Chen Xia had thought that his only trouble was Big Yellow Dog.
Until a certain day in his forties.
Big Yellow Dog was sitting in meditation on a white jade cushion, while Chen Xia was loafing around.
There was another knock on the door from outside the cave.
Chen Xia looked up in puzzlement, thinking it must be the old fisherman, but the old fisherman never knocked - he would flash in like a ghost.
He sent out his divine sense and saw who it was.
It was Chi Yu.
Chen Xia opened the door in confusion and saw Chi Yu. He asked in puzzlement, "What do you want?"
Chi Yu's expression was somewhat bewildered. His thick, red eyebrows were furrowed as he said sorrowfully to Chen Xia,
"Master, I have a guilty conscience."
Chen Xia was stunned for a moment.
What the hell does your guilty conscience have to do with me!
Out of politeness, Chen Xia did not reply like that. Instead, he asked,
"Why do you say that?"
Chi Yu's eyebrows drooped sadly, looking somewhat worried. He shook his head and said, "Because I feel like I can't even beat the Emperor's seedling. I feel like I don't even have the capacity to achieve the Emperor."
Chen Xia shook his head. "That's not how you should see it."
He led Chi Yu inside and pointed to the meditating Big Yellow Dog, asking,
"What's this?"
Chi Yu blankly replied, "A dog."
"What's it doing?"
"Meditating."
"Is that reasonable?"
"Um...not very reasonable."
Chen Xia nodded. "That's right. Even a dog can meditate and cultivate. Why can't you, Chi Yu, as the supreme being, take one step at a time to achieve the Emperor?"
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, a river is formed by the collection of tiny streams..."
"Without a beating, one cannot achieve the Emperor."
"Understand?"
Chi Yu had a bewildered expression, seeming to vaguely understand but also confused. He asked doubtfully, "But can you really become the Emperor just by getting beaten up?"
Chen Xia shook his head. "It was never about getting beaten up, but about your heart that desires to become the Emperor."
This was indeed the truth.
Chi Yu's expression became solemn, seeming to be lost in thought, as he was using his intelligence to comprehend.
Chen Xia just sat to the side with his arms crossed, waiting for him to finish comprehending.
In fact, Chen Xia had never told a lie.
Who determined that Chi Yu could not become the Emperor?
No one, right?
Chi Yu already had the potential and hope to become the Emperor, which was why he could be "fooled" by Chen Xia.
So what Chen Xia said was indeed the truth - as long as you are bold enough to dream, anything has a chance of becoming realized.
Of course, how big this chance is cannot be guaranteed.
Chi Yu's bewildered expression lifted up, his eyes flashed with divine light, his thick red eyebrows raised up, filled with confidence. He nodded heavily,
"I understand now."
Chen Xia didn't want to talk anymore, he just nodded. "Good, good."
As long as you're happy.
Big Yellow Dog, who was sitting in meditation on the white jade cushion, suddenly opened his eyes and slowly got up. Today he was wearing flowered pants, looking a bit flirtatious.
But definitely not slutty.
"Isn't this the stepping stone for the Emperor's seedling?" Big Yellow Dog recognized Chi Yu at a glance.
Chi Yu had a bewildered expression, not reacting.
Chen Xia coughed. "Be polite."
Big Yellow Dog immediately realized, and stretched out his paw in a handshake gesture, saying very politely to Chi Yu,
"Nice to meet you, stepping stone."
Chen Xia didn't want to say anything more. He slouched on the ground and let the two of them interact freely.
From today onward, it wasn't just one dog clinging to Chen Xia.
There was also a bird added.
Chen Xia was considering taking this opportunity to open up a zoo.
The main attractions would be a meditating dog and an iron-headed bird.
When people have free time, they will start to delve into some strange things to satisfy their curiosity.
This was how Chen Xia was.
He started concocting pills.
But Chen Xia's pill concocting method was different from ordinary people's.
He had no pill formulas, everything was based on feeling.
The pill furnace he used was a big pot for cooking food. The materials were all chosen based on feeling, with no regard for their medicinal properties. If he liked how it looked, he would throw it in.
He relied completely on luck.
Fortunately, his luck had always been good. Out of randomly concocting over a hundred times, more than ten pills were successfully formed.
He just didn't know what kinds of pills they were.
Chen Xia had Big Yellow Dog help him test the effects of the pills.
Big Yellow Dog patted his chest and readily agreed, "It would be my honor!"
Of course, he immediately shared the pills with his good buddy Chi Yu, under the name of giving them to a good friend.
Chen Xia's pill concocting frequency increased, and he recorded which materials could make which pills.
Moreover, his pill concocting speed was extremely fast - three minutes to gather materials, thirty seconds to put them in the pot, three seconds to form the pill.
The most prominent thing was the assembly line, industrialized process.
He didn't care whether they could be consumed or not, since he wasn't going to eat them anyway.
His current cultivation realm was Mountain Moving Realm. His avatar was being condensed, estimated to take a few more years before it could be fully formed.
The strand of soul in the small inner world was still frozen in time, but the speed of accumulating points had become slower and slower, almost catching up to the progress of the great outer world.
This was bad news, but also good news.
The bad news was that there were no more points. The good news was that this strand of soul had started comprehending and integrating into the Dao of Time.
Once it was fully comprehended, it should be able to enter the halls of the Dao of Time.
This strand of soul had accumulated power from the points, comparable to a lower Mountain Moving Realm by cultivation level.
Chen Xia was actually surpassed for a while by his own cultivation, he really didn't expect this.
His cultivation speed also surpassed all the reserve disciples, walking alone at the forefront, due to having comprehended for three years and reaching Mountain Moving Realm in one step.
Chen Xia figured it was also due to the effect of his fortune, which was why comprehending the Dao was so simple.
However, it was said that after Mountain Moving Realm, breaking through each layer of Inverse Oceans got harder and harder, requiring time accumulation and foundation consolidation.
Being able to break through one layer every hundred years was considered outstanding aptitude.
It sounded very difficult.
But Chen Xia didn't believe that.
He felt that it was just lacking in fortune. As long as he had sufficient fortune, even one step to becoming the Emperor might be possible.
This was a qualitative change brought about by a quantitative change.
After Big Yellow Dog got familiar with Chen Xia, his visiting frequency increased from three times a month to thirty times a month. It was as if his butt had grown roots on the white jade cushion and he didn't want to leave at all.
Chi Yu and Big Yellow Dog also became close, often chatting together.
Chi Yu said he wanted to achieve the Emperor, make his name resonate through the heavens, and revitalize his clan.
Big Yellow Dog said he wanted to borrow a reserve disciple's pants.
The topics of a bird and a dog, whether in depth or extent, could be said to be completely unrelated.
But they were curiously connected together.
Chi Yu even promised after achieving the Emperor, he would help Big Yellow Dog borrow pants from other Emperors to try on.
Big Yellow Dog was a bit happy.
He thought, the Emperor's pants could definitely be considered emperor-level treasures, right? If he wore them, wouldn't he be imbued with the Emperor's aura, making him horrifyingly powerful?
Within the cave,
an honest bird, a bootlicker dog, and a lazy bum.
It was quite an eccentric gathering.
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!
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."
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
