The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

Chen Dong was a little puzzled. 'Why aren't we going straight to the Realm Passage? What's the point of coming to this mountainside?'

Leng Tong, Baili Qingcheng, and Fu Changyan leaped off the Dharma Platform. Facing the magnificent golden palace, they shouted, "Lord Corpse Dove, we wish to return to the Floating Shadow Realm. Please grant us passage!"

'Corpse Dove?' Chen Dong was taken aback. 'Right, that fellow was still in the mortal world. How did he end up here on the mountainside of Yunya Mountain?'

A cackling laugh echoed from within the palace. "Let this old master take a good look at who you all are!"

It was followed by a gasp of surprise. "Whoa! Holy crap, you brat! You're not dead yet!"

A streak of black light flashed, and a well-plumed Corpse Dove appeared before them.

The cultivators from the Floating Shadow Realm resentfully bowed to the Corpse Dove.

"Greetings, Lord Corpse Dove."

Its deep red eyeballs rolled around and seemed to fix on Chen Dong. "You're not a ghost, are you, kid!"

Because the Corpse Dove had no pupils, no one knew who it was speaking to.

Chen Dong quickly sent a voice transmission: "Stop making such a fuss! I don't want to attract attention. Is that creature still here with you?"

The Corpse Dove coughed dryly. 'What would happen if Lord Ming found out about this?' it thought. 'She's at a critical stage right now. I absolutely can't let this brat interfere. Forget it, I'll just let Lord You worry about this.'

The Corpse Dove spat out a fat worm, then immediately swallowed it back down. At the same time, it sent a voice transmission to Chen Dong: "Don't you dare tell Lord You that I've caught the creature! I want to enjoy myself in this world for a while longer!"

'Enjoy himself?' Chen Dong found that strange. 'Is it stalling for time after catching the creature because it's afraid Lord You will blame it?' The way it kept the thing in its stomach, not even daring to eat it, made Chen Dong want to laugh.

Just then, the voices of several Female Cultivators drifted from the palace. "Lord You, why haven't you come back in yet!"

Hearing this, Chen Dong gave the Corpse Dove a strange look. 'Could it be an old lecherous bird? I never noticed this before when I was around it.'

Curious, Chen Dong probed the palace with his Divine Sense. Inside the magnificent hall were seven or eight bird-type Demon Cultivators. 'Well, I'll be damned,' he thought. 'It's started its own harem here in the mortal world!'

With a flap of its wing, the Corpse Dove severed his Divine Sense, roaring via voice transmission, "What are you looking at, kid!"

Then, it cursed aloud at the group, "Scram, scram! This lord has taken a look, and you're all a bad flock! The Array is open, so don't come bothering this lord!"

The group from the Floating Shadow Realm thanked it again, "Many thanks, Lord Corpse Dove!" Then they jumped onto the Dharma Platform and ascended toward the summit.

Although they wondered who the Corpse Dove had been talking about, not one of them dared to ask. After all, this was Lord You's attendant.

'Could there be someone Lord Corpse Dove knows among the two hundred of us?' they wondered. 'It seems likely. After so many years in this world, it would be normal for it to recognize someone. But judging by its reaction afterward, it must be just a casual acquaintance.'

The Dharma Platform reached the summit. Staring at the magnificent Realm Passage, Chen Dong was flooded with emotions. 'Sister, are you okay?'

Li Zhixuan was also amazed by the sheer size of the Realm Passage. He sent a voice transmission to Chen Dong: "This world of yours was definitely extraordinary in the past. This Realm Passage is more than ten times larger than the ones in the Wangyou Realm."

Chen Dong smiled faintly. He remembered You once saying that this realm was formerly home to countless mighty beings. A world that dared to launch a realm war could hardly be ordinary.

The Array on the Dharma Platform lit up, its power pushed to the maximum as it charged toward the Realm Passage.

For the first time, Chen Dong was conscious to see the inside of the Realm Passage. It was as if there were countless streams of light, as splendid as a galaxy, like a brilliant, ever-spinning cosmos, flowing forward and backward in time...

Was this the folding of space-time, or the profound mysteries of the Dao? Without realizing it, Chen Dong entered a state of epiphany.

Suddenly, he felt a sensation as if his soul was being pulled from his body. When Chen Dong came to his senses, he had arrived in the so-called Floating Shadow Realm.

Of the three realms Chen Dong had visited, this one had the densest Spiritual Qi—twice as dense as even the miniature Qiankun Realm. It was truly worthy of being a world where Spiritual Qi had been recovering for several thousand years, and it was still increasing.

Li Zhixuan also wore an excited expression. 'If I cultivate in this world,' he thought, 'the day will surely come when I surpass Feng Fu.'

Chen Dong surveyed his surroundings. The Realm Passage here was also located on a mountaintop, protected by a massive Array just like in the mortal world. These Arrays had a strange sense of familiarity, as if they were all the handiwork of You.

The Dharma Platform descended through the clouds, arriving once again on a mountainside.

Cultivators from the three sects were already there to receive them. Everyone disembarked from the Dharma Platform one after another.

A burly man in a white Magic Robe with black patterns stepped forward and said, "You've all worked hard! You can report to us about the agreement later. These must be the first batch of promising recruits willing to join our sects, yes?"

Leng Tong stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Martial Uncle Ye, there are two hundred and three people in total, all with Second-Grade Spirit Roots or higher. Among them is Tian God Department, who is at the Profound Pill Realm!"

The burly man laughed heartily upon hearing this. "Excellent, excellent! May I ask who Tian God Department is? Please, step forward and let me see you!"

Tian Sisi stepped forward and bowed. "Greetings, Senior!"

"Incredible, truly incredible!" the burly man exclaimed. "The Evergreen Thousand Leaves Dao Body! No wonder you were able to cultivate to the point of forming a First-grade Profound Pill during the End of the Dharma Era, and you've even reached the Third-Layer Profound Pill realm. I wonder, which of our three sects would Tian God Department like to join?"

Before Tian Sisi could speak, a mature female voice interjected, "Senior Brother Ye, isn't it a bit improper to ask her to choose without first explaining the differences between our three sects?"

As she spoke, a Daoist nun in a white Magic Robe with blue patterns walked forward.