After the Engagement Was Broken Off, I Was Pursued by Peerless Holy Maidens

Chapter 1: Dream Pearl – A Thousand Years in One Dream:

Xingyu City, Xia Family, in the Great Xia Empire.

Xia Feng lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

“Failed again.”

He let out a soft sigh, his voice full of helplessness.

It had been sixteen years since he was reincarnated into this world where martial arts thrived and powerful sects were everywhere. He began training his body at the age of six, yet even now, he hadn’t developed any inner strength—still unable to become a true martial artist.

He had tried countless times and failed every time. His aptitude was utterly terrible.

This world was called the Primordial Heaven Continent, divided into ten great divine regions. The Great Xia Empire was located in the Wuji Divine Region.

Xingyu City was a mid-sized city within the Great Xia Empire, and the head of the Xia Family was also the city lord.

As the only son of the Xia Family’s head and the young city lord of Xingyu City, Xia Feng held a noble status. No one dared to mock him to his face, but behind his back, he was definitely the subject of gossip and ridicule.

“The world is vast. I don’t believe there’s no way to improve my aptitude,” Xia Feng muttered, eyes full of determination. As someone who had transmigrated from another world, how could he be defeated by setbacks? Just because no solution had appeared yet didn’t mean it didn’t exist. There had to be a way.

Buzz—

At this moment, a faint white light seeped through his clothes from his chest.

Xia Feng froze. He quickly sat up and pulled out the red string hanging from his neck. Attached to the string was a thumb-sized iron cage, and inside it sat a glowing white pearl.

“What’s going on?”

His face showed a hint of confusion.

This pearl had been something he accidentally obtained in his previous life. It had crossed over into this world with him.

According to his parents in this life, he had been born holding the pearl in his hand.

He once thought it was some sort of treasure. He had studied it for over ten years, even trying to recognize it with a drop of blood like in the novels, but nothing ever happened—until now.

The white glow grew stronger. 

Xia Feng’s hand trembled slightly as he hesitated whether to throw it away.

If it exploded, he wasn’t sure his body—still at the martial disciple level—could survive.

Suddenly, the pearl shot out of the cage and pierced straight into his forehead with a whooshing sound, making Xia Feng cry out in fright.

“Xia Feng, are you alright?” came the worried voices of his parents from outside the room.

“Dad, Mom, I’m fine! Just had a nightmare!” he quickly replied.

“Get some rest. Don’t overthink. After the engagement banquet with Xiaoyu tomorrow, I’ll personally go out and find you herbs that can help improve your aptitude,” his father said again.

“Got it, Dad,” Xia Feng answered, warmth flooding his heart.

Even though he was seen as a failure, his parents still treated him with deep affection.

But the mention of the engagement banquet made him force a bitter smile.

The Liu family’s eldest daughter now avoided him like the plague. Even if the banquet went through, she probably wouldn’t actually marry him.

What puzzled him was that a few days ago, he and his father had gone to the Liu family, asking them to break off the engagement. Surprisingly, they refused. They said Xia Feng’s father had once saved Liu Feng’s life, and the Liu family would still recognize Xia Feng as their son-in-law.

Xia Feng’s father was moved, but Xia Feng wasn’t thrilled. 

The Liu family’s daughter clearly didn’t like him. Even if they were forced together, how could that lead to happiness?

Besides, she was incredibly gifted—one year younger than him and already at the 9th stage Profound Realm.

They weren’t from the same world at all.

In this world, martial artists were divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Heaven was the highest, Yellow the lowest, and each grade was split into nine levels.

Above Heaven-tier martial artists were Martial Masters, Martial Kings, Martial Lords, Martial Venerables, Martial Emperors, Martial Saints, Martial Emperors, and Martial Gods. Each realm also had the four grades: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.

Xia Feng shook his head and closed his eyes, trying to sense the pearl within him. Just then, a burst of information flooded into his mind.

“Dream Pearl? Aids in dreaming?”

Just eight words—and he was completely baffled.

What the heck?

It had glowed so brightly—he thought it was some kind of incredible treasure. But this was it?

Aid in dreaming? Do I need a pearl to help me dream? If you’re really so powerful, why don’t you bring the Great Xia Empire’s ten most outstanding Holy Maidens into my dream and let me experience the peak of life there?

Xia Feng muttered to himself, then lay back down and soon fell into a deep sleep. He didn’t take the so-called Dream Pearl too seriously.

But at that moment, the pearl in his mind began glowing faintly again, weaving a dream for him.

In that dream, he started at the same point as in real life—but encountered countless fortuitous events.

While just one night passed in the real world, a thousand years passed in the dream.

Within the dream, Xia Feng became the one and only Supreme of the Primordial Heaven Continent. He met and fell in love with the ten most outstanding Holy Maiden of the Great Xia Empire, and eventually married them in a grand wedding, living a life full of love and bliss. 

With his help, the ten Holy Maiden also quickly rose to become the Ten Great Female Martial Gods.

At dawn the next day, the white glow from the Dream Pearl faded.

Xia Feng slowly opened his eyes and sat up. He felt refreshed, relaxed, and full of energy.

“Did I have a dream last night?”

He furrowed his brow. It felt like he had dreamed a very long, complicated dream. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t recall a single detail.

“Whatever, just a dream.”

He didn’t think much of it. It was normal to forget dreams.

After washing up, he left the room.

…

At the same time, in the sacred halls of the ten supreme holy lands of the Great Xia Empire, the ten Holy Maidens awoke from their sleep at the same moment, eyes wide, faces filled with shock.

“I actually fell asleep… and dreamed? But why did it feel so real?”

They recalled everything that happened in the dream. Their delicate, beautiful faces gradually turned crimson.

A thousand years had passed in the dream. They had gone through countless trials together with their husband and eventually married him.

Their husband became the Supreme of the Primordial Heaven Continent and helped them all become Martial Gods.

Everything felt so real—so real that they couldn’t forget it even after waking up.

Even now, they could still vividly remember the feeling of being cherished by their husband on the last night of the dream.

Thinking about that made their faces even redder.

Buzz—

Suddenly, a powerful aura burst out from each of them.

In the dream, they were female Martial Gods, and their presence naturally far surpassed ordinary people.

Although their cultivation hadn’t changed after waking up, their auras were gradually aligning with the Martial God level they had in the dream.

“This…”

The ten Holy Maiden were stunned.

How could a single dream have such a profound effect?

No.

This might not have been a dream at all.

At their level, they shouldn’t even be capable of dreaming.

“Young City Lord of Xingyu City… Xia Feng?”

The ten Holy Maiden softly whispered the name of their dream-husband. He had the lowest level of talent and was publicly rejected by his fiancée during their engagement banquet after she had just joined a mid-tier sect.

And today—was the day of their engagement banquet.

If that dream-husband really existed in the real world, and all the details matched the dream exactly…

Then that meant it wasn’t a dream.

With that thought, the ten Holy Maidens nearly leapt out of bed at the same time. After finding out the location of Xingyu City, they tore through the skies and flew straight toward it.