After Grand Duke Kelin proclaimed the joyous news of Shiheng's engagement to Heir Apparent Kelin Xiaoman throughout the Yulan Continent, the news swept across the entire continent like a gale laden with thunder, radiating from the Principality of Klan Capital and once again stirring towering waves among the various powers.
An extraordinary prodigy who possessed Saint-level combat strength in his twenties had become engaged to the Heir Apparent of the Principality of Klan. This alone was a momentous event capable of shaking the continent's balance of power. For a time, every faction was shaken. From mortal kingdoms great and small to the local branches of the Radiant Church and the Shadow Church, all immediately prepared lavish gifts and dispatched core members of their families or senior figures of their factions, riding at full speed toward the Principality of Klan Capital, seeking only to offer their congratulations in person and seize this rare opportunity to forge a connection.
The first to arrive in the capital was, naturally, the Radiant Church's delegation. As Shiheng was the Church's youngest lifetime elder and the one with the most boundless potential, the Radiant Church treated his engagement as a matter of the highest importance. The Pope personally issued a decree: a Saint Elder would lead the delegation, accompanied by several Cardinals, bearing vast quantities of natural treasures, high-grade magic crystals, and rare cultivation texts. They even brought out an Ancient Holy Light Sacred Artifact that the Church had treasured for ten thousand years as a congratulatory gift. With magnificent ceremonial trappings, the grand delegation headed straight for the Principality of Klan. Wherever it passed, crowds gazed upon it in reverence. It was undoubtedly declaring to the entire continent that Shiheng was an unwavering central pillar of the Radiant Church, someone no one could lightly covet