"Ahem..."
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord coughed twice, trying to draw attention, but the man and two women didn’t even glance his way.
This only fueled his anger, and he let out a cold snort. "So, you’re the Demon Lord?"
Gu Qingfeng, interrupted mid-action, cast an icy glare his way and said coldly, "Can’t you see I’m busy?"
"Hmph. A mere cultivator at the Heavenly Human Realm dares to call himself ‘Heavenly Lord’? Who’s backing you? Bring them out."
Boom!
Gu Qingfeng threw a punch, a surge of chaotic energy erupting from his fist.
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord flicked his horsetail whisk, effortlessly deflecting the attack—but his expression shifted dramatically. "That’s Primordial Chaos energy! You’re a Chaos Physique!"
Suddenly, he recalled the divination the Celestial Court's Holy Master had shared with him—a vision of the Verdant Wood Domain shrouded in chaos. Could this be the Chaos Physique foretold?
A smirk crept onto his face. "Hahaha! Truly, the heavens deliver what we seek without effort. I thought I’d have to scour the Verdant Wood Domain, yet here you are, the very Chaos Physique from the prophecy!"
Gu Qingfeng was mildly surprised. This man had blocked his casual punch—though he’d used less than a ten-thousandth of his power, it was still beyond what a Heavenly Human Realm cultivator should withstand.
A golden glint flashed in his eyes—the All-Seeing Golden Pupils.
After a quick assessment, a wicked grin curled his lips. "So, you’re a Heavenly Lord. No wonder you survived a punch from me. State your name."
"This humble Daoist is the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord, an elder of the Celestial Court. By order of the Holy Master, I’ve come to retrieve you."
"The Celestial Court? Never heard of it."
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord shook his head. "Truly, the ignorance of those from minor realms. You don’t even know of the Celestial Court?"
At this, Ling Fei'er gasped and quickly whispered to Gu Qingfeng, "Sect Master, the Celestial Court is the strongest imperial sect in existence—a lineage that has produced two Emperors!"
Gu Qingfeng’s interest was piqued. Two Emperors? So, the Celestial Court had birthed two Heavenly Emperors? Interesting.
"The girl has some knowledge," the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord remarked with a faint smile before turning back to Gu Qingfeng. "The Celestial Court summons you. Come with me."
"Kehahaha—!" Gu Qingfeng burst into wild laughter, his eyes brimming with arrogance as he locked onto the Heavenly Lord. "Such audacity! What gives your Celestial Court the right to summon me?"
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord’s patience wore thin. "Youth, you overstep your bounds with such insolence!"
"Hmph. Old fool, you lack even basic courtesy, yet dare spout nonsense?"
"You brat! You seek death!"
"Worthless cur! You think you can challenge me?"
With tempers flaring, the two clashed.
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord swung his whisk, its countless white strands radiating divine light as they lashed out, aiming to ensnare Gu Qingfeng.
Faced with a Heavenly Lord’s strike, Gu Qingfeng didn’t even move. He simply threw another punch.
BOOM!
The impact resonated like a colossal bell, shaking the void. The sheer force shattered space, and a torrent of chaotic energy surged forth like a divine beast tearing through the heavens, descending upon the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord.
The Heavenly Lord remained composed. In his eyes, even if Gu Qingfeng possessed the legendary Chaos Physique, his cultivation was still only at the Heavenly Human Realm. How strong could such a physique truly be?
But what he didn’t know was that Gu Qingfeng’s Chaos Embryo was no ordinary one—it had been forged from two Great Saint Physiques, one Perfect Saint Physique, countless other divine and saintly bodies, and an ocean of resources.
No Heavenly Lord could withstand it.
By the time the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord realized this, it was too late. The annihilating force of the chaotic fist had already obliterated his whisk’s divine threads.
His face twisted in horror. Abandoning all dignity, he channeled his divine power, hands weaving seals as radiant light erupted from his body.
ROAR!
The deafening cries of beasts echoed as divine energy took the form of countless mythical creatures, charging forth.
But against the Primordial Chaos, they were nothing.
Where Chaos arises, all laws crumble!
The beasts shattered instantly.
An overwhelming pressure bore down on the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord, crushing him to his knees. For the first time, he felt like an ant before a god.
"NO—!"
CRACK!
Amidst his despairing roar, the chaotic fist reduced him to a broken, bloodied mess.
Thud.
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord collapsed, his eyes filled with terror.
"How… is this possible?! You’re only at the Heavenly Human Realm! How could your Chaos Physique be this powerful?! Is this the true might of the legends?!"
"Shh."
Gu Qingfeng rose slowly, wreathed in swirling chaos, his presence like that of an ancient deity as he strode toward the fallen Heavenly Lord.
Stopping before him, he looked down with cold indifference. "Look at me, you wretch."
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord’s gaze was drawn helplessly to Gu Qingfeng’s eyes.
Then—a sinister, soul-devouring demonic light flashed within those pupils, plunging deep into the Heavenly Lord’s mind.
Moments later, the light in the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord’s eyes dimmed, replaced by a dark, subservient gleam.
He pressed his forehead to the ground in reverence. "This lowly one, Righteous Sun, pays homage to the Supreme Lord."
Ever since Gu Qingfeng’s "friendly discussion" with the Heart Demon, his Indestructible Demon Soul had ascended to new heights. Controlling a Heavenly Lord was child’s play.
"Good. Now, explain your purpose here," Gu Qingfeng said, returning to his seat, one arm around each of his companions as he popped grapes and sipped wine.
Subduing a Heavenly Lord wasn’t even worth a second thought to him now.
The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord detailed the Celestial Court's Holy Master’s orders at length.
After a while, Gu Qingfeng mused, "So, your Holy Master divined that this era of strife is tied to a calamity… and I’m the key to it?"
"Indeed, Supreme Lord."
"Did he say what this calamity is?"
"No."
Gu Qingfeng nodded, lost in thought.
I’ve always kept a low profile and been kind to others. Who did I offend to get dragged into this? Sitting at home, and suddenly I’m tied to an apocalyptic disaster?
Does the Heavenly Dao think I’m some peerless hero, destined to save the world?
Tch. Not long ago, they wouldn’t even acknowledge me as a Heavenly Human. Now they want to use me as their savior? How shameless.
He couldn’t make sense of it.
But a trip to the Celestial Court would clear things up.
He’d already planned to visit the Sacred Domain—might as well make the Celestial Court his first stop.
Two Emperors, huh? They must have deep reserves. Maybe enough to complete my Chaos Physique.
In his mind, the Celestial Court wasn’t even worth a second thought. So what if they had Heavenly Venerables? Or Quasi-Emperors?
With the Heaven-Sent Formation, he could rob them blind and vanish before anyone could react.
Who in this world could stop him?
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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.
