"Where did you go?"
Looking at Jian Hengtian who had suddenly reappeared, the other three people asked him.
"I..."
Jian Hengtian guiltily licked his lips and tacitly said, "Uh, heh heh, I just had an upset stomach and went to the back to take a shit."
Hearing this, everyone immediately rolled their eyes.
He was still a Martial Emperor of the seventh level, yet he had to go take a shit?
Li Canghai, as the only female among them, instinctively waved her palm and took a few steps away from Jian Hengtian.
However, they did not pursue the issue further and focused all their attention on Yi Feng ahead.
Seeing this, Jian Hengtian's little eyes flashed cunningly and he smiled triumphantly.
If these three fellows knew how much energy was contained in those leftover scraps, they would forcibly make him vomit out everything he had eaten on the spot!
But just as Jian Hengtian thought he could get away with it...
He suddenly stopped in his tracks, stunned.
"Oh no, I can't suppress my cultivation anymore, I'm about to break through."
He cursed loudly in his heart as his cultivation level and vital energy could no longer be contained and started erupting from his body.
This immediately attracted the attention of the other three people.
"Jian Hengtian, you...you're about to break through?"
The three asked in surprise.
"No...not at all, I just unintentionally leaked out some of it."
Jian Hengtian's face was flushed red from trying to suppress his cultivation, he stammered embarrassedly in response.
"Stop pretending, do you take us for fools?" Li Canghai said coldly.
"That's right, those are clearly signs that you've reached a bottleneck and are about to break through." Li Canghai also did not believe him one bit.
"Tell us, what exactly is going on?"
Yun Tianlong sternly demanded, "The four of us are Seventh Life Martial Emperors, but your cultivation has always lagged behind ours. How could you possibly be breaking through ahead of us when it would take us at least a few more decades to reach Eight Lives Martial Emperor?"
"That's right, explain yourself!"
"What have you been hiding from us?"
The three stared sharply at Jian Hengtian, their voices full of accusation.
"Uh..."
"Heh heh..."
Jian Hengtian's forehead dripped with sweat and he felt extremely uncomfortable under their gaze, fidgeting anxiously.
"Admit it, you've actually been concealing your true strength all this while and were stronger than us from the start!" Li Canghai pressed on.
Hearing this, Jian Hengtian was instantly reminded of something and he quickly laughed it off, "Oh dear me, it looks like you've seen right through me!"
"Fine, since that's the case, I'll lay my cards on the table..."
"Actually, I've already obtained the legacy of the Founding Sword Emperor of Heng Tian Sword House. So my cultivation level has long surpassed yours. I just never told any of you about it." Jian Hengtian claimed proudly.
"What?"
"You actually received the Sword Emperor's legacy?"
Hearing this, the three looked at Jian Hengtian in disbelief.
"I can't believe it Jian Hengtian, you've been keeping such a low profile!"
"That's right, if not for your cultivation leaking out earlier, we would have been completely fooled by you."
"Damn you sly old fox, we always thought you were the weakest among the four of us. Turns out you were the strongest!"
The four heaped praise upon Jian Hengtian.
Although the Founding Sword Emperor of Heng Tian Sword House was only at the Tenth Life Martial Emperor level, not much higher than their Seventh Life cultivation level, historians acknowledged him as an exceptional figure.
So they had no doubts that obtaining his legacy enabled Jian Hengtian to break through.
"Just trying to keep it lowkey." Jian Hengtian pressed his palm downwards while grinning gleefully.
In truth, his ancestors' bones from Heng Tian Sword House had long turned to dust over the years. Where was there any legacy to inherit?
But since the three had already believed him, he had successfully overcome this hurdle.
"However, you can't break through now. The commotion risks disturbing that senior up ahead, which would be bad." Li Canghai said.
"Then what should I do?" Jian Hengtian asked anxiously.
"Forget it, the four of us are in the same boat now. We'll help suppress your cultivation first." Li Canghai conceded.
The rest agreed with no objections.
Soon, the trio worked together to temporarily force back the overflow of Jian Hengtian's cultivation.
Half a day later...
Peering through the thinning wisps of mist behind Yi Feng that had yet to fully disperse, the four could vaguely make out the gradually widening sky and their eyes instantly lit up.
"We're almost out of this valley."
"Once we're out of the poisonous fog, we can catch up to that senior right away."
"It's truly our fortune to meet someone like this!"
"I wonder what that senior looks like!"
"Who knows? This fog has not only obscured our sight but also completely shields our senses. Although we can faintly see his back, we can't make out his appearance at all."
"Who cares what he looks like. We definitely can't provoke someone so powerful anyway. Let's just make a good first impression." Jian Hengtian straightened his back and tidied his clothes, instantly putting on an upright bearing.
Compared to the others, he was especially eager to meet Yi Feng. After all, having consumed those leftover scraps, he understood the frightening extent of this person's capabilities better than the other three!
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
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."
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
] [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!"
