"I'm going to become the Demon Lord someday!"
Gu Qingfeng thought excitedly, his gaze shifting to the two figures sobbing before him.
"Hey, you two—done crying yet? So, are you dying or not?"
Qiu Qianren immediately shielded Su Mei behind him, glaring at Gu Qingfeng. "Gu Qingfeng, I was the one who schemed against you. I’ll accept any punishment you deal, but she has nothing to do with—"
"Enough, enough. Stop wasting my time," Gu Qingfeng interrupted impatiently. "Neither of you has to die. I’ve changed my mind. Swear loyalty to me, serve me from now on, and you both get to live."
Qiu Qianren, who had been moved by Su Mei’s pleas, now seemed to find a new will to survive.
"Are you serious?" Su Mei asked, her face lighting up with hope.
"Don’t trust him! I know exactly what kind of man he is—"
"Ugh, so damn tedious!" Gu Qingfeng snapped. With a surge of overwhelming soul force, he cast an illusion upon them. In an instant, their eyes glazed over, their expressions turning blank.
"Now, swear your oath."
At his command, the two began to recite the vow like lifeless puppets.
Once the oath was complete, their senses returned—and terror seized them.
"What did you do to us?!"
Both could now see an ethereal thread of vows binding them to Gu Qingfeng.
That thread represented their pledge of allegiance. Betrayal would bring unimaginable consequences.
"Quit whining and shut up," Gu Qingfeng ordered. "Now, your first task: within three days, capture every demon in the Demon Prison of Wutong County. And listen carefully—the Corpse Demon in the sixth cell on the left side of the first floor must be brought to me unharmed. If even a single hair on her is out of place, neither of you will live to see another day. Understood?"
"Y-yes… Master," they stammered, struggling to adjust to their new roles. Yet the power of the oath coiled around them, forcing compliance.
"Good. Now go."
"Yes, Master."
"Wait—Su Mei, before you leave, hand over that so-called Fox Clan’s treasure and tell me the secret of godhood."
Su Mei hastily presented a black orb to Gu Qingfeng with utmost reverence.
"This is the Fox Clan’s sacred relic—the Celestial Fox’s Eye. A Heaven-grade spiritual weapon of the highest tier, possessing the rare attribute of spatial manipulation. The wielder can tear through space to teleport or erect spatial barriers. It is a supreme treasure for escape and defense."
Gu Qingfeng took the orb, eyeing it skeptically. "If it’s so powerful, why didn’t you two use it to flee earlier?"
"The Celestial Fox’s Eye requires energy. The long-distance teleportation and the spatial barrier that withstood the Dragon Transformation realm nearly depleted its spatial power. It cannot be used again so soon. It replenishes automatically by absorbing spatial energy, taking roughly three days to recharge before it can be used again."
Gu Qingfeng nodded. That makes sense. If this thing could be spammed endlessly, it’d be even more broken than the Shadow Demon’s teleportation.
Even with its limitations, it was undeniably formidable—worthy of its Heaven-grade ranking.
"And the secret of godhood?"
"My ancestor was a true god. He left the secret within our ancestral grounds, and the Celestial Fox’s Eye is the key to unlocking it."
"You had the key—did you never try entering?"
"Impossible," Su Mei shook her head. "My ancestor once said, 'A mortal cannot gaze upon a god, nor touch divine relics.' The ancestral grounds house such relics. Unless one’s soul has reached the Imperishable God-Seeing realm, entering is certain death."
"Imperishable God-Seeing?!" Gu Qingfeng’s eyes lit up. This was practically tailor-made for me!
Looks like fate itself is paving my path to godhood!
"Alright, you two, get moving."
Once they left, Gu Qingfeng expanded his soul perception, confirming no one lurked within miles. Satisfied, he eagerly retrieved the Heavenly Demon Scroll.
Rubbing his hands together, his excitement was palpable.
Truthfully, he had been waiting for this moment. If not for that earlier interruption, he would have summoned the Aspect of Longevity ages ago.
Right now, even becoming a prince paled in comparison to his burning desire to witness a true Heavenly Demon.
He unfurled the scroll, laying it flat on the ground. Following its instructions, he channeled his soul energy to activate the sacrificial array, murmuring an arcane incantation under his breath.
The syllables of the chant were bizarre—inhuman, almost—as if forged from the whispers of the void. The more he recited, the louder the echoes grew, a dissonant chorus of countless voices overlapping.
At first, faint as droplets hitting stone. Then, swelling into a thunderous, otherworldly resonance—a sound both majestic and sinister, reverberating across the heavens.
Gradually, Gu Qingfeng alone perceived it—an indescribably vast will silently descending upon this realm.
So colossal that the world itself strained to contain it. Even a mere sliver of its presence filled the skies to bursting.
He looked up. The firmament was cloudless, serene. Yet only he knew—an unfathomable entity had cast its gaze across the barriers of countless worlds, fixing its attention here.
Gu Qingfeng trembled with exhilaration.
Now this… this is presence! Compared to this, that pathetic Aspect of Oaths was utter trash.
And then—it manifested.
Or rather, a fraction of its projection did.
The Aspect of Longevity defied description. Neither fully god nor demon, yet both. Everywhere and nowhere at once, like the air—omnipresent yet unnoticed.
Compelled, Gu Qingfeng activated his Truth-Seeking Eyes, his irises blazing like stars as he beheld the demon’s form.
What he saw was a tapestry of unfathomable laws, the endless cycle of creation and decay, and within its near-infinite body—the fleeting lives of countless mortals, flickering like candle flames.
"Mortal… how much lifespan do you offer?"
The words, spoken in a tongue no human throat could replicate, echoed directly in Gu Qingfeng’s mind. Though alien, their meaning was unmistakable.
Gu Qingfeng couldn’t suppress his grin. Incredible! It speaks! A thousand times better than that mute Aspect of Oaths!
Stay calm, Gu Qingfeng. Don’t act like a starstruck peasant. Take it slow—you don’t want to scare it off before you’ve even started.
Clearing his throat, he steadied his voice.
"I offer… all of it."
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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."
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
