Divorce in Public

Hearing this, Lu Qing'an's heart faltered for a moment.

The next moment, however, he suddenly saw a golden light burst forth from his wife's body.

The sound of the Dao also rang out in the void around her!

She was about to break through to the Emperor Realm!

Xu Qingying hadn't expected to reach the threshold of a breakthrough at a time like this either!

"Husband, I urgently need to break through. Let's discuss our affairs afterward... Many people will probably come while I'm breaking through, so take good care of the children."

Lu Qing'an composed himself and nodded gently.

Xu Qingying's figure flashed as she flew toward the summit of the mountain behind the manor.

After Xu Qingying reached the summit, an unusual phenomenon appeared in the sky.

Illusory dragons and phoenixes danced across the heavens!

The sudden change instantly drew the attention of every faction in the Immortal Ruins.

A great number of experts flew toward the Lu Manor.

The first to arrive were his three children.

"Father, is Mother about to break through?" Lu Zixuan asked in delight.

Lu Qing'an nodded.

He turned to look at his second son, Lu Zhengran.

When Lu Qing'an looked at him, Lu Zhengran quickly lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze.

He looked as though he had done something on his conscience.

Lu Qing'an sighed inwardly.

It seemed he had still been too strict in raising his son.

Perhaps all fathers and sons had this problem...

It was only natural for the boy to be closer to his mother.

If this really was a misunderstanding, I'll have to change the way I treat my son from now on.

That was what Lu Qing'an thought.

Not long after the children arrived, someone else came.

The newcomer was a beautiful white-haired woman. Her face showed no signs of age, but her bearing was remarkably mature.

She was none other than Xu Qingying's master, Lin Qingxue.

Lin Qingxue appeared in the sky and took a long look at the summit of the mountain behind the manor. A trace of satisfaction appeared on her face before she turned to look down.

When she saw Lu Qing'an, she made no attempt to conceal the disdain and disgust in her eyes.

"Senior," Lu Qing'an greeted her.

Lin Qingxue acted as though she hadn't heard his greeting, treating him like thin air.

Immediately afterward, a man and a woman arrived.

The man was Lu Qing'an's brother-in-law, Xu Xuanyu.

The woman had almond-shaped eyes shimmering with moisture and long, flowing hair. Stunningly beautiful and delicate, she gave the impression of being gentle and well-behaved.

She was Xu Qingying's second younger sister, and thus Lu Qing'an's sister-in-law, Xu Yunyi.

"Senior!" Xu Yunyi first cupped her hands and bowed to Lin Qingxue. After Lin Qingxue nodded, she immediately turned her gaze to Lu Qing'an and smiled. "Brother-in-law."

Lu Qing'an smiled and nodded.

His sister-in-law had always treated him exceptionally well. Xu Qingying had even secretly been jealous of her before.

As for Xu Xuanyu, he also greeted Lin Qingxue. Then he looked at Lu Qing'an, disgust leaping from his unruly face.

"My sister is breaking through. Watch the children carefully and don't let her get distracted. Understand?"

Smack!

Xu Yunyi slapped Xu Xuanyu on the head. "Is that any way to talk to your brother-in-law?"

"Second Sister!" Xu Xuanyu's mouth twitched. He wanted to raise his voice, but when he saw Xu Yunyi narrow her eyes, he quickly shut his mouth.

"Brother-in-law, ignore this brat. I'll help look after the children too."

"Auntie!" Just then, Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao trotted over to Xu Yunyi.

Xu Yunyi smiled warmly, picked up Lu Miaomiao, and patted Lu Zixuan's head.

Xu Xuanyu said, "You two little brats, why aren't you calling me Uncle?"

Lu Zixuan pretended she hadn't heard him.

Lu Miaomiao went even further and pulled a face at Xu Xuanyu.

It was as though they were trying to restore Lu Qing'an's dignity.

"Hey! Are you two rebelling? I'm your uncle!"

"Uncle!" Just then, Lu Zhengran came over to Xu Xuanyu and called out with a smile.

"Zhengran's the good one!"

Lu Qing'an watched the scene and shook his head. He wasn't angry with his brother-in-law.

When his wife had married him, this brother-in-law of his had cried like a child in secret.

He seemed quite annoying, but he wasn't bad at heart.

The atmosphere grew lively, and the arrival of yet another person brought it to a peak.

The newcomer was an old man in white robes.

"Qing'an, congratulations! Your wife is finally about to become an emperor!"

Lu Qing'an smiled. "Elder He, long time no see."

The newcomer was the "matchmaker" who had introduced him to Xu Qingying.

He was also the first person Lu Qing'an had met after coming to the Immortal Ruins.

"I've been busy refining artifacts lately, but I'm finished now."

With that, He Hong gestured for Lu Qing'an to wait until later to talk, then flew over to Lin Qingxue's side.

"The weapons you wanted are finished. From now on, I don't owe you anything!"

He handed Lin Qingxue a saber and a sword.

Both were low-grade tenth-rank treasure artifacts!

"Fine. Neither of us owes the other anything," Lin Qingxue said coldly.

He Hong then returned to Lu Qing'an. At that moment, Lu Zixuan and the other two children came up to He Hong, calling him Grandpa over and over.

Lu Miaomiao even asked He Hong for something to eat.

As time passed, many more experts arrived.

There were several hundred emperor-level experts in the Immortal Ruins.

No one here had broken through to the Emperor Realm in several thousand years.

Now that another person was becoming an emperor, it was a major event.

Thus, experts from many factions came to offer congratulations to the person who was about to become an emperor.

"The Dragon Abyss Sect has arrived! We offer Fellow Daoist Xu our congratulations in advance on becoming an emperor!"

"The Immortal Domain Studio has arrived!"

"..."

Watching the sky fill with people, Lu Qing'an couldn't help recalling his own breakthrough to the Emperor Realm.

Back then, he had been in the Demon Domain, and every person who came had been an enemy, intent on interrupting his ascension.

Some had even wanted to kill him in the vulnerable moment just before his breakthrough.

Unfortunately for them, even with enemies on all sides, he had still broken through to the Emperor Realm.

He had beaten his attackers until they fled in panic.

Afterward, he had used even harsher methods, killing until all his enemies in the Demon Domain prostrated themselves and begged for mercy, and seized the position of Demon Emperor.

"Only after spending too long licking blood from the edge of a blade did I realize how precious a settled life was."

Lu Qing'an looked at his three children.

He had to protect this household.

As time passed, the phenomenon in the sky suddenly changed!

A powerful force abruptly scattered the illusory dragons and phoenixes!

A massive pillar of light shot straight down from the heavens, landing on the summit of the mountain behind the manor!

"It's here!"

This was the sign of an imminent breakthrough to the Emperor Realm!

A new great emperor was about to be born!

Boom!

A terrifying presence rose from the mountain behind the manor.

In an instant, violet lightning ran wild across the sky. Cloud vortices in the highest heavens whirled like coiling dragons, while crimson clouds billowed forth from Kunlun, dyeing countless layers of mountains and rivers.

"Emperor title: Immaculate Empress!"

The sound of the Dao came rolling forth, resounding through heaven and earth!

Hearing the emperor title, Lin Qingxue burst out laughing.

"Just as I thought! Just as I thought!!"

When Lu Qing'an heard the word "Immaculate," he froze for a moment.

He understood everything!

A woman of breathtaking beauty appeared in the heavens and slowly flew down.

She wore a snow-white dress, as though moonlight had spilled over her body. Behind her, a ring of pure light bloomed brilliantly, like a divine halo formed of ice crystals, making the vermilion mark between her brows blaze all the more vividly, red as blood.

The halo was so utterly sacred that it felt as though one more glance would defile it.

Everyone stared at her, their eyes wide.

She was so beautiful!

Her bearing was more than a hundred times more stunning than before!

As Lu Qing'an looked at his wife, he had already realized that a crisis in their relationship had arrived.

The Immaculate Emperor Position!

He had heard that it was the strongest and most mysterious Emperor Position in the Immortal Ruins.

But anyone who obtained this Emperor Position had to sever their passions and desires to grow stronger!

And that meant romantic love between a man and a woman!

His wife didn't want to divorce him because of another man. She wanted to divorce him... because she wanted greater strength!

Xu Qingying flew down and stopped high above the crowd. At that very moment, she looked at Lu Qing'an with a complicated expression.

"Disciple, you haven't told him yet, have you? Now that you've reached the Emperor Realm, you can't delay another moment! Otherwise, all your efforts will have been for nothing!"

Lin Qingxue was utterly serious.

Xu Qingying struggled for a moment. Finally, she took a deep breath and looked at Lu Qing'an.

"Husband, let's divorce."

Her ethereal voice rippled through the void.

The thousand people present quickly turned to look at Lu Qing'an, who stood motionless.