At the highest realm of the myriad heavens.
Chen Xia's deployment to the front lines was delayed, and he waited alongside the saints.
Bored, he spent his time in solitary cultivation or chatting with Heaven Mending Realm cultivators.
He liked conversing with Heaven Mending Realm cultivators because they were more straightforward, and Chen Xia could guide them on what they didn't understand.
Although he said that, Chen Xia didn't actually understand the Heaven Mending Realm.
This was because he had never reached that realm; he jumped directly from the Sea Inversing Realm to the quasi-saint level.
He skipped two realms in his cultivation journey: the Mahayana Peak and the Heaven Mending Realm.
It was all due to his extraordinary talent, having become accustomed to skipping levels.
Apart from Heaven Mending Realm cultivators, the saints also formed their own circles, each group of saints gathering together.
Chen Xia didn't join any of these circles. Great Saint Xuanguang had invited him, but Chen Xia declined, preferring to walk alone.
Some saints commented on him:
"Strange, really strange. How can there be such a solitary person? It seems he doesn't understand much."
"Maybe he's just very capable. Even the Great Emperor holds him in high regard. It's natural for him to look down on us; he's above us all."
These were sarcastic remarks.
There were many such discussions, but Chen Xia paid them no mind. When he was truly bored, he thought about the Blue Sky Sword Sea, the realms, and Xu Zhen.
He hoped the Blue Sky Sword Sea was safe.
He thought this again.
"Senior Chen, Senior Chen, I've had a slight insight into the sword path. Could you take a look and see if it's correct?"
A Heaven Mending Realm cultivator ran up to him, excitedly demonstrating his newly comprehended sword path.
It was more of a combination of sword intent and sword qi, with some flames flickering.
"Keep practicing like this, and you should be able to enter the Fire Path," Chen Xia commented after watching.
It had nothing to do with the sword path.
The Heaven Mending Realm cultivator wasn't discouraged. After thanking Chen Xia, he ran off to practice other divine abilities.
The relatively peaceful days didn't last long. Soon, a Great Emperor arrived to order them to the front lines, saying the next batch of cultivators would soon arrive.
The saints were both nervous and excited, believing they could finally prove themselves, perhaps even slay a few saints and achieve great merit.
The cultivators moved out one by one until they reached the front lines.
The front lines were actually a battle line formed by dozens of already purged and destroyed star realms.
Chen Xia and his group arrived on the left flank, the weakest side, where the highest-ranking dark remnant was said to be a three-path Great Emperor.
It was slightly weaker than the middle and right flanks.
Chen Xia ascended the front lines, surveying the scene, where battles raged in the void, with saints falling and their bodies and blood being devoured by the Heavenly Dao.
Further in, Great Emperors clashed, their aura spreading, causing even quasi-saints to tremble.
The eastern front was led by five Great Emperors, who now allowed Chen Xia's team to choose their own timing to engage in battle.
There were no schemes or tricks, just pure slaughter.
At their level, if you couldn't win, there was no need for explanations.
Strength was everything.
Although the saints were nervous, they were seasoned fighters and not afraid. They found their timing and charged into the front lines to battle dark remnants of the same level.
If they couldn't find an opponent, the saints would actively resist the Heavenly Dao's purge.
Everyone had their role.
Only Chen Xia hadn't moved. He was wiping a sword with his sleeve.
A sword that looked very bright and ancient.
Many cultivators watched him, curious to see what abilities this solitary figure possessed.
A step forward, a Great Emperor stood beside Chen Xia, smiling and asking, "Why haven't you gone yet?"
"Just waiting," Chen Xia replied.
The Great Emperor glanced slightly, examining the flying sword, and nodded in approval.
"Good sword."
"It's just an Immortal Sword image; the main body isn't here," Chen Xia replied with a light smile.
He was still waiting.
Waiting for the right target to appear.
It didn't take long.
Hum.
The Immortal Sword hummed softly.
Chen Xia lifted the sword, and his figure had already appeared at the forefront of the battle line.
There stood a dark remnant, a Great Emperor.
"Oh, a Great Saint?" The Great Emperor asked in surprise, then laughed, "Looking for death?"
"I want to live," Chen Xia replied calmly, then grinned, adding, "And I want your life."
He tilted the sword slightly, and the Immortal Sword image flashed with boundless sword light, covering everything around.
Many eyes turned to look, mostly in surprise.
When the sword light faded, Chen Xia's figure remained in place, and the Great Emperor hadn't moved either, even smiling at Chen Xia.
"Good sword, but the person isn't good. No power at all?"
"Three breaths left," Chen Xia's eyes glowed with deep gray-white light, and the Time Dao flowed.
"What?" The Great Emperor didn't understand. Suddenly, he looked down and saw a large sword mark on his chest, bleeding and causing intense pain.
As a Great Emperor, he immediately recognized it, exclaiming in surprise, "Time Dao?"
Chen Xia had already placed his hand in front of him, his index and thumb forming a circle, with the Great Emperor inside, and said, "Celestial Dragon, come."
Boom!
A massive Celestial Dragon head emerged from the void, swallowing the Great Emperor whole, with sword dao and Time Dao flowing within, erasing past and future.
The Great Emperor wasn't easy to kill, so the Celestial Dragon head didn't hold him. He escaped with a mysterious body, frowning at Chen Xia.
"A four-path Great Saint?"
"Slow reaction," Chen Xia spun his Immortal Sword, appearing behind the Great Emperor, and the sword light flashed with gray-white light again.
Another sword mark appeared on the Great Emperor's body.
With the complete Immortal Sword here, even if it was just an image, it had seventy percent of its killing power, enough to wound an ordinary Great Emperor.
The Great Emperor frowned, unwilling to continue fighting this freakish Chen Xia, and turned to flee into the vast dark invasion.
This meant Chen Xia had driven back the Great Emperor.
"Wow, he's really fierce!" Some cultivators couldn't help but exclaim.
"A Great Saint driving back a Great Emperor, isn't that the wrong way around?!"
"..."
The cultivators discussed among themselves.
Chen Xia, as usual, didn't hear them and didn't return. He seemed dissatisfied with the result of driving back the Great Emperor, so he made a decision that shocked and stunned all the cultivators present.
He pursued into the dark invasion, sword in hand.
...
The Great Emperor guarding the front lines watched in astonishment, wondering if today's youngsters were playing too dangerously.
The outcome was unknown.
Half a month later.
A blood-soaked figure emerged from the dark invasion, still holding a sword, but limping, with many visible wounds and shallow breathing.
But none of that mattered.
What mattered was the Great Emperor's head he held in his hand!
Damn!
He really killed one!
Today, the front lines erupted with excitement, the morale reaching an unprecedented high.
Later, a Great Emperor asked Chen Xia why he dared to chase into the dark invasion, wasn't he afraid of dying?
Chen Xia nodded and smiled lightly, "I won't die. I have many trump cards, and I don't like people who act tough in front of me and then run away."
"If I can kill, I kill. It's that simple."
This was the first Great Emperor Chen Xia killed on the front lines.
In the countless years to come, there would be many more.
He would become the sharpest sword and the toughest shield on the front lines.
Please send some free gifts, brothers. Also, because I write a lot, I might get dizzy and make typos. If you find any, please point them out, and I'll correct them as soon as I see them.
Good night, good night.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
