At that moment, Darryl still did not know that Stella used to be a gorgeous woman. She only turned ugly due to the poison.As he thought about that, Darryl asked, “Has this lady been poisoned?”“Yes!” Eric nodded; his eyes were filled with heartache and helplessness.He was the Ice Fire Island’s Sect Master and someone at the Heaven Ascension level, yet he could not save his beloved daughter. It was the most ironic thing.Darryl smiled and continued to say, “If I guess correctly, she was poisoned by the Corpse Flower, right?” Then, Darryl took a closer look at Stella’s situation.The Corpse Flower was an extremely poisonous plant. It grew at places where evil spirits converged. It specifically absorbed nutrients from corpses, hence its name.The Infinite Elixir Manual mentioned the poison would gather its victim’s energy field to quicken their death. An ordinary person would have died on the spot, but cultivators could survive for less than ten days.That was what had happened t

‘F*ck! How could they decide such a huge matter like marriage so casually?’Darryl was baffled and dumbstruck.‘Who are these people? The disciples are crazy, and the master is equally weird!’'He has barely spoken with that lady, and he has to marry her? Isn't that too casual?'“Listen to me, sir!”Darryl looked at Eric and smiled bitterly. “I’ll agree to stay by your daughter, but only for a few days. I still have other important matters to attend to, and there’s no need for a wedding.”Besides her appearance, Darryl was not familiar with the woman. If he were to marry her, it would be against his own principles.“Why?”Eric frowned and said unhappily, “You think my daughter’s not a match for you? If it were not because she was poisoned, she’s prettier than a fairy. Even if you wanted to marry her then, I might not agree!”Then, Eric took a deep breath and continued to say, “Plus, my daughter admires and idolizes you. She only has a few days left to live; can’t you just give

In the blink of an eye, the night passed.“Hmm…” The moment Stella woke up, she noticed Darryl sat by her bed. She was touched, and she asked gently, “Haven't you slept for the entire night?”Darryl nodded with a nonchalant expression. A night without sleep was nothing to a cultivator of his level.Then, Darryl took the elixir and said, “Come, take the antidote.”“Uh…”Stella trembled in delight and surprise. “This elixir is the antidote to the Corpse Flower poison?”When Darryl nodded, Stella did not hesitate and immediately swallowed the elixir.Stella could feel a warm flow spread throughout her entire body from her energy field; it felt unspeakably relieved and pleasant. Her spirit immediately lifted as well.“Even if you have taken the antidote, you need to recuperate for three days to recover completely. Do you understand?” Darryl smiled as he spoke to her.Darryl was relieved. He would not regret his decision to leave after he had cured Stella.“Hmm!” Stella nodded obe

'F*ck! Why are there so many people here to compete in the tournament?'Darryl muttered to himself as he went to have a look at the rules of the tournament.The New World Royals had divided the tournament into a literary and martial arts competition.The martial arts competition was pretty self-explanatory. It was a competition to test a cultivator's powers. On the other hand, the literary competition was to test the contestants' talents—music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, astronomy and geography, and many others.The New World Emperor decided that when the champion for the literary and martial arts competition had been selected, he would let his daughter pick who she wanted as her Prince Consort. No matter who her daughter picked, it would still be great news for the New World. After all, many people had participated in the competition. No matter who it was, the winner would be an immensely talented person!'It's just a martial arts marriage tournament; what's with all the

Darryl walked all the way to the front of the palace. From far, he saw a notice that the palace had posted on the notice board. He followed the crowd to take a look and realized that it was the competition rules.Since some participants had registered for both literary and martial arts competitions, both competitions would be held separately. The martial arts competition would be held in the morning and the literary one in the afternoon.Both competitions had the same style—participants would go through elimination rounds to proceed to the next one. The first day was the preliminaries, and then the elimination matches would take place for the next three days until they had their finalists. After he read through the rules, Darryl went to the competition site—the Nine Suns Altar!The New World Emperor had used the Nine Suns Altar when he ascended to the throne. However, it had been turned into a competition site. At that moment, the altar was divided into two—one for the literary co