"Xin... Xinyan!"
A hoarse, grating voice, like the sound of two dry bones rubbing together, emerged from Shang Aobai's throat.
He abruptly raised his head, his eyes flashing with divine light as he fixed them on Gu Qingfeng. "Who are you?! How do you know Xinyan's name?! Has she been captured and brought here too?"
Gu Qingfeng was slightly startled. Only now did he realize that Shang Aobai had been pretending all along—he hadn’t lost his sanity at all. In fact, he was perfectly lucid. His earlier state must have been the result of some self-sealing secret technique.
It wasn’t until he heard the name "Shang Xinyan" that he emerged from his self-imposed trance.
No wonder he had been able to find opportunities to transmit knowledge of the Upper Realm to Shang Xinyan all this time. It turned out... he had never given up hope.
After a moment of thought, Gu Qingfeng spoke solemnly, "Father-in-law, my name is Gu Qingfeng. I am your son-in-law. Xinyan is safe—she’s still in the Qing Realm."
Shang Aobai froze. "Son-in-law?!"
His gaze flickered to the Elephant Demon standing nearby, suspicion flashing in his eyes.
Gu Qingfeng continued, "I’m also from the Qing Realm. Xinyan and I married not long ago. Today, I came to the Upper Realm specifically to rescue you. As for this Elephant Demon, don’t worry—he’s already sworn allegiance to me."
With that, Gu Qingfeng turned to the one-tusked Elephant Demon and ordered, "Break off your remaining tusk as proof for my father-in-law."
The Elephant Demon didn’t dare disobey. Gritting his teeth, he steeled himself and snapped off his last tusk.
Squelch!
Blood gushed like a fountain from the broken stump.
Shang Aobai was utterly dumbfounded, clearly unable to process what he was seeing.
But before he could react further, Gu Qingfeng struck the chains binding him with a single palm, shattering them, and helped Shang Aobai to his feet.
"Father-in-law, there’s no time for explanations now. We must leave immediately."
Gu Qingfeng then supported him as they flew toward the inter-realm passage.
His priority was to send Shang Aobai back to the Qing Realm. He didn’t know how seriously the Heavenly Elephant Ancestor valued the Seven Orifices Exquisite Body—whether the old monster would emerge from seclusion over this matter.
If the ancestor launched a full-scale attack and Shang Aobai got caught in the crossfire, the consequences would be...
As for why he didn’t simply stash Shang Aobai in his pocket dimension—
The reason was simple. That space was filled with female demons. Bringing his father-in-law there would be no different from taking an old man to a modern-day KTV and ordering him a hostess.
Before the inter-realm passage, the energy in the formation’s spirit stones was already dimming, clearly on the verge of exhaustion.
"Father-in-law, return to the Qing Realm first. We can discuss everything else once I return."
Though still bewildered, Shang Aobai had grasped the general situation.
This man before him was likely truly his son-in-law, here to save him.
After all, the Sacred Clan wouldn’t go to such lengths just to deceive him.
"Though I don’t know what confidence you possess, being able to deal with a Sacred Clan member at the Divine Core Realm doesn’t mean you can handle the Heavenly Elephant Ancestor. His strength is..."
Gu Qingfeng cut him off. "Father-in-law, I have my methods. Don’t worry—I won’t leave Xinyan a widow."
Shang Aobai gave Gu Qingfeng a deep, searching look. Knowing this wasn’t the time for hesitation, he finally nodded heavily and turned to leave without further protest.
At that moment, Gu Qingfeng summoned a Divine Realm demon from his pocket dimension and instructed it to protect Shang Aobai.
After all, Shang Aobai was severely injured, his strength not yet recovered—far too vulnerable in his current state.
Once everything was arranged, he sent them off.
As the formation’s light flared, Shang Aobai’s figure vanished. The spirit stones powering the formation crumbled into dust, their energy completely spent, scattering in the wind.
The inter-realm passage closed.
But Gu Qingfeng wasn’t worried. He never doubted his ability to return. If the passage was closed, he’d just reopen it.
Once he dealt with the Heavenly Elephant Ancestor, going back to the Qing Realm would be child’s play.
He scanned his surroundings. The Heavenly Elephant Ancestor still hadn’t appeared—clearly, he remained in seclusion.
Gu Qingfeng never assumed his actions would go unnoticed by the ancestor. The fact that the old monster hadn’t intervened could only mean one thing: refining the Qing Realm’s Heavenly Dao had reached a critical juncture.
Compared to that, everything else was trivial.
And honestly, it made sense. With the ancestor’s overwhelming power, the entire Qing Realm was already his plaything. A minor disturbance like this? Whether he dealt with it now or later made no difference.
"Take me to the Heavenly Elephant Ancestor’s seclusion site."
"Yes, Master," the Elephant Demon replied, clutching his bleeding tusk stump.
......
A short while later, man and demon stopped before an inverted palace floating midair.
"Master, the Heavenly Elephant Ancestor is in seclusion here."
Gu Qingfeng nodded, then tossed the Elephant Demon into his pocket dimension.
Once inside, he broadcasted a message throughout the space.
As the ruler of this dimension, he was like its Heavenly Dao—his voice could reach every corner effortlessly.
"Listen up, all of you! A feast begins now! Today, you’ll taste the flesh of the Upper Realm’s Sacred Clan. One not enough? Fine—here’s another. Little Corpse Charm, you’re in charge. Remember—don’t kill him. Let him heal, so we can eat him again and again."
The newly arrived, now tuskless Elephant Demon paled in horror at these words.
He saw Xiang Tian lying nearby, being devoured by countless demons.
Then he saw the horde of green-eyed fiends closing in on him, drooling with hunger.
Terror gripped his heart. He screamed for mercy, but no one listened. Worse, he didn’t dare resist—defying his master’s orders would bring a fate a hundred times more gruesome than being eaten alive.
A nearby demon, unable to resist temptation, lunged first, sinking its teeth into the Elephant Demon’s plump thigh.
"Ahhh!" The Elephant Demon shrieked but didn’t fight back.
The other demons, emboldened, pounced.
Suddenly, the demonic horde shifted. The creatures parted as a breathtakingly alluring woman strode forward—barefoot, her snow-white, shapely legs exposed.
Her lips were blood-red, her eyes gleaming with a sinister, predatory light.
This was Little Corpse Charm.
She licked her delicate lips, a dangerous smile playing on her face—beautiful yet deadly, like a blooming poppy.
Her gaze raked over the screaming Elephant Demon, then flicked to the few unruly demons still gnawing greedily. Her brow furrowed, her eyes turning icy.
"Hmph! You forget your place, worms!"
Swish!
With a flick of her jade-like hand, a crimson streak slashed through the air. The offending demons exploded into clouds of blood.
The remaining demons’ greed instantly cooled, replaced by sheer terror as they stared at their queen-like mistress.
Little Corpse Charm smirked, surveying the crowd—many of whom were Divine Realm demons—with the disdain of a ruler addressing slaves.
"White Fox, Qinglin—you two worthless sluts, drain half his blood first. The rest of you may eat afterward. Remember—no vital spots. Cross that line, and this will be your fate!"
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."
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
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?!
