My Wife Turns Out to be an Empress of the Dynasty

"By killing one, you could save millions. Would you kill?"

"By saving one, the entire world would turn against you. Would you save?"

"A good person, righteous all their life, but does evil once. Would you save them?"

"A villain, evil all their life, turns over a new leaf and puts down the butcher's knife. Would you kill them?"

Within the tangible illusions, Gu Lan was faced with different lifetimes and countless moral dilemmas.

If it were an ordinary person encountering so many choices, they would have already collapsed, but not Gu Lan. He had lived two lives, experienced the mortal realm of the Six Realms, and his Dao heart had long been indestructible.

He already had his answers to these heart trials.

Killing one to save millions? He wouldn't kill.

Saving one and facing the world's enmity? He would save.

A good person turning evil? He wouldn't save.

A villain turning good? He would still kill.

His heart had nothing to do with good or evil—it only sought an unshakable conviction, without guilt in his conscience.

In an instant, the illusions in front of Gu Lan dispersed. Before him appeared two identical manifestations of his Three Clarity form, both without sorrow or joy, devoid of good or evil.

"Unexpectedly, severing the good corpse was easier than I thought."

"With this thought clear, both good and evil are severed."

Gu Lan's eyes were calm as still water. Severing the three corpses was about cutting away obsessions, as well as distractions.

All things in the world were not simply black and white, good or evil. As long as one followed their true heart, good and evil would become self-evident, making no difference whether they were severed or not.

"One Breath Into Three Clarity truly lives up to being a Daoist divine ability. With the good and evil corpses severed, my understanding of the rules of Heaven and Earth has also become clearer."

"Heaven and Earth may be emotionless, but they nurture all living things. Doesn't this emotionlessness still contain emotion, just as it corresponds to the good and evil corpses?"

"Now, only the self corpse remains. When it is severed, I will break through to the God Realm."

Gu Lan grasped this realization in his heart. Although he hadn't broken through yet, his strength had already advanced to another level.

If he were to face that Bright Clan Divine Son's avatar again, even if it were his true body, Gu Lan now had the confidence to fight.

As Gu Lan walked out of his study, he ran into Mu Yuyan, who had just emerged from her retreat.

Looking at Gu Lan, Mu Yuyan's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

"Darling, why do you seem... different from before?"

"Different how?" Gu Lan smiled and asked, his gaze directly meeting hers.

Mu Yuyan noticed that her husband's gaze had changed. It was still filled with love, as always, but it was no longer veiled, and compared to his usual gentle demeanor, it now carried a domineering edge.

This new look was quite similar to her own personality.

Whatever she was thinking, her face suddenly flushed as she leaned closer to Gu Lan's ear and whispered, "Darling... did you cultivate some strange new technique again?"

Before she could finish speaking, Gu Lan had already scooped her up in his arms.

In the next moment, the two appeared in the core space of Sacred Mountain, where the Spiritual Creature of Nine Skies and a group of Snow Elves quickly gathered around.

But just as they approached, Gu Lan waved them away.

"Honey, you've just broken through, and your realm isn't stable yet. Let me help you!"

With that, Gu Lan carried Mu Yuyan into the Azure Lotus of Merits, and the lotus petals slowly closed around them.

"Joey!"

The Spiritual Creature of Nine Skies let out a harmless cry as it stared at the closing lotus.

The other Snow Elves, being more humanoid, all blushed as they realized what was happening.

Though outwardly similar to humans, Snow Elves also understood the ways of men and women. After all, they were responsible for nurturing the Snow Clan.

That night was unusually long.

It wasn't until the stars were sparse and the moon faded that the petals of the Azure Lotus of Merits finally opened. Gu Lan and Mu Yuyan emerged.

After this intimate exchange, Gu Lan's previously domineering mood had calmed, and his gaze returned to its usual gentleness. Mu Yuyan, on the other hand, was now soft and tender, and her newly attained Main God Realm was much more stable.

She finally understood the cause of Gu Lan's previous mood. For some reason, recalling his domineering attitude from before, she found herself feeling a bit nostalgic. If her husband were to act like that more often, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad...

As the thought popped into her head, it startled her. She glanced at Gu Lan, her cheeks flushed.

Seeing his normal expression, she relaxed. If her husband knew what she was thinking, she'd probably be teased terribly. As the Empress of the Jing Nation, ruler of the people, she couldn't allow herself to think that way.

After some mental fortification, Mu Yuyan pulled Gu Lan over to a stone table.

"Darling, now that the Demon Realm is in chaos, let's bring Mumu back."

"Alright!" Gu Lan agreed.

He had been missing his little daughter—the mischievous troublemaker—quite a bit.

People say daughters are like little cotton-padded jackets, but why did his little one always seem to run off?

Gu Lan chuckled to himself, then swiped his hand to summon the Mirrors of the Myriad Realms, which activated automatically.

An image unfolded before Gu Lan and Mu Yuyan, showing Gu Simu riding a Purple Moon Wolf, brandishing a spiked club, wearing a familiar Little Calabash Vajra mask, and charging into battle alongside the Purple Moon Wolf Clan against the Bear Clan of the Demon Realm.

"Awoo! Charge!"

"Take down that big bear!"

Gu Simu swung her spiked club, knocking out a bear with every strike.

Behind her, Little Suan Ni had transformed into a giant beast, dozens of times larger, wreaking havoc among the Bear Clan, even more ferocious than a Demon God.

"Awoo! Nicely done!"

Gu Simu cheered while fighting.

In the middle of this brutal battlefield, she and the beast seemed to be playing a game.

Gu Lan and Mu Yuyan, seeing this, couldn't help but laugh.

"Mumu!" Mu Yuyan called out, her voice reaching Gu Simu through the Mirrors of the Myriad Realms.

Startled by her mother's voice, Gu Simu dropped her club, which knocked out another bear.

"Mom, I've missed you so much!"

Gu Simu immediately changed her tone. Even with her mask on, Gu Lan could tell she was flashing an innocent, sweet smile beneath it.

"And Dad too!"

"Mumu misses Dad!"

She added quickly, "And Dad's Spirit Fruits!"

Gu Lan shook his head.

Mu Yuyan was amused by their daughter's antics, but she quickly began asking about Zhe Liang and Gu Xiaoqi's whereabouts. The battlefield scenes hadn't shown them.

"Uncle Zhe Liang and Xiaoqi are at the Demon Clan's Sacred Ground, receiving some inheritance. They won't be back for another seven days."

"To thank Demon God Uncle, I've been helping him fight these big dumb bears!"

"I've taken down a ton of them! Oh, where's my club?"

Gu Simu, excited again, began looking for her club.

Mu Yuyan couldn't help but laugh at her goofy daughter.

She never imagined that she and her husband could have a daughter who was such a foodie and a goofball.