"Secondly, I’m worried that my daughter might suffer by following you, you need to prove this. As you are the Daoist Master of Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, I want you to fully master Xuanzhen Immortal Sect within 100 years, and transform the sect into a family within 500 years."

Su Yu heard this and frowned directly, while Luo Qingchan pouted and said:

"Dad, in five hundred years, your daughter will be an old lady!"

Beside them, Xia Jinrou explained:

"Of course, it doesn’t have to be completed immediately. You can get married first and accomplish it slowly over time."

Su Yu’s eyes lit up upon hearing that and he quickly said:

"Rest assured, uncle, I will definitely achieve it."

Luo Qincang turned his head aside and snorted coldly:

"I hope so!"

His lack of denial meant that he had agreed to the marriage, Su Yu felt delighted.

Then Qingchan leaned beside her mother, whispering to her about her marriage plans, while the three men glanced at each other. Seeing his precious daughter with a happy look, Luo Qincang dismissed Su Yu disdainfully and left with a cold hum, turning his sleeve.

Luo Qinan also got up, but instead of leaving with a sleeve flick, he extended an invitation to him:

"Would you like to accompany me for a walk outside?"

"Please!"

The two walked out, without going anywhere specific, just strolling down the corridor outside the palace amid the breeze and drizzling rain — cool and refreshing.

"Since my little sister favors you, as her elder brother, I won’t object. I hope you treat her well. Should I hear any complaints about your treatment of her, ... hmph!"

Su Yu responded earnestly:

"Rest assured, big brother, I will never let Qingchan be wronged in any way."

The brother-in-law didn’t respond, walked a bit and suddenly changed the subject:

"Although we have agreed, don’t be too happy prematurely. Many young talents pursue my little sister within the Mainland, at the very least they’re true disciples of major sects, including direct descendants of top families and Daoist Masters of large sects. These competitors will surely be unwilling, very likely to cause you trouble, such as challenges. You must solve it yourself."

Su Yu confidently said:

"As long as no elders bully the young, I am not afraid."

Luo Qinan glanced at him and nodded:

"I hope you can do it."

He did not dwell on it, diverting the conversation to other topics.

Since receiving the approval of Luo Qingchan’s mother and the tacit consent of her father, Su Yu and Luo Qingchan’s marriage plans had begun to take shape. However, there were still several important matters he needed to attend to.

First, the six ceremonies required inviting a respected elder to mediate the proposal, arrange marriage divination, and exchange marriage documents, among other things.

Given the position of the Luo Family of Mid Yuan, of the dignitaries Su Yu knew, it seemed only one was qualified — Han Zhuofei, a Junior General from the Fallen Star Islands.

He also knew elders stronger than Han Zhuofei, like the Celestial Immortal from the Wind God Palace, but their relations were far from a level suitable for mediation assistance.

Moreover, as Daoist Master of Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, Su Yu’s status was extraordinary, and the Luo Family had similarly high positions. Their marriage would require returning to the sect, inviting sect elders for the wedding procession.

As for the wedding gifts and such, these were minor issues. With backing from the sect and the Thousand Stars Association, nothing would be dreary — it’s tied to his reputation, after all.

Top-tier family marriages are extremely complex and time-consuming. Given the great distance separating the two, a normal process could easily take three to five years from agreement to initiation.

Su Yu stayed on Mid Yuan Peak for a few days, appearing publicly with Qingchan every day. Soon the Luo Clan’s members knew that Luo Qincang had agreed to their marriage.

Two days later, a Flying Ship departed Mid Yuan Peak headed directly for Mid Yuan Immortal City.

On the Flying Ship, Qingchan leaned against Su Yu’s chest and asked:

"As we depart now, soon people will come to challenge you. Are you prepared?"

Su Yu smiled and replied:

"No matter who it is, as long as they’re not an Earth Immortal, I fear them not."

With their eyes meeting, Luo Qingchan beamed with a smile:

"Then I await in anticipation."

The Flying Ship quickly reached Mid Yuan Immortal City, encountering several men waiting early at the entrance, flicking out card after card with their fingers. Su Yu gestured, catching them all in hand — they bore the inscription ’Battle Invitation’!

He casually opened one, revealing the text inside:

"Three days later, at midnight, rendezvous at Mid Yuan Immortal City East Gate for battle, not to be missed. From Yao Tianqi of Xuantian Sword Sect!"

The other invitations were essentially the same, all battle invitations.

Su Yu patiently read them all, flicking the invitations back one by one. They retrieved their challenge cards and frowned asking:

"What now, are you afraid to accept?"

Su Yu waved his hand dismissively:

"Too many people are challenging me, and I have matters to attend to recently. Expect a response in three months, I’ll notify you once I’m free."

"I think you’re just scared, huh."

Completely ignoring this petty provocation, Su Yu, holding Qingchan, dropped a line as they entered the city:

"Challenge me on the time and place I choose, or don’t bother me."

He genuinely had matters to attend to, lacking the leisure for endless challenges.

Entering Mid Yuan Immortal City, the two went straight to the Heaven-Reaching Commerce Association, sending a message to Xuanzhen Immortal Sect via this organization spanning human territories.

He couldn’t afford a long journey back and forth, too time-consuming — a message sent via the association to the grandmaster would suffice.

Similarly, a letter was sent to Han Zhuofei.

In fact, between the Mainland of Divine Land and Fallen Star Islands there exists a super-long-range Teleportation Array enabling direct transport, though after the Red Tide incident extinguishing the two Horned Demon People cities, Su Yu feared experts among them noticed him. It’s quite risky now.

The reason was clearly stated in the letter. Given Han Junior General’s regard for Su Yu, coupled with the prestigious status of the Luo Family, having him act as matchmaker would surely be a great honor, and he’d likely be very willing.

Once these were addressed, they promptly used Mid Yuan Immortal City’s Teleportation Array to head to East Pole Main City, planning to attend next month’s auction at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

East Pole Main City is situated on the East Pole Plateau in the northeastern part of Mainland Divine Land, the solitary main city on this plateau exceeding Blue Mountain Island many times over in size.

Su Yu’s participation in Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s auction at month’s end was incidental; the primary goal was bringing his wife to meet his parents.

His birthplace was East Pole Plateau, under the jurisdiction of a fairy city east of the plateau, home to a region known as Grotto Heaven.

As the heartlands of human civilization, the original birthplace of humankind, it is filled with numerous Grotto Heavens for ordinary people to inhabit, each covering millions or billions, even tens of billions, of square kilometers, wherein billions of human beings dwell.

They live within their confines lifelong, unable to leave, only offspring awakening the ability to materialize rules are able to cultivate and leave Grotto Heaven.

Some awakeners remain on the Mainland to cultivate, others depart, allocated to development regions beyond the Mainland.

For instance, Blue Mountain Island or Fallen Star Islands, annually welcoming batches of novices from Mainland Divine Land and the initial dominion islands of human civilization.

This scenario persists until Blue Mountain Island’s development is complete — sects divided among forces establishing stable secret realms or Grotto Heavens for ordinary human reproduction.

From then, local self-sufficiency was required; the main island ceased dispatching novices over.

From then on, factions aiming for growth must possess their own secret realms with continuous recruitment of new blood.

Consider Five Elements Grotto Heaven on Ten Thousand Poison Island, or Forest Sea Grotto Heaven within Endless Forest Sea, presently serving as herb farms for spiritual fields — someday converting to suitable habitation for ordinary humans as public guilds’ newbie sources.

These plans are for the distant future, a few hundred years at least — at present they’re still generating steady income for him.

The Flying Ship departed East Pole Main City, heading directly east.

From above, a wide river of forty to fifty kilometers snaked through highland valleys, its waters narrow yet very deep.

Marked on Su Yu’s updated map, this river named ’Clear Water’ bore a simplistic title, being ordinary itself — merely one among countless mundane rivers on the mainland, with nothing remarkable upstream or downstream.

As Mainland Divine Land, player numbers were hundreds of times those on Blue Mountain Island — within sight along less than a hundred-kilometer stretch of river, twenty-plus various sized warships were visible; from Wave-piercing Ships to Grand Tree Divine Ships. Numerous players centered around warships, deploying Demon-Attracting Incense to aggregate aquatic Spirit Monsters for intense bombardment.

Player numbers overwhelmed the available river monsters.

Su Yu recalled joining Thousand Feather Association where he upgraded his ship, continuously battling since morning until night amidst densely packed monsters, yet here engaged less than an hour the influx gradually dwindled, requiring pause for the Water Eye monsters below.

The Flying Ship ascended following the river over ten thousand kilometers, encountering similar conditions throughout — player numbers exceeding monster quantities.

"So this is the competitive difficulty of the Mainland!"

Su Yu felt fortunate not staying on the Mainland initially, probably struggling for prominence otherwise.

With leveling resources so strained, there’s no need to mention additional benefits.

"I wonder how big brother is faring now."

Su Yu pinched his brow, recalling family circumstances.