I Only Marry Widows

"Forget it, I won’t think about it too much."

"As long as I have the Zizai Celestial Demon guarding me, I possess the combat power of a Celestial Venerate as a trump card, and the strength of the Zizai Celestial Demon is by no means comparable to an ordinary Celestial Venerate."

"Just look at the large scale of the Divine Court’s mobilization this time, and it’s obvious."

"As for my own cultivation, I still need to take it slowly, step by step, as one cannot become fat in one bite."

"Currently, the Fighting Dharma Form is merely Middle Grade. Next, I need to elevate it to Upper Grade and then Top Grade, and finally, completely transform it into a Lifebound Dharma Form. This step will be the greatest hurdle."

"Even Guanzizai was blocked at this step for three thousand years, and it was only after meeting the Zizai Celestial Demon, attaining Enlightenment in Guanzizai, that he transformed the Fighting Dharma Form into his Lifebound one and refined it into the Guanyin Dharma Form."

"Yet, it caused him to fall into the schemes of the Zizai Celestial Demon, laying the groundwork for his eventual downfall."

"Even Guanzizai ended up this way, so the dilemmas I will face are imaginable..."

Lu Chengfeng was not overly arrogant, knowing that all his current combat power was but a castle in the air. If he cannot refine his Lifebound Dharma Form, in nine thousand years, he would turn into a handful of yellow earth.

The struggle between the Empress and the Celestial Emperor is, in truth, an incredibly long epoch.

According to the memory of the next hundred thousand years, the Empress fought against the Netherworld for as long as forty-eight thousand years.

Originally, the Empress had already lived for a hundred thousand years and should have met her demise, but during the conquest of the Netherworld, she gained great Creation and lived another lifetime.

And when Chu Tiange finally won, becoming the Celestial Emperor, ruling over the Thirty-Three Layer Heavens, and establishing the Celestial Court, there were still ninety-eight thousand years to go from now.

If he cannot refine his Lifebound Dharma Form, he won’t even have the qualification to comprehend it, and lifespan will become his greatest shortcoming.

A True Immortal lives nine thousand years, a Great Power thirty thousand years, and a Celestial Venerate one hundred thousand years.

A True Monarch is essentially a True Immortal, able to live only nine thousand years.

A Great Emperor, although having combat power surpassing a Celestial Venerate, is still essentially a Celestial Venerate, able to be invincible in the world for only a hundred thousand years.

As his power grew stronger, Lu Chengfeng no longer envisioned Chu Tiange as his greatest enemy. Regardless of what achievements the latter finally attains, for now, his greatest enemies are himself and time.

Crossing the threshold of transforming the Fighting Dharma Form into a Lifebound Dharma Form would allow him three thousand more years in the world.

Crossing the world-creating threshold would let him remain for a hundred thousand years.

Eight Divine Venerates and Nine States Taoist Masters, even if they possess combat power comparable to Celestial Venerates, are not true Celestial Venerates. Once the thirty-thousand-year mark is reached, they will all face death and their path’s dissolution.

This is why the four Celestial Venerates of the Divine Court can remain unperturbed, high above.

Even if the Eight-Step Divine Venerates and Nine States Taoist Masters can discourse on teachings with Celestial Venerates, there is still a fundamental gap between them.

A lifespan of a hundred thousand years is despairing to contemplate.

No one would willingly fall, so the longer one lives, the more afraid of death one becomes.

And the conquest of the Netherworld might break the limits of lifespan, so now, all the Immortals, Buddhas, and Holy Ones across the Three Realms are itching to move, even the Empress and the other three Celestial Venerates are no exceptions.

The Empress’s lifespan has reached its end, and attacking the Netherworld is her one hope of living a second life, a chance she would never miss.

And those Celestial Venerates also hope to gain the Creation within the Netherworld, yet they might not wish to have a Great Emperor continue pressing down on them.

The fate of the Three Realms has always been in the hands of the Empress and those Celestial Venerates; even the Divine Venerates and Taoist Masters are just pawns in their eyes.

Even if you can momentarily shine across the Three Realms with dazzling brilliance, if you can’t create a world, you will eventually turn into a handful of yellow earth, with your life and path dissolved.

Time, like a knife, cuts down the prodigious, and no one can escape the account of time, even the Taoist Masters and Divine Venerates who challenge the Celestial Venerates.

Thirty thousand years is long, but for a Celestial Venerate, it is not long enough to prevent waiting with patience and time.

Lu Chengfeng’s power increased, coupled with gaining the memory and foundation of Guanzizai, subtly changing his perspective and insight.

He was no longer a struggling ant from the bottom, now having the qualification to gaze at higher skies and view the layout of the Three Realms with a broader perspective.

The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable is strategizing, the Empress is strategizing, the four Celestial Venerates are strategizing, and the Celestial Emperor is also strategizing...

Lu Chengfeng stepped out of notions of virtue and evil, out of friend and foe, viewing those ancient existences of the Three Realms from a more objective viewpoint, finally sighing, "In the end, they are nothing but old immortals greedy for life and fearing death, wanting only to cling to this wretched existence..."

He couldn’t help but snicker, losing the reverence and admiration he once held, even stripping the Empress of her halo in his eyes.

"Heh, a pack of old dogs wishing to extend their life in the Netherworld..."

Thinking of this, his Spiritual Will became ever purer and grand, having a disposition of disdain for all beings, overlooking the Celestial Venerates.

With the change in his mind, the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Saber transformed as well, adding a sense of grandeur and righteousness to the originally sharp edge.

Lu Chengfeng’s appearance did not change, but his entire aura began a fundamental transformation, as if he stepped out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements, above the vastness of time, looking down on the past and future, scorning the holy ones of all heavens.

"Ye are all insects, this Venerable watches from above the Long River of Time, laughing at your antics..."

Buzz!

The flash of the blade swept, whether a common demon spirit or a Great Power-level demon spirit, all were cut to pieces, becoming unrecognizable. Within this vast blade light, none could escape, all falling, leaving only the demonic Qi to be devoured by the Sun and Moon Gourd like rivers returning to the sea.

Whoosh!

Lu Chengfeng slowly closed his eyes, letting the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Saber wreak havoc, while he sat in front of the Void Gate, within a hundred-thousand-mile radius, no demon spirit could approach.

With his own strength, he guarded this gate.

As for everything happening in the Zizai Celestial Palace, he neither looked nor listened, nor did he partake.

Only waiting for the final battle to end, to verify his hypothesis, to see if he could gain a Celestial Venerate-level Guardian True Spirit.