Willow Deity regained her true Immortal King form and would marry tonight

"Ow! Willow Deity, stop hitting me! Try the Ageless Spring first!"

Perhaps Willow Deity had beaten him senseless; Shi Xiu hurriedly begged for mercy.

Only after hearing this did the willow branches slowly withdraw.

"You obtained this Ageless Spring through your own fortunate encounter. Allow me to thank you first, my husband!"

Husband?

This was the first time Willow Deity had ever called me that.

Shi Xiu froze for a moment after hearing it.

Could it be that, in Willow Deity's heart, she and I were already...?

There was no time to dwell on it.

The next moment, Willow Deity directly absorbed the Ageless Spring.

A visible golden light coursed ceaselessly through Willow Deity's branches, leaves, and trunk.

It seemed to open every pore and root of the willow tree before them, and every willow branch stretched to its utmost.

This was a sight they had never seen before.

The entire village seemed to brim with life.

Even the medicinal herbs they had only just planted began sprouting.

Some were already blooming!

After all, Willow Deity had once been an ancient Immortal King Giant.

She had charged into and out of the Foreign Realm nine times.

Had she not been ambushed during her rebirth, she could never have ended up in the Lower Realm.

Much less become a mortal's Dao Companion.

Yet living this life anew seemed to offer her entirely different insights.

To Willow Deity, this seemed like a second life.

It could make up for many of the regrets she had once harbored.

It could also create more opportunities.

This was probably the most fundamental difference between Willow Deity and the Ruthless Great Emperor.

That lofty female emperor actually placed little importance on matters such as Dao Companions.

She had already experienced far too much to indulge in romance like a young maiden.

What the Ruthless Great Emperor valued was not the young man before her himself.

It was only his Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.

Willow Deity's situation, however, was the exact opposite.

After coming to the Lower Realm, this former Immortal King Giant had experienced everything firsthand.

Although Willow Deity was also searching for opportunities to continue recovering.

Along the way, she had tasted the sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy flavors of ordinary life.

And the most beautiful love in the mortal world!

Perhaps, like Yun Xi, Willow Deity was rather innocent when it came to love.

Yet that was precisely what was most precious and rare in this world.

Take Shi Xiu before her, for instance.

He was about to stumble into tremendous good fortune.

Yet he had no idea.

Whoosh!

Another emerald-green beam of light shot into the sky.

But it was different from the guiding light from before.

At the end of that green light, a figure slowly emerged.

Clad entirely in white, she possessed peerless grace.

This was Willow Deity's true Immortal King form, a beauty without equal in heaven or on earth.

Unexpectedly, with the Ageless Spring's help.

Willow Deity could restore her former true form to a limited extent within Stone Village.

At the sight of this woman suddenly stepping out of the light.

Everyone present stared dumbfounded.

Not only Shi Xiu-even the elderly Village Chief failed to react for a long while.

But soon, the old man dropped to his knees with a thud.

"Lady Willow Deity, congratulations on recovering your true form!"

The Village Chief knew a little about their village's Sacrificial Spirit.

He did not understand her exact level; he only knew that Willow Deity was surely an Immortal King from the Upper Realm.

And after seeing Willow Deity's true face, beautiful enough to topple cities and kingdoms.

A certain someone suddenly found that his legs would no longer obey him. He could not move, nor could he speak.

He simply could not find any words to describe Willow Deity's true form before him.

"What? Brat, are you dumbstruck?"

Over the endless years of her previous life, Willow Deity had long since grown accustomed to such scenes.

"Sister, you're so beautiful. I feel ashamed of my own looks beside you!"

Although Yun Xi, as Heavenly God Mountain's Saintess, was confident in her appearance.

Before Willow Deity, she involuntarily lowered her head.

It was not merely a matter of beauty.

It was all the more because of the allure emanating from her very bones.

The peerless grace of an Immortal King Giant was absolutely nothing ordinary mortals could imitate.

It had been distilled through the ages and tempered by countless forces of nature.

Only then could everything appear so perfect!

"Hehe, little sister, you said before that you wanted to become this brat's Dao Companion. Why don't we sisters make it official together?"

What was going on?

Did Willow Deity mean we would enter the bridal chamber tonight?

Had I heard that right?

Had I understood that right?

Was Lady Willow Deity going to formally marry me?

"Sister, I... I still need my grandfather..."

Compared with Willow Deity, who was now free to decide for herself.

Yun Xi probably could not act with such abandon.

For this young woman's marriage, Primordial Divine Mountain still had to be informed.

Willow Deity, however, had no such need now.

Stone Village was her maiden home.

The villagers before her were her relatives.

When the news spread throughout the village, everyone stared at Shi Xiu in disbelief.

It took them ages to recover!

"You little brat, you've got some nerve! You actually managed to marry our Sacrificial Spirit!"

"How could you do this, Lady Willow Deity? I'm obviously more handsome than this brat! Why didn't you choose me?"

"Shoo, shoo! Stop making trouble, you brat. Have all the married women in the village get ready. We're celebrating!"

Despite the shock that would not leave his heart.

The elderly Village Chief still reacted immediately.

This was Willow Deity's decision.

It was also a blessing for all of Stone Village.

From now on, their village would forever enjoy Willow Deity's protection.

For a thousand autumns and ten thousand generations!

And he believed that in the future, a never-ending succession of experts would be nurtured here.

Just like Shi Xiu today.

Since Yun Xi had yet to receive Heavenly God Mountain's approval, she could only serve as the bridesmaid tonight.

But everyone understood what this young woman meant to Shi Xiu.

Even the old Village Chief pulled a certain someone aside.

"Shi Xiu, I think Miss Yun Xi is far more understanding than that Fire Kingdom Princess. You must treat her well!"

Well, well, Village Chief. You really hid your depths!

It seemed this Village Chief had also been a heartthrob in his youth.

"Shi Xiu, come here. I have something to ask you!"

Had Willow Deity not approached him herself.

Shi Xiu probably still would not have come to his senses.

This lady really was decisive.

Once she said she would marry, she married.

She had left a certain someone no time to prepare!

It seemed he had truly made the right choice in returning this time.

Not only had he helped Willow Deity recover her true Immortal King form.

He had also bid farewell to his bachelor life once and for all.

Previously, Willow Deity had only said she would be his Dao Protector, but unexpectedly, the two of them had become true Dao Companions.

Even when the huge double-happiness character was pasted up, the brat still felt lost in the clouds.

But the question Willow Deity was about to ask was also extremely important.

"Have you ever connected to a void Secret Realm, or the forbidden grounds of some major sect?"

As it turned out, Willow Deity had already understood the uses of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.

This brat's greatest ability was not growing stronger quickly.

Rather, through his constitution, he could awaken his potential and connect to inconceivably powerful figures.

Or discover great opportunities he could never have imagined!

Of course, without someone beside him to guide him, even stumbling upon them would be pointless.

But after tonight.

Willow Deity would not only be his Dao Protector, but also Shi Xiu's wife.

The one who ranked first in the household!

"My wife, how did you know? When I was opening my Ten Grotto-Heavens, I think I saw someone called Red Hair."

Had Willow Deity not mentioned it, Shi Xiu might almost have forgotten the incident.

That strange Red Hair he had seen back then really had been difficult to understand.

And there were the gestures he had left behind, along with those baffling runic patterns.

They seemed like things that did not belong in the Perfect World at all!

But what exactly had that fellow been trying to convey?

Could Willow Deity be talking about the same thing as me?

"Red Hair? What exactly did that fellow look like? Can you describe him?"

"Describe him? Well..."