Chapter 219: The Completion of the Ceremony

As suspected, the third part of the ceremony requires facing the bride who appears to be a sacrificial demon.

It can be almost certain that this sacrificial demon is undoubtedly a presence surpassing the king level!

However, she is constrained by the rules of the ceremony and cannot easily take action.

"To directly confront the bride is not realistic. The only hope now lies in the rules of the ceremony."

"The fact that the bride didn't immediately attack me is probably due to the limitations of the rules. She can only act under specific circumstances, such as when I try to escape."

Watching the foresight information, Su Nan quickly thinks of a solution.

"Continue the foresight."

"You did not follow the rules of the ceremony and finally gave the bride, who had been bound by the rules and unable to act, an opportunity to strike."

"Your divine soul is attacked, and you lose consciousness. You try to retrieve the divine soul in your avatar, but you find that a portion of your divine soul has been forcibly extracted from your avatar by some force."

"You realize that something is amiss and try to use the connection between your avatar and your true self to control your avatar. However, at this moment, you see a bride dressed in a wedding gown with a red veil appear in front of you and the Crown Princess."

"Unfortunately, the bride, following the connection of qi fortune between your avatar and your true self, has found your true self."

"You are shocked and try to escape, but it's already too late."

"You are dead!"

"Unfortunately, although you successfully passed the first two parts of the ceremony, you failed in the third part of the ceremony. You missed an unknown opportunity."

"As expected! The bride didn't attack immediately; she was indeed restricted by the rules of the ceremony!"

The first segment of the foresight confirms his earlier guess.

Without a doubt, the ceremony would require him to lift the bride's veil at the appointed time, and there might be other unknown rules as well.

Only by following the steps of the ceremony could the bride be prevented from taking action.

However, this doesn't mean that he will be safe by following the rules. On the contrary, the third part is likely to be as dangerous as the previous two, if not more dangerous. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a guaranteed death trap.

"That bride was able to find my true self through the connection of qi fortune? Her abilities seem to be related to qi fortune."

Su Nan couldn't help but speculate, his expression solemn.

The previous dangers were at most his avatar being destroyed, but in this third part, the danger could reach his true self.

Now he had to be even more cautious.

"Completing all three parts of the ceremony will lead to an opportunity? What kind of opportunity is it?"

Seeing the final information, Su Nan couldn't help but wonder. His current efforts to decipher the ceremony were just to escape from the temple and continue exploring the Divine Ruins. If he could gain an opportunity as well, that would be even better. However, from the current situation, it seemed quite challenging.

"Continue the foresight!"

He didn't stop and began another foresight. This time, he planned to follow the ceremony and see what would happen in the end.

...

"After a while, two boys and girls bring you to a carefully decorated bridal chamber and leave you and the bride alone in the room."

"Looking at the bride sitting on the edge of the bed, you don't hesitate and confidently approach to lift the red veil covering her head."

"At the moment you lift the veil, to your surprise, instead of a strange and terrifying sacrificial demon, you see a face of absolute beauty."

"That face feels somewhat familiar, and upon closer thought, you recognize that it bears a striking resemblance to the God of Joy's statue, with seven points of similarity."

"However, you notice that her skin is crystalline, resembling a crystal, different from humans, and somewhat similar to those giant creatures you saw in the memories of the Earth God and the Kitchen God before their deaths."

"Similar to those giant creatures? What is going on?"

Su Nan was amazed, but the foresight provided too little information, making it impossible to deduce more.

"The bride looks at you, smiles, and in the next moment, you suddenly feel your Life Wheel within your true self is rapidly turning, faster than before, and under an immense load that poses a risk of being torn apart."

"The power to extract your qi fortune has strengthened again!"

"No wonder it's called a guaranteed death trap. Even if you have a lot of qi fortune, after going through these three parts of the ceremony, your qi fortune will have been drained!"

Su Nan's face darkened. It was obvious that his Life Wheel was reaching its limit, and if this continued, he feared he wouldn't be able to endure it any longer.

"Once again, without extracting your qi fortune and lifespan, the bride's face distorts into a grimace, and her beautiful face becomes twisted. She looks at you with a cold and horrifying gaze."

"The bride questions how you resisted her power, but you pay no attention to her and wait for the next part of the ceremony."

"Congratulations, after going through a series of ceremonies, you have finally reached the last step. As long as you complete the bridal chamber with the bride within the next five hours, you will be the first person to complete this ceremony."

"Will it ultimately end with the bridal chamber?"

Su Nan sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

Fortunately, the one he was about to share the bridal chamber with was a stunning woman, not the eerie sacrificial demon. Moreover, even if they were really going to the bridal chamber, it would be his avatar, not his true self, making it somewhat more acceptable.

At this moment, he thought of another strange question.

"This last part seems much simpler than I imagined."

He had thought that facing the bride in the final part would involve something terrifying, but the current situation was unexpected.

Of course, this was only the case for him.

His Life Wheel and avatar combined to counter the power of the ceremony perfectly. If it were someone else, they would have been drained of their qi fortune or lifespan long ago.

"Who cares? As long as I can complete the final part of the ceremony, what does it matter about the bridal chamber?"

"You wait for the bride's move, but her grimace disappears, and she looks at you with a mocking smile, not making any further actions."

"You dare not be careless and continue to watch the bride, ready to respond to any situation."

"Two minutes later, the bride still looks at you with a mocking smile, without any movement."

"Three minutes later, you don't know what to do, so you can only continue to wait."

"Is this... Do I need to take the initiative?"

Su Nan's expression was strange, as this situation was unexpected for him.

"Continue!"

"You know that the next step is likely the last part of the ceremony. As long as you complete the bridal chamber with the bride, the ceremony will be considered complete."

"But the bride obviously doesn't want to cooperate with you, so you have no choice but to wait patiently."

"One minute later, you start to worry that continuing to wait might cause you to miss the time for the ceremony, and you begin to feel anxious."

"Two minutes later, you can't wait any longer and finally walk towards the bride."

"Seeing your movement, the bride's face mocks you, and her figure disappears, only to reappear behind you."

"The bride doesn't want you to complete the ceremony. You become even more anxious, knowing that if you want to share the bridal chamber with the bride, you have to try to catch her."

"You reach out to the bride, but the moment you do, your divine soul is attacked, and you lose consciousness."

"Your true self realizes that something is amiss and tries to retrieve the divine soul from your avatar, but you find that a portion of your divine soul has been forcibly extracted from your avatar by some force."

"The next moment, your true self suddenly sees a bride dressed in a wedding gown appear in front of you and the Crown Princess."

"Unfortunately, the bride, following the connection of qi fortune between your avatar and your true self, has found your true self."

"You want to escape, but it's already too late."

"You are dead!"

"What's going on? Did I violate the rules of the ceremony?"

"Is it because I can't use my powers? Or is it because I can't attempt to share the bridal chamber by force?"

The foresight ends, and Su Nan's heart sinks.

There's no doubt that the final step went wrong.

Now he finally understands why no one has been able to complete this ceremony for so many years.

Even if all the previous steps were completed, as long as the bride doesn't want to share the bridal chamber, everything is in vain!

In the face of such rules, it's impossible to complete the ceremony.

"This is a difficult situation!"

Su Nan frowns.

Although he doesn't know what completing the ceremony would mean for the bride, it's definitely not a good thing.

Trying to make the bride willingly cooperate with him to complete the ceremony in this situation is obviously impossible; he doesn't have that ability.

This is simply an unsolvable ceremony!

"If I keep stalling with the bride, what will happen? Will I die because I can't complete the ceremony?" he thinks of another question.

From the previous situations, it seemed that the ceremony required cooperation from both sides; it had always been that way.

However, in the final step, the bride refused to cooperate. Does this mean the bride violated the rules of the ceremony?

Su Nan's mind races, and he suddenly wants to know the answer to this question.

Unfortunately, the time given for the final step was too long, five hours, which is ten hours in real time, and he doesn't have that many foresight attempts.

If he wants to know the result, he can only use the Death Foresight.

His gaze falls on the Death Foresight on the panel, and a prompt appears:

"You know that continuing deeper into the Divine Ruins will lead you to a God of Joy Temple. To escape the God of Joy Temple, you must complete the ceremony inside. Although you have found a way to complete the previous steps, you don't know how to complete the final step."

"You realize that you are very likely to die in the final step of the ceremony. Do you want to spend a certain number of foresight attempts to foresee the circumstances three minutes before your death?"

"Yes!"

Su Nan chooses foresight without hesitation.

His gaze is fixed on the remaining foresight attempts, and suddenly, ten of them are consumed!

"Ten times?"

Su Nan is surprised but also delighted.

Last time, with twenty foresight attempts, he could foresee events one day and one night into the future. Now, with ten attempts, he should be able to foresee events twelve hours into the future. The time limit for the final step of the ceremony is ten hours, so doesn't this already indicate that he didn't die because of the ceremony failure?

"You have successfully completed it? How did I successfully complete the ceremony?"

"Could it be

 that I really shared the bridal chamber with the bride at the end?"

At the beginning of the foresight, the answers to the questions Su Nan wanted were revealed.

Su Nan is both surprised and delighted. He originally wanted to see how he would die in the end, but unexpectedly, he obtained the answer that the ceremony was successful.

With a sense of wonder, his once heavy heart suddenly relaxes.

No matter what happened in between, whether he really shared the bridal chamber with the mysterious bride or not, as long as the ceremony is successfully completed in the end, that's all that matters.

"Outside the Divine Ruins, apart from the White Water Demon King, there are three other demon kings? It seems they were attracted by the previous golden light."

Regarding the changes in the Divine Ruins caused by completing the ceremony, Su Nan is not too surprised this time.

Obviously, his completion of the God of Joy Temple ceremony has made his connection with the God of Incense and Fire's qi fortune even tighter, meeting the conditions for causing a change in the divine path qi fortune.

This part of the story has been written very slowly recently, with only one update per day. I will speed up the progress in the next part and try to complete it as soon as possible with two updates.

(End of this chapter)