I Only Marry Widows

Shenxiao Palace.

The grand doors of the palace closed with a boom, and the swirling mist of Chaos completely engulfed the Empress's figure. Sitting cross-legged alone in the hall, she appeared somewhat lonely and desolate.

Just moments ago, Lu Chengfeng and Luo Suyi were here, and she could only temporarily press everything she had seen into her heart. Now, in the silence, memories of those hundred thousand years continuously surfaced before her eyes.

"No wonder I've been unable to comprehend the flow of time. Essentially, this span of time belongs to the past, or one could say it belongs to the future, yet it uniquely is not the present."

"All these scenes before me occurred a hundred thousand years ago. Chu Tiange had even locked onto the Celestial Emperor's Tao Fruit, controlled the Thirty-Three Heavens, completely swallowed the Three Realms, and gained the final victory."

"But his cultivation was flawed. My mother reversed cause and effect at the cost of her life and her own Tao Fruit, making those hundred thousand years that had once happened become the future and let everything replay."

Her complexion turned somewhat unsightly. As the most powerful Empress in the Three Realms, she thought herself invincible for ten thousand years, but only now did she understand the truth of the Three Realms.

Those hundred thousand years happened in the past, before she attained the Dao. Her mother reversed cause and effect, making the past into an unoccurred future, starting from now to reenact everything that happened in those hundred thousand years.

"Emperor of Chaos? Should he be called Celestial Emperor, or perhaps Jade Emperor?"

The secrets known to the Shenxiao Empress were far more than what Lu Chengfeng knew. After witnessing those hundred thousand years of memories, she understood everything.

Yet her mental resilience was formidable—a quality that allowed her to become a Great Emperor, holding the Ninth Layer Heaven, unrivaled in the world for ten thousand years. Naturally, she possessed her own pride and confidence.

Even in those hundred thousand years of memories, where she was used by Chu Tiange to seize the authority of Netherworld Reincarnation, leading her to completely fall into a disadvantage in the subsequent great battle.

Even knowing that Chu Tiange had already locked onto the future Celestial Emperor's Tao Fruit, with the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form suppressing himself, undying and eternal, unless she could defeat the Celestial Emperor, the future had already been predetermined.

Even knowing everything, she could change nothing.

Yet she felt no fear or dejection; divine light shifted in her eyes, revealing an incomparably terrifying battle intent.

"In my life at Shenxiao, I have never been weaker than anyone, so how could I fear battle?"

Even if the heavens collapse and the earth shatters, diving into Chaos, she harbored no fear.

So what if the opponent locked onto the Tao Fruit of Heaven and Earth? It was merely borrowing power from the future, not truly achieving the state of the Celestial Emperor. What did she have to fear?

"For my sake, my mother completely forsook all her Tao Fruit, leaving only a trace of True Spirit for reincarnation."

"Luo Suyi is her reincarnated form, but she is not her!"

The Empress's thoughts drifted to this point, and her initial battle intent gradually faded, replaced by a slight trace of sadness on her face.

Her mother was the only trust she had in this world. Without her mother, she would not even have the qualifications to contend with the Celestial Emperor.

After all, those hundred thousand years originally occurred before she attained the Dao. If Chu Tiange had indeed become Celestial Emperor by then, and the Three Realms were entirely under his control, how could anyone else possibly rise?

It was precisely because of her mother's sacrifice that Chu Tiange's destiny as Celestial Emperor held variables, offering the beings of the Three Realms an opportunity to strive for survival.

"All beings in these Three Realms owe my mother."

"And of course, so do I!"

She sighed softly, feeling a trace of heaviness and oppression in her heart.

It was because of her mother that she did not hold grudges against Lu Chengfeng, nor did she embarrass him on the spot.

Her mother... was truly no longer here.

Though Luo Suyi might have causal ties to her mother, she ultimately was not her!

"Is this living another life? Did my mother gain some of the authority over reincarnation from her battle with the Celestial Emperor?"

The Empress pondered silently in her heart, remembering the message her mother left behind at the end of those hundred thousand years of memories.

"Lu Chengfeng's identity is special; he is one of the pieces my mother laid down."

"To defeat the Celestial Emperor and pave the way for myself, my mother not only sacrificed her own life and Tao Fruit but also set many contingencies."

"First is the Red Dog, an overt piece and strategy."

"Second is in the Netherworld, able to assist me at crucial moments to seize the authority over reincarnation."

"The third is Lu Chengfeng..."

Thinking of Lu Chengfeng, her expression turned somewhat subtle, "My mother actually wished for me to marry him..."

The Empress felt a sense of discomfort in her heart. No matter what, Lu Chengfeng had already married Luo Suyi, and their relationship was strong, their bond as firm as gold. Plus, Luo Suyi's identity was special.

How could she possibly do such a thing? Must mother and daughter truly serve the same husband?

Thinking of this, she felt a sense of revulsion, especially since her pure and chaste body had already been tainted by Lu Chengfeng.

"My mother's message said that Lu Chengfeng is the key to overcoming our greatest enemy. He possesses an extraordinarily terrifying talent, and only by the two of us marrying could we gain the power to vanquish the Celestial Emperor."

She naturally had no doubt about her mother's words, but...

"It's too late. Regardless of what kind of aptitude Lu Chengfeng possesses, he grows too slowly. Up until now, he hasn't even achieved Dharma Form. If a Celestial Venerate acted, a single palm could annihilate him."

"If the White Tiger Divine Venerate had been serious just now, he'd already be dead..."

The Empress clearly understood that although it seemed like Lu Chengfeng had intruded successfully from the White Tiger Divine Venerate's Tao Field, it was because this Divine Venerate had not truly intended to kill him. Otherwise, regardless of how strong Lu Chengfeng's physical body was, it would have been shattered to pieces.