Ten years later.
Through his efforts, Big Hen had finally advanced to the Transcendence Realm, and Jiang Hao had thus become the Shenzhou Kingdom's eleventh Transcendent Master.
During those ten years, the North Sea Kingdom had never invaded the Shenzhou Kingdom again. The two kingdoms had even formed marriage alliances. The Second Prince, Han Min, had married Ouyang Mingyue, Grand Lord Ouyang Long's daughter, while the Eldest Prince, Han Su, had fulfilled his wish of ascending the throne and becoming the new King Han.
With four Transcendent Masters in one family, Dragonkeep had risen to become the Shenzhou Kingdom's most illustrious clan. Everyone, from royalty and nobles to ordinary commoners, wanted to attach themselves to Dragonkeep. Even King Han, Han Su, had sent betrothal gifts to Liao Yunxiao, seeking to make her his queen, but she had refused him. In the end, Liao Yunxiao had married an ordinary Beast Tamer from Primordial City.
Because of what had happened with Yue Qingqing, his eldest brother, Long Yun, had chosen never to marry. Like their father, Dragon Venerable, he had adopted a child: Song Jinshu, the very girl Jiang Hao had once met and given candied hawthorn to.
His younger brother, Luo En, had honored his marriage agreement and married Han Ling, Prince Han Mo's daughter and Han Feng's younger sister. His younger sister, Luo Su, had also married her betrothed, Wei Zihan, the Chief Grand Secretary's son.
This happy, fulfilling life had always been what Jiang Hao wanted. He watched his daughter grow day by day, watched himself and his wife, Han Qing, grow old little by little, and watched his daughter marry. It seemed this was his life, one he would live out in quiet simplicity.
When his temples had turned gray and he looked back on his life, he