Chapter 501: Blood-Stained Wedding Banquet, the Emperor's Wrath

Today, the Qingyun Sect was a sea of jubilant red. Scarlet lanterns swayed gently from the eaves of every grand hall, their tassels dancing in the mountain breeze. Long crimson banners, embroidered with golden phoenixes and dragons, cascaded down the Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps leading to the main ceremonial plaza. The air itself seemed to hum with festivity, thick with the scent of celebratory incense and the cheerful murmur of a thousand distinguished guests. From every corner of the...