Gu Qingfeng hastily retreated.
Clang!
The black sword returned to its sheath.
Suddenly, an idea struck Gu Qingfeng. With a subtle flick of his finger toward the ground,
a radiant divine light flashed across his body before vanishing into the earth. That wisp of sacred light slithered along the ground until it reached the roots of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Infant Flower.
In an instant, the flower absorbed it.
Abruptly, the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Infant Flower began to sway vigorously, its petals blooming more vividly, appearing lush and dewy, while a dazzling divine glow emanated from its form.
Simultaneously, an unusual fragrance began to spread.
When the scent reached the woman, her expressionless face finally showed a flicker of emotion. Her eyes fixated on the Soul-Infant Flower, as if coveting something.
Seeing this, Gu Qingfeng thought to himself, Just as I suspected.
The Soul-Infant Flower could enhance spiritual power, making it irresistibly alluring to soulless Dao Servants who had only developed a sliver of sentience.
Seizing the moment while the woman was entranced, Gu Qingfeng quietly crossed the three-meter warning line. The woman showed no reaction, her attention wholly consumed by the flower.
Two meters, one meter...
Finally, Gu Qingfeng stood right before her chest—and in one swift motion, he struck!
His hand shot toward the black sword at her waist.
The moment his fingers touched the sword, he willed it away, stashing it into his storage.
Without a second thought, Gu Qingfeng turned and bolted at full speed!
He hadn’t gone far when—
Boom!
An unimaginable, sky-rending aura erupted from the woman, shaking the heavens and earth!
Then, with graceful steps, she began walking toward Gu Qingfeng.
Her movements were elegant yet impossibly fast. Though she seemed to take only a single step, her figure appeared miles away in an instant, closing in rapidly.
Gu Qingfeng’s pupils constricted at the sight.
Shrinking the Earth to an Inch!
As expected of a Heavenly Monarch!
Swish!
Just as the woman was about to seize him, Gu Qingfeng repeated his earlier trick—vanishing into the Palm World and narrowly escaping.
Left with no target, the woman lingered expressionlessly for a long while before eventually returning to the Soul-Infant Flower.
Inside the Palm World,
Gu Qingfeng clutched the black sword, exhilarated. That was way too close!
Stealing a weapon from a Heavenly Monarch was far more dangerous than snatching food from a tiger’s mouth.
Though he hadn’t precisely measured his current strength, he was certain he fell within the Divine Core Realm.
After all, he hadn’t endured a single blow during the battle between the Heavenly Phenomenon Ancestor and the Longevity Demon.
The question was, where exactly did he stand within the Divine Core Realm? Human Yuan, Earth Yuan, or Heaven Yuan?
At the very least, he could crush a Human Yuan Second-Layer Elephant Demon with one hand. Conservatively, he estimated his strength to be around Human Yuan Ninth-Layer. If he were bolder, he might even test himself against Earth Yuan.
The problem was, he’d never fought an Earth Yuan expert before, so he couldn’t gauge their strength accurately.
But no matter how he compared, as a cultivator in the Second Great Realm, he was no match for a Heavenly Being—let alone a Heavenly Monarch.
[Realm Hierarchy:
Foundation Realm: Qi Sea, Dragon Transformation, Divine Soul.
Divine Core Realm: Human Yuan, Earth Yuan, Heaven Yuan.
Heavenly Realm: Heavenly Being, Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Venerable, Heavenly Supreme, Heavenly Emperor.]
Thankfully, the woman lacked a soul and sentience, rendering her unable to employ her profound techniques. Combined with the protection of Heavenly Dao aura, even with the Palm World, escaping a Heavenly Monarch would’ve been near impossible otherwise.
Gu Qingfeng examined the black sword in his hand. For a suspected Heavenly Monarch to wield it spoke volumes about its extraordinary nature.
The sword was pitch-black, its blade covered in fine, scale-like patterns.
When he ran his fingers over it, he froze.
“This is... dragon scales! Not from a flood dragon—true dragon scales! And these are reverse scales!”
A dragon’s reverse scales were its most sensitive spot—touch them, and death followed.
Thanks to his Prison-Suppressing Dragon-Elephant Physique, he could clearly sense the faint draconic aura emanating from the sword.
Beyond that, it also carried a formidable thunderous power, akin to heavenly lightning.
“Was this forged from the scales of a Void Thunder Dragon?”
The thought made Gu Qingfeng suck in a cold breath. Void Thunder Dragons were ancient direbeasts of immense power. To think someone had used its scales to craft a sword!
And reverse scales, no less—meaning the dragon must have died. No one could obtain reverse scales from a living dragon.
“With materials like these, this sword can’t just be a Divine Weapon. It’s likely a legendary Sacred Weapon!”
[Weapon Grades: Spirit Weapon, Divine Weapon, Sacred Weapon, Emperor Weapon.]
Emperor Weapons were exclusive to Heavenly Emperors—the strongest arms in existence, unusable by anyone else.
Sacred Weapons stood just below them, priceless treasures beyond measure!
“I’ve struck gold!” Gu Qingfeng exclaimed excitedly.
Next, he prepared to test the sword’s power—but first, he needed to erase its previous owner’s imprint.
The question was, could he overwrite a Heavenly Monarch’s mark?
Channeling his formidable divine soul energy, he sent it surging into the sword with overwhelming force.
Yet...
He found nothing.
The sword had no owner!
This discovery stunned him. Then it hit him—Dao Servants had no souls, meaning the original owner had long perished. What remained was merely an empty shell.
With the owner dead, the sword had become masterless.
Now, it belonged solely to Gu Qingfeng. Without any resistance, he imprinted his divine soul mark onto it, claiming ownership.
A Sacred Weapon, now his!
After waiting cautiously in the Palm World for a long while, he finally dared to peek outside. Seeing no one around, he returned to the Primordial Forbidden Land.
With his body shrunk and cloaked in invisibility, he didn’t linger—immediately making his escape.
Three days later,
Gu Qingfeng finally stepped out of the Primordial Forbidden Land!
But he remained on high alert. Unfamiliar with the land and still haunted by the Forbidden Land’s terrors, he needed to find shelter quickly before seeking cultivation techniques.
After relentless flying, he spotted his first city since arriving in the Cangming Realm.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t a demon city—it belonged to humans.
The city was grand and ancient, sprawling endlessly. Its towering walls bore countless scars from blades and claws, a testament to its long history.
At the gates, several Dragon Transformation Realm soldiers inspected entrants while collecting tolls.
Gu Qingfeng acted swiftly. Blending into the queue, he discreetly slipped into the sleeve of a fair-looking young maiden, hitching a ride into the city.
It’s worth noting that his actions weren’t to evade the toll—nor out of any lustful motives.
The truth was, as an outsider from the lower realm, he had no identity in the Cangming Realm. He couldn’t withstand the soldiers’ scrutiny or explain his origins. To avoid unnecessary trouble, he had no choice but to resort to this underhanded method.
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
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?!
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."
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."
