20: Chapter 20 Interstellar Invasion? No, it's a Saintess forcing a marriage across realms.

"This formation is full of flaws," Ji Linglong said softly.

She did not draw her Flying Sword. Instead, she extended a fair finger and tapped lightly on a certain node in the void.

This tap, seemingly casual, contained a strange power of causality—it was the Dao of Idealism she had comprehended after eating ten boxes of spicy strips and reading five hundred domineering CEO novels.

My heart is the heart of heaven. If I want to see him, then even heaven cannot stop me.

"Break." Only one word.

"Crack!" That crisp sound exploded in the ears of all the elders. It was like the sound of glass shattering.

The mountain-protecting formation overhead, which was touted as indestructible and had guarded Taichu Holy Land for ten thousand years, collapsed starting from that node under her light tap.

The golden light shattered into a sky full of light rain, falling down in a flurry.

"Pfft!" The dozen or so elders presiding over the formation spat out blood simultaneously, looking at the girl in flowing white clothes in the center of the ruins with faces full of horror.

"This... what is this power?" the Grand Elder's voice trembled. "This is not spiritual energy! This is not immortal energy! This is..."

"This is the power of love." Ji Linglong turned back and winked at the old man, her expression actually quite playful.

"Old man, a bachelor like you who has been single for thousands of years wouldn't understand."

After saying this, she stopped paying attention to the group of elders behind her who had been angered into fainting. She looked up at the void.

There, a faint line of causality connected to the distant other shore. That was the direction where Jiang Chen was, and it was where her heart longed to be.

"Husband, wait for me." Ji Linglong flipped her palm, and her life-bound Flying Sword appeared in her hand.

This time, what burned on the sword was not cold light, but a layer of scorching red flames that seemed capable of melting everything.

"Open!" She slashed out with her sword. It was not aimed at a person, but at the sky.

"Rip—!!!" The sky was forcefully torn open, creating a massive rift. It was not dark clouds parting, but the spatial barrier being severed.

Black void storms raged at the rift, but Ji Linglong was not afraid in the slightest. She looked back at the place where she had lived for eight hundred years, feeling no attachment.

With a tap of her toes, she turned into a long rainbow and charged into the endless void turbulence without hesitation.

Behind her, only Taichu Holy Land was left in a mess, along with the desperate shouts of the elders: "It's over... the Saintess has run off with someone!"

Blue Star. Dragon Kingdom, Northwest desert. Jiang Chen's phone screen was still black. But at this moment, there was no need for a phone.

Because the sky above had changed. The once brilliant galaxy suddenly seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand.

A massive, eerily purple-red vortex was slowly forming outside the atmosphere. The vortex was so large that it looked like an eye, coldly staring at this blue planet.

"Beep—! Beep—! Beep—!" This time, it wasn't just the National Security Bureau's equipment; shrill alarms blared from everyone's mobile phones, watches, and even the radios of the construction vehicles on site.

"Report!" A communications soldier ran over, stumbling, and handed a tablet to Lei Keming, his face pale as paper.

"The Sky Eye system has detected... detected an ultra-high energy source! It's right above our heads! Directly overhead!" Lei Keming snatched the tablet.

On the screen, the red energy index bar had already broken through the top edge of the screen.

[Alert! Unknown life form detected forcibly crossing the plane barrier!] [Energy level: World-ending class (estimated)!] [Target landing point: Locked to current coordinates (Taklamakan Desert)!] [Estimated arrival time: Shortened to 48 hours!]

"48 hours..." Lei Keming's hand trembled slightly. He looked up at the vortex that was still expanding. He could feel that even across the atmosphere, the pressure was already making it difficult to breathe.

That was not a meteorite impact. That was a living deity, smashing open the gates of Earth for the sake of her love.

"Leader..." Jiang Chen swallowed, feeling his legs go a bit weak. "With this setup... is she here to get married, or to silence us?"

"Whether it's for marriage or to silence us, this is not something we can block." Lei Keming took a deep breath, the panic in his eyes quickly fading, replaced by the kind of madness and calmness a gambler has before going all-in.

"Pass on my orders!" Lei Keming held the walkie-talkie, his voice resounding throughout the desert through the loudspeaker.

"Activate the highest contingency plan for the Nantianmen Project!"

"Notify the Air Force! All J-20 fighter jets are to be armed with live ammunition and take off to escort, but without my order, if anyone dares to fire, I'll execute them!"

"Notify the Rocket Force! Raise all the Dongfeng missiles! Lock on... lock on my ass! Just treat it as firing a salute!"

"And one more thing!" Lei Keming turned sharply, looking at the logistics chief, Elder Zhao, behind him, his eyes burning: "Old Zhao! This is the most important part!"

"Get me all the best wedding planning companies in Beijing... no, the entire Dragon Kingdom!"

"I want to build the world's largest wedding venue on this desert, at this landing point!"

Old Zhao was stunned: "Huh? A wedding? Here? Now?"

"Yes! Right now!" Lei Keming roared. "We need to lay a red carpet covering five hundred miles! We need to air-freight flowers from Yunnan! We need to bring in the state banquet chefs!"

"Doesn't she want a grand display? Doesn't she think we are mere mortals?"

"Then we will use mortal methods to give her a display that no immortal has ever seen!"

Lei Keming pointed at the terrifying vortex in the sky, his spirit soaring: "Since we can't stop her, then let's marry her!"

"This is not just a wedding; this is a diplomatic establishment ceremony between two civilizations!"

"Jiang Chen!" Jiang Chen jumped: "Present!"

Lei Keming walked over, helped him straighten his dust-covered collar, and then gave his face a heavy pat, a smile that looked worse than crying appearing on his face: "Take a shower, change your clothes."

"Go comb your hair like an adult and put on a handsome suit. Get ready to welcome the bride, groom."

Jiang Chen looked at the vortex that seemed ready to swallow the sky and earth, and then at the soldiers around him who were frantically busy, decorating missile trucks as wedding vehicles. He suddenly wasn't panicked anymore. He even felt like laughing.

He stroked the Treasure-Seeking Mouse in his arms that was still gnawing on a stone, and spoke softly to the vortex in the sky: "Come on, wife."

"Although I have no cultivation and no bride price. But behind me, there is a very badass country. This marriage... is in the bag."