Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

A crisp slap echoed through the center of the bustling Cheng Mansion courtyard, but the one who was hit wasn’t Lu Chao—it was Wu Xin.

A crimson palm strike sent her flying.

Caught completely off guard, Wu Xin shrieked as she was flung backward, crashing hard against the coffin behind her.

In an instant, Wu Xin was leaning against the coffin, clutching her face, utterly stunned.

Nearby, Cheng Weishan and the others were also stunned.

All the onlookers who had been enjoying the spectacle stared with wide eyes.

Someone stammered, ”What happened? Who just slapped Miss Wu?”

They had just clearly seen Wu Xin move to slap the Life-taking Bone Calamity Star, but then a crimson figure appeared out of nowhere, and Wu Xin was sent flying.

Another person replied blankly, ”It was that cripple, Cheng Yunsu.”

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone recalled that the crimson figure was indeed Cheng Yunsu in her vibrant red wedding gown.

Of course, Cheng Weishan and the others, standing right there, had seen it all clearly. Snapping back to their senses, they unleashed their True Qi in unison. Cheng Weishan couldn’t help but roar, ”Cheng Yunsu, you wretched girl! How dare you lay a hand on Miss Wu?”

’Damn it!’ Cheng Weishan’s heart was pounding with panic. ’Wu Xin was actually slapped by Cheng Yunsu, right here in the Cheng Mansion!’

At the same time, Bai Xin shrieked and rushed toward Wu Xin. ”Miss Wu, are you all right?”

She was, of course, trying to curry favor with Wu Xin, but the response she received was... SLAP!

Wu Xin sent Bai Xin stumbling back with a slap, then rose to her feet, radiating killing intent. Clutching her face, she glared at Cheng Yunsu. ”You little bitch, you dare hit me?”

Ignoring everyone else, Cheng Yunsu said, ”You were asking to be slapped the moment you tried to touch my husband.”

Her voice was no longer gentle and weak as it had been for the past few days; instead, it was incredibly sharp.

Suddenly, Cheng Chuyan rushed out, charging toward Cheng Yunsu. ”You little bitch, you’re courting death! I’ll cleanse the family of this disgrace!”

She too was trying to curry favor with Wu Xin, so she attacked immediately, lunging at Cheng Yunsu.

However, just as she drew near, a fierce glint flashed in Lu Chao’s eyes. A foot shot out from beside Cheng Yunsu, striking Cheng Chuyan squarely in the stomach.

Cheng Chuyan... GAH!

She was sent flying, her Protective True Qi completely useless. After tumbling hard across the ground several times, she began to vomit violently, spewing up blood and everything she had just eaten.

Lu Chao, without so much as a glance in her direction, slowly retracted his leg and stood by Cheng Yunsu’s side once more.

Seeing his daughter in such a miserable state...

Cheng Weishan, already on the verge of fury and panic, roared, ”You Life-taking Bone trash! I’ll kill you!”

With that, Cheng Weishan’s power flared as he prepared to charge and kill Lu Chao...

But just then, Wu Xin shouted angrily, ”Stop! Don’t get in my way.”

Hearing this, Cheng Weishan could only halt his attack.

Wu Xin then strode forward, staring at Cheng Yunsu. ”You dare to fight back? It seems you’re prepared to die with your Life-taking Bone husband like a pair of doomed lovers. But I won’t let you die so easily.”

”I’m going to strip you naked and make you finish this wedding as a wretched creature, neither human nor ghost.”

To be stripped naked, an act of ultimate, sadistic humiliation.

Having been slapped, Wu Xin naturally wanted to retaliate with the utmost cruelty.

As she finished speaking, she charged at Cheng Yunsu while shouting, ”Hold back that Life-taking Bone Calamity Star! I don’t want any interruptions while I’m stripping Cheng Yunsu...”

Instantly, Cheng Weishan, Bai Wenrong, and the others moved, about to rush Lu Chao.

But just as they moved... the crimson figure reappeared.

Cheng Yunsu suddenly lunged at the approaching Wu Xin, her hand flying in another slap.

SLAP...

Wu Xin never imagined Cheng Yunsu could still resist her. She had been caught off guard by the first slap, but now her body was fully cloaked in her True Qi.

’A cripple like Cheng Yunsu couldn’t possibly hit me again.’ But the crisp sound of a slap echoed across Wu Xin’s face once more.

”AH!”

With a shriek, Wu Xin was sent flying again, once more crashing hard against the coffin.

Cheng Weishan and the others, who were about to pounce on Lu Chao, stopped in their tracks, their expressions stunned. They turned to look at Wu Xin, only to see her other cheek was now also swollen. Miss Wu had been slapped squarely by Cheng Yunsu for a second time.

The surrounding guests were also dumbfounded.

Someone murmured, ”That’s not right. Miss Wu was already using her True Qi. How could a cripple possibly do that?”

The words had barely left his lips when someone else cried out, ”Look! At Cheng Yunsu!”

Hearing this, everyone’s gaze shifted from Wu Xin to the red-gowned Cheng Yunsu. Then, almost in unison, their eyes bulged as they cried out, ”True... True Qi!”

The entire crowd saw an aura of True Qi shimmering around Cheng Yunsu’s vibrant wedding gown.

Another person asked instinctively, ”But... wasn’t her Heavenly Destiny Bone shattered? How can she still have True Qi?”

In the crowd, Cheng Chuming, who had been frantic with anxiety just moments before, now stood staring foolishly at his daughter. ’Her True Qi... it’s restored? Lu Chao wasn’t spouting nonsense, and my daughter wasn’t possessed... But how did he do it?’

At the same time, inside the main hall... THUD!

Han Shu shot to her feet, staring in disbelief at Cheng Yunsu’s figure, which was now wreathed in True Qi.

At this moment, the entire venue fell deathly silent. Only now was the bride, Cheng Yunsu, truly the center of everyone’s attention.

Though she couldn’t see the crowd’s stares from under her red bridal veil, Cheng Yunsu spoke again. ”Wu Xin, you were just asking for it.”

Wu Xin finally staggered to her feet.

It wasn’t the pain in her face that made her unsteady, but the turmoil in her heart. ’Why? How did Cheng Yunsu recover her True Qi?’

She asked in disbelief, ”You were clearly a cripple! Why?”

Cheng Yunsu remained silent.

But she thought to herself, ’Of course, it was Lu Chao who restored me. The Heavenly Destiny Bone of a Flame Spirit Bird has temporarily replaced my Heavenly Fire Sparrow Bone, and it even brought me back to my former Peak state.’

’It’s a miracle. Even using a Demon Beast Bone as a replacement, it’s nearly impossible to return to one’s former Peak.’

But Lu Chao had done it for her.

Suddenly, Lu Chao turned to look at Han Shu in the main hall. ”Master Han, is my wife... truly beyond saving?”

The expressions of everyone in the crowd changed, and they all turned to look at Han Shu in the main hall. This master from the Imperial Academy had declared Cheng Yunsu beyond saving without even performing an examination.

And now, the girl had responded with a full display of True Qi.

No—she had responded by slapping Wu Xin twice.

Han Shu’s face gradually turned ashen. A distinguished master from the Imperial Academy being publicly proven wrong like this... Rage flared in her heart.

In the next instant, a cruel smile spread across Han Shu’s face.

”I said she’s beyond saving, and that means she’s beyond saving,” she declared. ”Wu Xin, you know what to do.”

’If word of this gets out, it’s not a big deal,’ Han Shu thought. ’After all, Yangzhou City is just a backwater.’

’However, Cheng Yunsu absolutely cannot be allowed to return to the Imperial Academy. If she reports this to the other masters, I’ll be in serious trouble.’

’Therefore, I must make sure Cheng Yunsu is *truly* beyond saving. I must see to it that she is crippled all over again.’