This kind of arrangent was unusual, because normally the one who says the vows first is the groom. But this ti, at Aldrian's request, he wanted Sylphia to say her vow first.
The others did not know why Aldrian asked for the arrangent to be like this, but they obeyed him. The order was not important anyway, as the most important thing was still the vows spoken by the groom and the bride.
Sylphia looked at Aldrian with eyes full of love as she then opened her lips.
"When I looked at you for the first ti, you gave a different feeling, one that made know you were special for making feel that way. My interest in you developed from curiosity to affection, until today, where my love for you has grown so big that even hearing your na alone gives a flower-like feeling."
"The feeling of love that I feel toward you is like sothing I have stored for so long, and it just burst out the mont I realized my feelings for you."
She rembered so of the visions that she still sotis received in her sleep or when she entered an enlightennt state. In those visions, she beca different person, and she could see herself with a different man whom she always thought to be Aldrian. She did not know why she felt that way, but that feeling was always there and could not be gotten rid of.
So of the visions were different from each other, and she beca a different person in each of them. She was also with different n in each vision, but each of them always had similarities. That similarity was their relationship and the feelings they had for each other. They were always deeply in love with one another.
In each vision, they were facing various challenges that tested their love for each other. They had varied endings, sotis tragic, sotis with a happy ending, but they always loved each other until the end of the story.
She did not understand the aning of those visions at first. But after thinking about the mysterious origin of Aldrian's past life that she learned from her conversation with her god, the spirit of the Heavenly Tree of the World, she finally understood everything.
Those were not random visions of different people. Those were visions of her and Aldrian's past lives. They had already passed through many reincarnations, and in each of those reincarnations, they always t each other and fell in love again and again.
Since then, she knew that her destiny was always with Aldrian. In each of her reincarnations, she would always et him.
And she was glad about that.
"I'm glad that you are the man I have fallen in love with," Sylphia said as she positioned the ring on his ring finger before slowly pushing it in.
"I'm Sylphia Evergreen. I will always love you and cherish you, in better or worse, in richer or poorer," she continued as she kept pushing the ring. "In sickness and in health until death do us part. Even if you leave , I will pursue you. If I ever lose my affection for you, I would kill myself before that happens."
Hearing this, many gasped in shock at how extre Sylphia's vows were.
"O Heavenly Tree of the World, who has blessed our existence and overlooks all of us, I, Sylphia Evergreen, swear upon thy great na that I will always love Aldrian Aster as my husband, always cherish him, in better or worse, in richer or poorer, in sickness or health. If I break this oath, then thy curse shall descend upon in this life and in my next life."
Many were even more shocked by this declaration, as Sylphia had used the Oath of the Heavenly Tree of the World to strengthen her commitnt to him.
Even King Ladwin and Queen Elaria were shocked as they saw their daughter's extre asure for her married life. Their daughter had essentially tied herself to Aldrian with a deadly rope. If that rope were to break, she would be the one to receive the harm, and she would bear it alone.
King Ladwin could not help but feel worried for his daughter, but he took a deep breath and looked at her figure once more. She was no longer a child. She must know what she had done and understand the consequences of her choice. Since she chose to go to such an extre for Aldrian, he could only support her.
He glanced at his wife beside him, who also looked at him with a smile despite the tears gathering in her eyes.
"Our daughter is truly like you. She is firm, and she can go to such extres that she even dared to use the Oath of the Heavenly Tree of the World," she said, which made him smile.
"She is our daughter after all," he answered. He then held her hand and turned his gaze back toward the platform.
Many felt that what Sylphia did was too extre, but many others saw it as truly romantic. Many won hoped they could be as brave as Sylphia, while many n could only hope to find a woman with such unwavering commitnt.
After Sylphia finished her vow declaration and settled the ring on Aldrian's finger, she released his hand and looked at him with a smile. Tears still stained her eyes, but she did not wipe them away. It was as if she wanted to show him her tears of happiness.
Aldrian smiled warmly at that mont, and his heart truly lted at the way she showed her love for him. He then rembered each of the visions he had seen of his past lives with Sylphia, how various challenges had co their way and how they had always continued to hold on to each other.
The most morable past life for him was the one where he was a truly poor mortal compared to her high status in that world. Challenges ca from everywhere, as many wanted to separate her from him. He had also felt unworthy in that life, as he was just a poor man without any power.
But she had insisted on staying with him, even when the consequence was the loss of her status. She sacrificed everything for him in that world, even her life, and in the end, she truly lost it.
He could still clearly feel the grief he had experienced when he watched Sylphia die like that, a grief that had led him down the path of revenge. That was a feeling he never wanted to experience again.
He believed that the Sylphia before him now was the sa Sylphia from all of his past lives. She would sacrifice anything for him, and the Oath of the Heavenly Tree of the World was small proof of that.
If she had already shown her commitnt like this, then how could he allow himself to lose to her?
In so of their past lives, he might have been the weaker one, able only to watch as Sylphia was the one protecting him. But in this life, he was the strongest, and he would make sure that nothing bad would ever befall her. He was her husband, her protector, her shield, and the place she could call shelter.
He then took Sylphia's right hand and positioned the ring on her ring finger.
"When I looked at you for the first ti, I was amazed by your beauty, but I did not think much of it at that ti. I still had sothing that I needed to do, and I was not focused on romantic relationships." He then slowly pushed the ring onto her finger.
"But as ti passed, my feelings grew much deeper, until today, when I can say that I would give everything for you." His smile was truly warm and charming. He rembered once again the past lives they had gone through together.
"You are my destiny and part of my existence. You are one of the things that made who I am today." As he said this, he also sent an intent toward the heavens. An intent that made the heavens hesitate and even feel horrified. The heavens tried to refuse Aldrian's intent, but Aldrian sternly declared that this was his order as the absolute ruler.
Unable to rebel against Aldrian's order, the heavens finally obeyed him as Aldrian continued.
"I'm Aldrian Aster. I will always love you and cherish you, in better or worse, in richer or poorer," he said as he kept pushing the ring. "In sickness and in health until death do us part. Even if you leave , I will pursue you. If I ever lose my affection for you, I would kill myself before that happens."
Once again, the people gasped at how extre Aldrian was. This couple truly liked going to extres, and the people seed to understand why they loved each other so deeply. Aldrian and Sylphia were truly alike.
Then they saw Aldrian lift his head toward the sky.
"I swear upon the heavens, with the entire universe as my witness, that if I ever leave my wife unjustly, stop loving her, or treat her badly, then the heavens may send their strongest tribulation as punishnt and kill on the spot. May the heavens and all the laws that make up the universe curse for thousands of lives."
RUMBLE!
The rumbling sound of thunder resounded across the world as the clouds above the Barisan Continent darkened abruptly, and an overwhelming pressure descended from the heavens.
All the people felt a sudden faint pressure but that still horrified them, as it ca directly from the heavens themselves.
At the wedding venue, people could clearly sense that the pressure was focused on a single point, and that point was where Aldrian stood.
Even peak pseudo immortal stage cultivators felt their hearts shudder, fear creeping in because of the sudden, terrifying reaction of the heavens.
They looked at Aldrian, who had beco the focal point of the heavens' pressure, and were stunned by what they saw.
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