After the Engagement Was Broken Off, I Was Pursued by Peerless Holy Maidens - Chapter 53:

Chapter 53: I Will Personally Propose Marriage One Day!

The other Holy Masters of the supreme holy lands all revealed expressions of surprise or shock. Even Zhao Xuehua, the Holy Master of the Heavenly Talisman Holy Land, looked somewhat regretful.

They didn’t say anything more and were just about to turn and leave with their sect’s Holy Maidens when—

“Hey!”

At that moment, Xia Feng took a deep breath. The young man shouted with all his strength toward the ten figures in the sky.

“Even if you don’t acknowledge me now, it doesn’t matter! I’m going to marry all ten of the Holy Maidens, no matter what!”

“Maybe right now I don’t measure up to your standards, but give me some time—I will definitely shock all of you!”

“And you! Next time we meet, I won’t wait for you to come find me. I’ll raise my strength, prepare the finest betrothal gifts, and go to your supreme holy lands myself to formally propose and marry them with honor!”

“Delusional fool.” Chen Zhongming turned his head and sneered coldly, as if looking at a complete idiot. Then, with Wang Yuwei—whose eyes were red with tears—he vanished into the void.

“Kid, say that again after you survive what’s coming.” Li Xiaoqing, Holy Master of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, shook his head with a bit of pity in his tone.

Then he turned into a streak of light and disappeared toward the north, with Li Qingxue beside him.

“Xiaoya, the man you’ve chosen is interesting… But love doesn’t always have a happy ending. When you get back, spend more time with Mingxuan. You two are a perfect match,” said Madam Yu as she gently patted Yu Siya’s head with the tone of someone who had seen it all.

Then, they too disappeared.

The masters of the Extreme Ice Holy Land, Heavenly Fire Holy Land, Heavenly Pill Holy Land…

None of them said a single word to Xia Feng. They simply left, taking their sect’s Holy Maidens with them.

Within a minute, the City Lord’s Manor, which had been filled with joy and liveliness, fell into complete silence.

Cold. Empty. Lonely.

With the departure of the ten girls, Xia Feng felt like something had been torn from his heart. A deep, indescribable pain spread within him.

Scenes of the ten girls caring for him played over and over in his mind. He clenched his teeth hard, his breathing heavy.

“Dammit!”

Xia Feng suddenly punched the ground with all his strength. At that moment, he hated his own weakness. He hated his lack of power!

If only he had reached the Martial Saint Realm—today wouldn’t have turned out like this. Yu Siya and the others wouldn’t have been taken away so easily!

“Son…”

While Xia Feng furiously pounded the ground with his fists, his father and mother came over to him.

“Father, Mother.” Xia Feng quickly wiped his tears away and stood up, not wanting to appear weak in front of his parents.

“I’m fine. Don’t worry.”

“I know those girls are the daughters-in-law you’ve already accepted. I’ll work hard—I swear I’ll bring them back from the holy lands, every single one of them!”

“We believe in you, son.” His father and mother nodded in unison.

They knew Xia Feng’s nature. Once he set his mind on something, he would stop at nothing—even if the road ahead was filled with blades and fire.

Still, they looked deeply worried.

“Son, there’s something we have to tell you.”

His father stepped in front of him and let out a long sigh.

“Originally, your mother and I thought we could spend the rest of our lives in peace. But it looks like… they’re still not willing to let us go…”

“Them? Father, Mother, who are you talking about?” Xia Feng’s expression turned serious. He could sense something was off. Ever since the Holy Masters arrived, his parents seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

“Unlucky… heh. Since they said our son carries misfortune…” His father gave a bitter laugh.

“Yes, they’ll never let us go. I’m afraid the ten Holy Masters came today partly because of this too,” his mother sighed.

“No—Father, Mother—what are you talking about?” Xia Feng was completely confused now. What were they hiding from him? None of their words made sense.

“Son, listen carefully. Didn’t you once ask if our family had some kind of secret background?”

His father took a deep breath and then nodded firmly. “You guessed right. Your true identity… should have been the next heir to the Great Xia Empire!”

What? Heir to the Empire?

Xia Feng’s eyes widened. His face was full of disbelief.

What did his dad just say? He was supposed to be born to be Emperor?

If they weren’t still sober and had not yet held the wedding banquet with the ten Holy Maidens, he would’ve suspected his father had drunk too much!

“Don’t rush. Sit down. Let me explain everything from the beginning…”

His father patted him on the shoulder and sat down beneath the city wall, beginning to recount Xia Feng’s true identity.

Xia Feng’s grandfather, Xia Tianming, had been the former crown prince of the Great Xia Empire.

And crown princes were often born with the Innate Emperor Physique—supreme prodigies of their generation.

The next Emperor of the Great Xia Empire was supposed to be Xia Tianming without question.

But Xia Tianming was obsessed with cultivation. He had no interest in court affairs or political power.

So Xia Feng’s great-grandfather—Xia Tianming’s father and the previous Emperor of the Great Xia Empire—considered the matter carefully and ultimately chose to appoint Xia Donghai as the new Emperor.

Xia Donghai was Xia Tianming’s younger half-brother, just three years his junior.

Xia Tianming didn’t mind this decision. He was never interested in politics and only cared about cultivation.

However, when the former Emperor went into seclusion, the cruel and scheming Xia Donghai secretly summoned ten Heaven Tier Martial Saints under the pretense of discussing national affairs and lured Xia Tianming into the palace.

Once Xia Tianming arrived, Xia Donghai ambushed him.

Xia Tianming, with his immense strength, fought alone against ten Heaven Tier Martial Saints and managed to kill eight of them.

But in the end, he was outnumbered and overwhelmed. His entire cultivation was sealed.

Worse, Xia Donghai used a vile forbidden technique to forcibly strip Xia Tianming of his Innate Saint Emperor Physique!

It was said that Xia Tianming’s agonized screams echoed through the palace for three days and nights, like a vengeful ghost wailing. The entire palace was so terrified that no one dared to sleep.

When the former Emperor came out of seclusion and learned of what had happened…

Contrary to expectations, he did not punish Xia Donghai at all. With the Innate Emperor Physique now belonging to Xia Donghai, and Xia Tianming’s cultivation destroyed and his path to advancement ruined, the decision was swift.

He offered no punishment.

Instead, as a form of hollow compensation, he bestowed upon Xia Tianming the highest noble title of the Empire—“War Emperor.”

After that, Xia Tianming and his entire clan were banished to East State of the Northern Frontier and permitted to establish the War Emperor Dynasty, with him as its ruler.

But peace did not last long.

Ten years later, the previous Emperor went into seclusion once more. And the current Emperor, Xia Donghai, immediately turned his gaze toward the War Emperor Dynasty.

Xia Donghai, ruthless and cunning, knew well the importance of eliminating all threats.

So, while the former Emperor was still in seclusion, he used the excuse that the War Emperor Dynasty had colluded with the Radiant Sun Empire to commit treason—and sent the Empire’s ten great war generals to wipe it out completely…