131: Longkui still hasn't accepted the imperial decree.

"Im-impossible..." Shen Yao was the first to snap back from his daze.

He shook his head violently, a wave of monstrous rage instantly overwhelming his reason.

He stepped forward, glaring with bloodshot eyes as he pointed at Long Yin, his voice trembling from extreme anger:

"On what grounds?! By what right?!"

"Kuier and I love each other, and our marriage contract was settled long ago. Today is our wedding day! You actually want her to marry that so-called sworn elder brother of yours?!"

"What do you take me for? What do you take the feelings between Kuier and me for?!"

He roared, his eyes bursting with deep-seated hatred and humiliation:

"If you wanted to oppose this marriage, you could have said so earlier."

"But you chose today, in front of the wedding procession, to use a bullshit imperial edict to humiliate me and trample upon the dignity of my God Race!"

"Father-in-law? By doing this, where have you placed the face of my God Race? Where have you placed my Father Emperor?!"

Facing Shen Yao's hysterical questioning, Long Yin's expression was very calm, his eyes showing not a single ripple.

He merely glanced indifferently at Shen Yao, not bothering to explain a single word.

Immediately, a wave of pure Demon Emperor pressure precisely enveloped Shen Yao!

"Thud!"

All of Shen Yao's roaring stopped instantly, and his protective divine light shattered!

His knees uncontrollably slammed heavily onto the Void Realm, his bones making a creaking sound.

Golden divine blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, making him look extremely pathetic.

"Yao-lang!"

Only then did Long Kui wake up from the massive shock, letting out a shrill cry of alarm.

She instinctively wanted to rush over to help Shen Yao up, but although Long Yin's targeted pressure didn't press down on her directly, its aftershocks were so strong that every step she took was incredibly difficult. The Dragon power within her body circulated frantically, but she simply couldn't get close to Shen Yao, let alone help him up.

"Father Emperor!!!"

Long Kui suddenly turned her head, her eyes filled with tears. She was no longer dazed and helpless as before, but filled with incomprehension, pain, and angry questioning.

"Why?! Why are you doing this?! Tell me why?!"

She straightened her body, which was trembling slightly from the pressure, her voice carrying a sob:

"Just now, back at the ancestral land, you were still teaching me with such earnestness to be loyal to love, to be faithful, and to never abandon one another!"

"Those words are still ringing in my ears, but what about now?"

"You want to personally destroy your daughter's marriage contract and send your daughter to an Emperor Yan I've never even met!"

"Is this the faithfulness you taught me? Is this the freedom and choice you spoke of?!"

Facing his daughter's tearful questioning, a flash of pain crossed Long Yin's eyes, but in an instant, only determination remained.

He spoke slowly, his voice cutting through Long Kui's weeping:

"Kuier, what Father taught you has never changed."

"His Majesty Emperor Yan is the elder brother of Father and your Mother Queen, and he is the lord of the Taiyan Immortal Court. His achievements surpass the universe, and his benevolence reaches all living beings."

"His vision, his breadth of mind, and his power are far beyond your imagination."

"What he can give you is far more than just a position as a consort; it is a chance to see a broader world."

"What Father wants you to be loyal to is not the fleeting passion for one person before you, but to the ultimate pursuit within your heart—to the destination that can truly bring peace to your Soul and elevate your life."

"If you are merely trapped in this small place, is that the end of love?"

Long Yin tried to elevate personal feelings to the level of existence to persuade Long Kui.

However, Long Kui shook her head violently, her tears flying:

"No! I won't listen! I won't listen to these grand principles!"

"I only know that I love Shen Yao and he loves me! We are willing to face all difficulties together! You cannot tear us apart in such an absurd way!"

"And you want me to marry your sworn elder brother? This is absolutely ridiculous! It's impossible!"

Her resistance came from her most authentic feelings and an instinctive internal rejection.

Seeing this, Long Yin frowned slightly and signaled Long Qinger to help persuade her.

Long Qinger's delicate body trembled slightly.

Looking at her daughter's pained face, her heart felt like it was being pierced by needles.

Her complex feelings for Di Yan, her heartache for her daughter, and her helplessness regarding her husband's decision intertwined and clashed.

She stepped forward, gently grasping Long Kui's cold little hand, her voice trembling slightly:

"Kuier, Mother knows you are suffering, knows you don't understand."

"But what your father said is not entirely without reason."

"Some existences, some fates, exceed our normal understanding."

"His Majesty Emperor Yan, he..." At the mention of this name, Long Qinger's voice involuntarily softened a bit, and a hint of daze flashed in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it: "He is a husband worth following."

"If you can stay by his side, it will be an unprecedented stroke of fortune."

"Many years from now, you will be able to see different scenery and experience different emotions."

Long Qinger's persuasion, carrying a selfishness and contradiction she hadn't fully figured out herself, sounded both weak and hollow.

"Mother! Even you..."

Long Kui couldn't believe her ears. She looked at her mother, suddenly pulled her hand back, and took a step back, her eyes full of disappointment and pain.

"What on earth has happened to you all?"

"Why has it become like this?"

"Forcing your own daughter to marry a stranger, and in such a..."

"Enough!" Long Yin barked, interrupting the words Long Kui hadn't spoken.

A flash of sternness appeared in his eyes. Seeing that words were useless, he no longer restrained his Demon Emperor majesty. A more majestic pressure bore down directly on Long Kui, intending to make her kneel and accept the edict.

"Long Kui, accept the edict already!"

Long Kui groaned, her Dragon power automatically protecting her body to resist the pressure.

However, because the difference in cultivation was too great, her delicate body trembled violently, and her knees bent slightly, yet she stubbornly refused to kneel completely, her eyes full of defiance and grief.

Just then.

Shen Yao, who had been struggling to hold on, suddenly erupted with an abnormal fluctuation of Divine Power.

He adapted to the pressure, gritted his teeth to squeeze out a bit of strength, and roared hoarsely:

"Long Yin! What a sanctimonious Demon Emperor!"

"To curry favor with that so-called elder brother of yours, you'd even disregard your own daughter's lifelong happiness!"

"And you're making her marry her own uncle? Hahaha, this is simply a huge joke!"

"You are not fit to be a father! Even less fit to be an emperor! You are shameless! You are an animal!"

"Presumptuous!"

Long Yin's gaze suddenly turned cold. He could ignore Shen Yao's insults to himself, but when it involved Di Yan, it touched a bottom line in his heart that could not be profaned.

Therefore, Shen Yao had to pay a heavy price.

Just as he was preparing to increase the punishment.

"Boom—!"

From the direction of the God Race, a pressure not a bit weaker than Long Yin's, and even more domineering, swept over instantly, directly dispersing part of the pressure here.

A handsome figure stepped through the Void Realm and descended.

The newcomer wore a white-gold divine robe and a star emperor crown on his head. His face was majestic, and his eyes looked down on everything as they opened and closed.

It was the Lord of the God Race of the Myriad Laws Star Realm—the God Emperor!