My Wife Turns Out to be an Empress of the Dynasty

"Thank you, Emperor Jiaqing, for sparing my fellow apprentices' lives!"

Si Qingqu bowed slightly.

Mu Yuyan was not in the mood for pleasantries. She frowned and said coldly, "Enough talk, hurry up and save them!"

Although he could produce the Book of Heaven and Earth to rescue people, proving his worth as a leader of scholars worldwide, compared to Gu Lan's safety, it was practically nothing!

Si Qingqu could sense the female Emperor's urgency. He nodded and flew to a high tower, slowly taking out an ancient and heavy book under the gaze of countless eyes!

"Everyone, this is our academy's treasured artifact, the Book of Heaven and Earth!"

"This book was brought by our founding ancestor and contains ten pages of true words, each page holding immense power. Thousands of years ago, the academy used one page to survive a life-threatening crisis. Today, only nine pages remain!"

"The unexpected collapse of the secret realm is indeed a fault of our academy. Therefore, I, Si Qingqu, am willing to exchange my lifelong cultivation for a glimmer of hope to rescue the apprentices in the secret realm!"

"However!"

Si Qingqu's tone changed, and after a moment of silence, he loudly continued, "There is still a demon lord inside the secret realm. If, inadvertently, we release the demon lord, I hope all of you can assist the academy. After all, that would be an enemy to the entire Earthly Realm!"

The crowd exchanged glances in silence. While they admired Si Qingqu's daring attitude, facing a demon lord sealed for thousands of years, they were uncertain.

At this moment, a cold female voice sounded.

"Old man, go ahead and save them. As long as you can rescue them, I will help you deal with the demon lord!"

Mu Yuyan spoke without any emotional color.

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned!

They had heard about the demon lord, who had reached the level of Transcendence and Saint several thousand years ago. Such a great danger made major forces avoid it. The Great Jing's Emperor had just considered killing a few deputy deans, and now she was willing to take this hot potato in her arms just to save someone entering the secret realm?

It was obvious that this young cultivator from the Great Jing was the reason for her concern!

Everyone couldn't help but be more curious about the identity of this young cultivator for whom the female Emperor cared so much!

They were very eager to see if Si Qingqu could indeed use the Book of Heaven and Earth to rescue the person inside. Who could this person be?

"Your Majesty understand righteousness well. I admire you!"

Si Qingqu's eyes lit up, revealing a hint of relief. After using the Book of Heaven and Earth, he would either die or be crippled.

At that time, Liangyi Academy would have no resistance against the demon lord. But now, with the help of the female Emperor, a powerful Sword Immortal, he felt reassured!

Without saying more, Si Qingqu's eyes showed determination. He glanced at his fellow apprentices, then held the Book of Heaven and Earth and approached the entrance of the main hall.

This was the spatial entrance leading to the secret realm.

He took out a luminous wolf-hair brush and forcefully wrote the character "open" on the second page of the Book of Heaven and Earth.

With a few strokes, he found it incredibly difficult to write.

He clenched his teeth, sweat pouring down like rain. It seemed as if he had exhausted all the strength in his body, resisting a force of heaven and earth!

The onlookers were keen observers, able to perceive every stroke Si Qingqu made. Each stroke took away many years of his cultivation!

This was the backlash of using a supreme treasure beyond one's realm!

The other four deputy deans had solemn expressions, and their eyes were filled with reluctance.

Tick, tock...

Time passed second by second. Under the gaze of thousands, finally... the character was complete!

Mu Yuyan leaned forward, her beautiful eyes fixed on Si Qingqu. Her delicate body trembled slightly, a mixture of anticipation and fear. However, she exerted great effort to restrain her emotions in public.

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The next moment.

Si Qingqu, who had almost become a cripple, trembled as he took off the page containing the grand trends of heaven and earth and his lifelong cultivation, which was nearly depleted. He slowly placed it on the spatial entrance of the secret realm!

Pop!!

Ripples instantly spread in the space, and the force of the world burst open, causing the powerhouses in the academy to quickly lower their heads and frown, resisting this imposing force!

Si Qingqu, whose cultivation was completely ruined, was the first to bear the brunt!

At this moment, a strong golden true energy enveloped him, preventing this force from taking away his life!

Si Qingqu, seeming to sense something, turned slowly, smiled at Mu Yuyan, and bowed without being servile or overbearing, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"No need."

Mu Yuyan shook her head, waved her fair jade hand, and gently sent the elderly man to the side.

It was a gesture of goodwill and protection, but more importantly, she didn't want him to block her line of sight!

The female Emperor stared fixedly at the space ripples, not daring to look away for a moment!

Countless people's eyes were also filled with anticipation!

Crack!!

A spatial crack appeared, and a hurricane from the void swept into the academy.

Mu Yuyan felt the wind blades pass by her side, feeling a bit cold. However, her heart gradually warmed, and a faint smile appeared on her extremely beautiful face!

It seemed that everything was developing in a positive direction...

At a certain moment, the brilliance on the page of the Book surged!

Opening rifts in the space!

The spatial tunnel was about to open...

However!!

At some point, the crack seemed to be mended by some invisible force!

The spatial hurricane suddenly diminished, and the torn seams slowly closed in front of everyone's eyes!

The pages of the Book turned into ashes in the wind!

The powerhouses were dumbfounded!

What the hell was going on?!

Is this a joke?!

Mu Yuyan's smile froze, her beautiful eyes widened, and she didn't care whether there was a danger of being sucked into the void. She hurriedly retreated to the door of the main hall!

She wore the supreme dragon robe of the mortal world, but her expression was extremely blank and helpless!

Hum!!

Finally, even though Si Qingqu had used the power of a page from the Book of Heaven and Earth and barely opened the spatial crack, it was now completely closed!

Even with the power of a page from the Book, Si Qingqu was still not strong enough to keep the spatial tunnel open!

"This is too difficult! No wonder they say there's no chance of survival once a small world is shattered. Even Immortal Stage powerhouses are helpless!"

"If it's this hard to open from the outside, I'm afraid even immortals inside would find it difficult to come out!"

"Sigh, we can go back and report the bad news to the sect leader!"

"..."

Countless powerhouses were dejected!

Over there, Si Qingqu sighed softly, with an extremely heavy tone, "Everyone, from today onwards, Liangyi Academy declares its closure, to atone for this incompetence!"

"Young talents from various sects... are probably already fallen!"

"You can write down the names, and the academy will compensate at any cost!"

"..."

The academy that had existed for thousands of years in Shuzhou was disbanded to compensate for the lives of the fallen young talents and apologize to the world!

The powerhouses shook their heads in sighs!

No one expected that today would bring such a result!

It was truly disappointing!

However!

They were only disappointed, after all, there was compensation, and the apprentices who died wouldn't care much. They didn't have a profound feeling about it.

Mu Yuyan, on the other hand, was truly heartbroken!

From the unusual behavior of the female Emperor at the beginning, everyone could guess the reason. So, they watched the female Emperor from afar, blinking but dare not speak.

Liu Yexi was extremely worried and quickly descended to comfort the female Emperor.

Mu Yuyan bit her lip tightly, as if about to bite through the cherry-like lips. Her delicate body trembled violently. Her phoenix eyes widened, expressing disbelief, unwillingness, regret... It became a complicated mix, ultimately turning into a kind of soul-crushing despair!

Her once extraordinarily beautiful face was now devoid of any color, and the clear tears streaming down the corners of her eyes were heartbreakingly painful!

Liu Yexi covered her mouth, choked up and speechless.

The female Emperor wouldn't have been so devastated, but just now... the remaining trace of hope shattered before her eyes again!

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"How could it be... how could he possibly fall... I don't believe it..."

"I don't want any compensation. I just want my husband to come back... I just want him to come back!!"

"You come back, I want you to come back... I don't believe you would die in there..."

The female Emperor, from the initial anger and resentment, gradually turned into a foolish murmur, as if she had really gone mad!

Memories of her past with Gu Lan surged into her mind... the meeting at the temple fair, the mutual understanding under the moonlit tree, their love declared under the matchmaking tree, him standing up for her and killing the Great Yu prince, him telling her stories in the Gu Residence pavilion, holding hands with her, teaching her to write poetry and draw...

Countless golden sword auras behind the female Emperor condensed into a solid form, flying towards the spatial barrier at the entrance of the main hall like a meteor shower, using all her strength to try to open up the space!

The peak Sword Immortal went all out, and the terrifying pressure made everyone struggle to breathe!

However, it was futile against the spatial barrier!

The sword rain shattered into dots of light, reflecting her sorrowful and beautiful face!

At this moment.

Upon hearing her words, the powerhouses were all stunned!

She... was calling him her husband?

The young cultivator inside was the husband of the Great Jing's Emperor?!

My god!!!

No wonder she was so anxious, no wonder she recklessly stormed Heaven Mountain, even hatingly wanted to kill the four vice deans...

The people were extremely shocked, believing that after today, this piece of news would surely cause a sensation in the world!

At this moment, Mu Yuyan didn't care about all this. She was just like a drunk, lost and desperate, her heart-rending tears flowing freely on her jade-like face. She swung the remaining sunlight sword wildly, trying to break through the spatial barrier.

"It's all my fault. Why did I let him participate in this secret realm... it's all my fault..."

"Yesterday, the imperial physician said I'm pregnant... it's really happening... my husband, you also wanted a child, and now we have one..."

"My husband, come out quickly... I beg you... please..."

Mu Yuyan's grieving cries no longer showed any of her previous toughness, nor the cold arrogance and elegance of the female Emperor. At this moment, she was just a pitiful woman who couldn't find her husband!

These words, when heard by Liu Yexi on the side, were equally shocking!

The female Emperor was pregnant, the Great Jing had an heir!

She should have wanted to surprise her husband when he came back... Unconsciously, Liu Yexi was also in tears!

The people in the rear couldn't bear to look.

Those who could empathize even wiped the corners of their eyes secretly.

Si Qingqu sighed deeply, and it seemed that the academy had committed an unforgivable crime this time, an irreversible mistake!

...

After an unknown period of time, Mu Yuyan was almost unconscious. Liu Yexi slowly leaned against the female Emperor, taking her away, her face already marked with the wounds from crying.

They couldn't continue like this. Even if not for her sake, they had to consider the child in her belly and Gu Lan!

Watching the direction the two women left, the powerful figures from various factions had sorrowful expressions, sighing incessantly.

"Alas! The world is unpredictable. I didn't expect even the imperial family of the Great Jing to be involved. How sad Her Majesty must be!"

"Just had a child and hasn't told her husband yet. She's crying her heart out!"

"This is unavoidable. Everyone did their best. Vice Dean Si Qingqu even sacrificed all his cultivation..."

People lingered in the academy for a long time.

At this point, the academy had already dismissed the outer apprentices, leaving only the inner apprentices to set up tables and record the names of those from various factions who had entered.

They were all dead.

Every representative of the sects had a mournful expression when speaking.

"Northern Ming, Qinghe Gate, xxx."

"Chiyang, Netherworld Sect, xx."

"..."

They meticulously wrote down the names of the apprentices.

Suddenly, at a certain moment, they felt the tables beneath their feet gradually shaking!

Not only them, but the surrounding powerhouses also sensed the tremors in the ground, showing expressions of surprise and looking around!

The shaking brought by the space became more and more intense!

Without any warning, a green long sword flew out from the entrance of the main hall, startling everyone! It seemed to come from the void, carrying a sword light slashing down!

The power of this sword light was beyond imagination; it directly cut the academy's main hall into two, turning it into ruins.

Looking at the Primordial Sword that came slashing through space, everyone was dumbfounded!

Several vice deans were also extremely shocked, staring blankly at the scene!

However, right after that, they saw countless human cultivators and savage beasts rushing back through the spatial tunnel...