who knew a little of the inside story held his head high as he announced this momentous news, looking as proud as though he were Qin Jiuge himself.

At this explosive revelation, the already bustling crowd instantly erupted!

The Qin Family!

They were one of the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans of the Sky Profound Continent!

Not only did powerful experts emerge from their clan one after another, with terrifying strength, they were also the main family of the Profound Heaven Sect!

Their Profound Heaven Sect was merely a subsidiary sect of the Qin Family. Even their strongest expert, Sect Master Xiao Zhan, was only at the Half-step Life and Death Realm. In the Qin Family, people like him could be found by the handful!

And that rumored Young Master Qin Jiuge was even more extraordinary.

At such a young age, he had already entered the Second Sequence among the Qin Family's younger generation. His strength was terrifying; at only sixteen, he had reached the Spirit Sea Peak Realm!

To the Xiao Family, someone like that was no different from a divine dragon in the heavens.

And now, that divine dragon from the heavens was actually descending into the mortal world?

"No wonder the Sect Master is taking this so seriously... As the Second Sequence of the Qin Family's younger generation, Young Master Qin Jiuge may one day inherit the position of Family Head! I heard that Young Master Qin Jiuge has a marriage contract with Miss Yan'er..."

A seemingly simple-minded fellow in the crowd muttered to himself.

Yet his self-talk drew eye rolls from those around him.

"Give it a rest... What kind of person is Young Master Qin Jiuge? In the future, he'll stand at the pinnacle of the Sky Profound Continent! Now look at our useless Miss Yan'er... tsk, tsk..."

"Exactly. If not for the fact that her father is the Sect Master and she hasn't come of age yet, she would probably have been driven out of the Xiao Family long ago. How could a young master of the Qin Family possibly fancy her?"

As the disciples continued their discussions, people gradually began to realize something.

Could it be that the legendary Young Master Qin Jiuge, a dragon among men and a phoenix among mortals, had not come to visit his useless fiancée at all?

On the Sky Profound Continent, strength was revered above all.

Those with strength naturally earned respect.

Given Xiao Yan'er's current circumstances, forget Qin Jiuge—even some disciples within the family looked down on her greatly.

Why would a mere Body Tempering Third Layer piece of trash be worth such a grand visit from a young master of the Qin Family?

But if Qin Jiuge had not come to visit his fiancée... why would an immortal-like figure such as him descend upon their tiny Profound Heaven Sect?

Some people even remembered that in the more than ten years since the marriage contract had been made, Qin Jiuge had never once come to the Xiao Family to visit Xiao Yan'er.

Back then, Xiao Yan'er had still been a gifted young girl crowned as the Xiao Family's number one genius!

When Xiao Yan'er had possessed peerless talent, he had never come even once. Yet now that she had become a complete good-for-nothing, Qin Jiuge had come?

This time, the visitor was likely coming with ill intent...

Many people's expressions slowly changed.

Some were worried, some secretly delighted, while others gloated over her misfortune.

Back when Xiao Yan'er still had her talent, she had single-handedly swept through the entire younger generation of the Xiao Family, leaving everyone unable to lift their heads.

Now that she had lost all her talent and become a complete good-for-nothing, many people could not wait to kick her when she was down, as though trampling Xiao Yan'er with all their might could make up for their past regrets or grant them a bright future.

"Hahaha... I think the Qin Family's young master might have come to annul the engagement... Now that would be quite a show..."

"I think so too. How could someone like Young Master Qin Jiuge marry a useless girl from some minor family?"

The harsh, cutting mockery was not loud, but it still reached the ears of Xiao Yan'er, who stood behind Xiao Zhan at the very front.

Xiao Yan'er lowered her head. A bitter smile appeared on her beautiful face, and intense unwillingness surged in her heart.

Were these people all so cold-hearted?

When she had once been dazzlingly gifted, she had never bullied anyone.

Why, now that she had fallen into hardship, were so many people laughing at her?

Still, she knew that their speculation was basically the truth. There was a strong possibility that Qin Jiuge had truly come to annul the engagement.

Over all these years, Qin Jiuge had never come to the Xiao Family to visit her.

The two had never even met, much less developed any feelings.

Now that she had become a complete and utter good-for-nothing, could she still expect Qin Jiuge to marry her with the full rites of three matchmakers and six ceremonies?

A rare flash of anger passed through Xiao Yan'er's beautiful eyes.

She could accept becoming a complete and utter good-for-nothing, losing every halo around her, and even possibly losing her marriage contract.

The Sky Profound Continent had always been a place where strength was revered above all.

But what she could not understand was this: if Qin Jiuge wished to annul the engagement, she would not cling to him stubbornly.

Why did Qin Jiuge have to come and annul it with such fanfare?

She was a worthless piece of trash. She had nothing to care about.

But her father, Xiao Zhan, was still the head of a family and the master of the entire Profound Heaven Sect.

The humiliation of having his daughter's engagement annulled would leave him unable to hold his head up within the clan!

At that thought, Xiao Yan'er's long nails dug deeply into her palms, blood staining her snow-white hands red...

Just then, a silver-white streak of light flashed across the sky.

The Qin Family's Flying Boat revealed itself.

This Flying Boat was several hundred zhang long. No one knew what material it was made from, but it shone brilliantly and dazzled the eye, like a palace suspended in the sky.

The Qin Family cultivators guarding the Flying Boat had each actually reached the Spirit Nurturing Realm!

Looking at the Flying Boat, everyone realized one thing.

The Qin Family had arrived!