The Beginning of the Grand Proposal Campaign

Since crossing over to this day, Chen Rui had encountered many people and lived through many things. In the end, they had always been by his side, through wind and rain, fearless even in the face of life and death.

It was time to give them a family in the truest sense of the word.

Chen Rui first went to the Darkmoon Royal Palace and found Athena.

Though, due to a twist of fate, Athena had not become his first woman, she was the first woman he had truly fallen in love with—and even now, the one he loved most deeply.

"But I still love you. Not like—love." The image of that female Greater Devil burning her life away as she faced the Devil Emperor had been branded into his soul, never to be erased.

"Athena, do you remember the vow we made before I went to the Sea of Death, when we mingled our blood? To stay together for a lifetime, until life itself came to an end. In my heart, you have long been my irreplaceable true wife. I said we would have a grand wedding. So... will you accept my formal proposal?"

As she watched Chen Rui take out a ring and drop to one knee, happiness shimmered in Athena's beautiful red eyes. Yet she bit her lip and shook her head. "No."

"Then, please put this on..." Chen Rui suddenly realized what she had said. "What?"

Athena had refused? Had he misheard? This was a failure beyond imagination!

"I have something to do. I'll be going now." Athena hurriedly turned and left, abandoning the dumbstruck male lead where he stood.

"An illusion?"

The male lead shook his head hard, just in time to see Jia emerge from the side hall. Even among the Succubi, Jia's beauty