Supreme Guardian

Before dawn, while a few stars still glittered in the sky and not even a sliver of fish-belly white showed in the east, Lin Qi's estate was already bustling with countless servants. Several hundred eunuchs decked in red and festooned with decorations hurried cheerfully back and forth, meticulously checking every item needed for the wedding ceremony.

Dozens of sweating ritual officials patrolled back and forth, terrified that the upcoming wedding might suffer even the slightest mishap.

This wedding was not merely to be attended by the reigning Emperor. Governors and other regional magnates from every land would all be present, as would every elder of the imperial family. Even those ancient chief eunuchs, the Supreme Elders of the Imperial Elder Council who had remained undying for ten thousand years, would attend under the leadership of Zhao Lu, the council's foremost Supreme Elder. With a wedding ceremony of such grandeur, if even the smallest mistake occurred, they might as well slit their own throats at once.

Lin Qi rose from the bed in comfort, feeling his entire body brimming with vigorous energy. He casually twisted his body, and crisp explosions of joints rang out everywhere. The instant his feet touched the floor, his body seemed to fuse with the earth itself. Lin Qi vaguely felt that he truly was different from last night. Calling it a rebirth would not have been an exaggeration, for the power transmitted from within Elysian Heaven's body had been far too miraculous.

Elysian Heaven lay languidly on the bed, purring like a kitten. Her watery eyes narrowed as she gazed gently at Lin Qi. Her skin possessed the translucent luster of the finest jade. She had given much last night, but she had also gained much from Lin Qi.

Most importantly, at the final moment, Lin