On My Wedding Day, I Went to Kill My Junior Brother—Why Are You Crying When I'm the One Leaving? - Chapter 16: 

Chapter 16: 

When everything settled down, Hun Yu still hadn’t awakened from his deep immersion. Yet silently, many changes had already taken place within him.

The old Hun Yu had always seemed weak, soft‑hearted, and timid—someone who smiled kindly at everyone, never hiding his emotions, wearing his sorrow and unease plainly on his face. Humble, self‑effacing, and sloppy, he would unconsciously try to please others. Though his looks were flawless, his temperament gave off a bland, pitiful air.

But after being reborn, he was no longer that cowardly man. He no longer flattered people blindly. Even when facing his most feared Master, the sect master, or Mu Qingwan, he could now stand firm with courage.

Now, with the Chaotic Green Lotus rooted in his Dantian, his very aura underwent a complete transformation. His messy black hair became smooth and lustrous, tied loosely with a simple jade hairpin of light green. A few loose strands framed his temples naturally, exuding an ethereal and carefree charm.

A faint lotus imprint shimmered on his forehead—refined yet slightly bewitching, elegant yet untamed. His clear eyes and pale lips carried an icy indifference. The previously gaudy robes he wore were replaced by a light cyan long gown embroidered with cloud patterns along its edges, adding a serene, otherworldly grace.

Within his body, endless changes unfolded. The green lotus swayed inside him, suddenly releasing a brilliant azure radiance, making the lotus itself shine brighter than before.

Above it, a floating page of blue‑green scripture appeared—mysterious and profound. The dense, minuscule characters upon it didn’t need to be read; instead, they transformed on their own into countless stars, rushing straight into Hun Yu’s consciousness.

At that moment, divine omens descended from heaven—auspicious light filled the sky, sacred springs gushed from the ground, lotuses bloomed everywhere, and celestial herbs sprouted anew. Rainbow clouds stretched across the heavens; dragons soared, phoenixes danced, spirit turtles exhaled blessings, auspicious qilins gathered Qi, purple air drifted from the east, golden light poured from the west, and divine radiance illuminated the world in seven hues.

Countless mystical visions and infinite divine arts manifested—profound beyond words, like celestial harmonies of the heavens and sacred chants of the Dao, echoing resoundingly within Hun Yu’s mind.

He was lost in the experience, intoxicated, like a drought‑stricken desert meeting its first rain—dead sands bursting with new life. He felt as though countless windows had opened within him, beams of divine light streaming through. He tried to grasp them, yet they slipped through his fingers like flowing brilliance.

Hun Yu murmured, “The Chaotic Green Lotus Scripture? A supreme cultivation technique… such mystery and endless wonders.”

The small characters on the scripture page turned into streams of green light and stars, all absorbed into him before fading away, the glow converging into the lotus within his Dantian.

As the glow subsided, the koi swimming in his inner pond also changed color—from faint cyan to a pure, flawless blue.

While Hun Yu marveled at this, the azure koi suddenly dove deep into the pond. Though the pond appeared small, it was actually bottomless. Once the koi plunged in, it vanished completely—no matter how hard he looked, he couldn’t see it again.

He didn’t think much of it. After all, he had no idea what purpose the koi served. What mattered was that his Dantian and Meridians had been entirely reforged.

He, once a powerless cripple, had suddenly ascended to the 7th stage of the Spirit Lord Realm—a level of power he could never have imagined in his previous life.

(Realm sequence: Spirit Pill Realm, Spirit Origin Realm, Spirit Profound Realm, Spirit Heaven Realm, Spirit Lord Realm, Spirit King Realm, Spirit Emperor Realm, Spirit Sect Realm, Spirit Venerable Realm, Spirit Saint Realm, Spirit Sovereign Realm, Spirit Immortal Realm.)

At present, Mu Qingwan, the pride of Heavenly Profound Sect’s disciples, had only reached the 4th stage of the Spirit Heaven Realm. Hua Wucuo, Lin Xi, Mo Qiuli, and Xu Shangnan, all hailed as once‑in‑a‑century geniuses, were only at the peak of the Spirit Profound Realm and hadn’t broken through for over half a year.

To think that a once‑crippled mortal could, in a single day, ascend into a Spirit Lord expert—such an unbelievable reversal defied all common sense.

It was too surreal. Even Hun Yu himself felt it wasn’t real. The old Hun Yu would have screamed in joy, venting the bitterness of his past humiliations. He would have returned high‑spirited to Heavenly Profound Sect, flaunted his strength before Mu Qingwan, Hua Wucuo, and the others, declaring to all that Hun Yu was never trash—that he had returned as a king, ready to trample every injustice beneath his feet and repay every humiliation a hundredfold.

But now, his heart was calm. There was no burning hatred, no violent resentment. All he wanted was to leave that place of sorrow and humiliation and wander the world on his own.

Hun Yu prepared to depart. The commotion he had caused here was too large—if it drew nearby demonic beasts or attracted sect forces, it would bring endless trouble.

Just as he was about to leave, the koi that had been underwater for some time suddenly leaped out. Its blue hue had faded, returning to its original colors.

Hun Yu was puzzled. He had no idea what this koi was, why it had appeared when the stone platform transformed into the lotus, or why it remained in the pond.

He reached out, planning to tease it a little to see if it possessed any intelligence. Unexpectedly, the koi opened its mouth and spat out two objects. At that instant, a strand of information surged into Hun Yu’s mind, revealing its origin.

This koi was far from ordinary. It had existed since the birth of the Chaotic Green Lotus and bore a beautiful name—Hunyuan Immortal Cloud Koi.

It possessed a formidable ability.

Each day, as it swam around the lotus, it absorbed the lotus’s residual chaotic aura and stored it within its body.

During the full moon, when the lotus absorbed the world’s chaotic essence most strongly, the koi’s own absorption increased.

Whenever Hun Yu cultivated, a portion of the escaping spiritual Qi would also be absorbed by the koi and converted into more lotus miasma.

Once the Hunyuan Immortal Cloud Koi accumulated enough of this lotus miasma and its body turned completely pure blue, it would dive to the pond’s depths—breaking through spatial and temporal limits, ignoring barriers, restrictions, and suppression—to forcibly obtain one or two random treasures.

The items it acquired could be anything: cultivation techniques, battle arts, special bloodlines, unique physiques, weapons, herbs—virtually anything, with no level restriction. It could even forcibly retrieve living beings.

And all those treasures it acquired would belong solely to Hun Yu.