A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 524

Chapter 524: Inheriting the Throne and Getting Married

“Just go ahead and ascend to the Upper Realm. As for the Heavenly Emperor Sect, your Master has already entrusted it to me.”

Hearing Qin Shaolong’s voice, and realizing that their Master had long made arrangements, the three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After regaining their composure, Cai Wankun and Lin Qianyan looked at Zhang Tianhao and teased him.

“So, Senior Brother, when are you going back to inherit the throne? We’ll come and congratulate you then.”

“In a year’s time. By then, I’ll be getting married too,” Zhang Tianhao said, his tone heavy with complexity. He hadn’t expected to have to marry so soon, so he needed a year to prepare himself. During that year, he also hoped to deepen the bond with his Dao Companion.

Hearing this, Cai Wankun and Lin Qianyan were immediately surprised, their faces showing disbelief.

“Senior Brother, you’re getting married?”

Then, Cai Wankun and Lin Qianyan learned the full story from Zhang Tianhao’s explanation. Suddenly, everything became clear to them, and Cai Wankun even wore an expression that seemed to say, “I get it now.”“I understand. After all, the higher the cultivation level, the more difficult it becomes to conceive an heir. My parents themselves struggled for a full fifty years before they had me.”

“Is that so? Looks like I need to hurry up then.”

Hearing this, Zhang Tianhao’s expression grew extremely serious. Now at the Divine Transformation Stage, he had no idea when he might succeed in conceiving an heir. He hoped to settle it before his Ascension.

After some small talk among the three, Zhang Tianhao bid them farewell and headed back toward the Tianling Dynasty.

Watching Zhang Tianhao’s departing figure, Cai Wankun and Lin Qianyan couldn’t help but tease each other.

“A woman chosen by Senior Brother must be quite lucky.”

Meanwhile, inside the Tianling Dynasty, after Zhang Yu returned, he announced that he would be ascending to the Upper Realm soon and would pass the throne to Zhang Tianhao beforehand.

Regarding Zhang Yu’s decision, the entire assembly of civil and military officials naturally had no objections. After all, thanks to the Crown Prince, they were now all able to cultivate.

Soon after, Zhang Tianhao returned to the Imperial Capital. Upon arriving, he didn’t rush straight to the palace but instead went, following his memory, to a side courtyard located within the city.

Staring at the side courtyard before him, Zhang Tianhao’s expression was deeply conflicted, but in the end, he steeled himself and knocked on the gate.

Not long after Zhang Tianhao knocked, a voice as clear and melodious as silver bells came from inside the courtyard.

“Who is it? You’re here.”

As the gate opened, a youthful and vibrant woman appeared before Zhang Tianhao.

Looking at her, Zhang Tianhao’s eyes momentarily clouded over, as if he had suddenly been transported back to the days when they spent time together as children.

Seeing Zhang Tianhao, the woman’s expression froze in surprise, then brightened with delight as she said,

“Tianhao, it’s you? Why have you come back?”

Shaking his head, Zhang Tianhao snapped back to the present. He looked at the woman before him and, with a very serious tone, said,

“Leyi, I want you to be my empress. I wonder if you would be willing to accept?”

The woman in front of him was Li Leyi, a childhood playmate of Zhang Tianhao’s—truly what one could call a childhood sweetheart.

And when everyone else doubted him, only Leyi believed in him, convinced that the Immortals truly existed.

Without Li Leyi’s affirmation, Zhang Tianhao might not have had the courage to seek out the Immortals and inquire about the Way.

Upon hearing Zhang Tianhao’s words, Li Leyi stood frozen, her expression a complex mixture that was hard to describe.

Seeing her reaction, Zhang Tianhao’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly spoke up.

“Is this troubling you? It’s alright. If you don’t want to agree, that’s fine too—you can refuse.”

But when he mentioned refusal, his tone turned bitter; after all, Li Leyi was the only person who had ever truly moved his heart.

Yet, the next moment, Li Leyi shook her head resolutely and said seriously,

“No, I’m not troubled. I just didn’t expect you to only bring this up now. So, respected Zhang Tianhao, would you be willing to let me become your empress?”

With that, Li Leyi’s face softened into an exceptionally gentle smile.

Zhang Tianhao was captivated by her, his heart momentarily slowing before he recovered and nodded, smiling as he replied.“Thank you for agreeing to become my empress.”

Soon, within just a month, the Tianling Dynasty completed the succession of the new emperor. Zhang Tianhao became the Emperor of the Tianling Dynasty, and Li Leyi took on the role of empress.

In the blink of an eye, another half year passed. During this time, Zhang Tianhao gradually grew familiar with the current situation and even found enjoyment in it—balancing his cultivation with managing the dynasty.

As for Li Leyi, although both she and Zhang Tianhao were somewhat reserved at first, they gradually became more relaxed with each other. However, her belly still showed no sign of life.

While Zhang Tianhao felt a bit disappointed internally, he wasn’t entirely surprised. After all, his Junior Brother had mentioned that the higher one’s realm, the harder it would be to conceive an heir.

Though Li Leyi’s cultivation was not very advanced—only at the initial Foundation Establishment stage—it was still unlikely she would conceive Zhang Tianhao’s child within such a short span of six months.

So, for now, Zhang Tianhao could only leave things to fate and hope that Leyi’s belly would hold some good fortune.

As for taking concubines, Zhang Tianhao had no such intention. In his view, having one Dao Companion was enough; taking concubines would only disrupt his cultivation.

Another six months passed, and Zhang Yu’s cultivation had completely stabilized at Tribulation Peak. He began pushing toward the Saint Realm and soon successfully broke through to it.

On the very day Zhang Yu ascended to the Saint Realm, the whole sky above the Great Wilderness Realm shimmered with a radiant, seven-colored mystic light. After all, it had been nearly a million years since anyone had ascended from the Great Wilderness Realm. Now that someone was ascending, it spelled the revival of the Great Wilderness Realm.Watching his father ascend, Zhang Tianhao’s expression grew extremely solemn. Since his father had ascended to the Upper Realm, he could no longer keep a constant watch over him, so all he could do was silently hope for his father’s safety.

Soon after, Zhang Yu also ascended to the Upper Realm. However, just as Zhang Yu was about to appear at the Ascension Plane coordinates in the Great Wilderness Realm, Qin Shaolong intervened in time and took Zhang Yu elsewhere. This move prevented him from being slain by the Peak Saint Kings of the Three Great Sects.

The Peak Saint Kings of the Three Great Sects remained completely unaware of anything unusual. After all, if the methods of a God Venerable could be detected by them, then Qin Shaolong’s cultivation would be worthless.