"Grip of the Netherworld!"
A sinister and terrifying demonic voice erupted from Gu Qingfeng's lips.
An aura of extreme foreboding instantly filled the air, the pressure dropping so low it became hard to breathe.
Then, a ghastly gate to the underworld materialized in the void, its doors swinging open with a thunderous boom. Countless monstrous ghostly hands, bound by chains, reached out from within, as if the demons of hell were clawing for the souls of the living.
Screams erupted immediately. Those who had tried to flee—including Fa Xu—were all seized by the spectral hands and dragged into the Netherworld Gate, reduced to nothing but nourishment for Gu Qingfeng.
Feeling the surging power within him, Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but smirk. He was certain that as long as he persevered, his ten trillion years of cultivation would one day grow to a hundred trillion, a million trillion... even beyond!
Then, his gaze fell upon the three women, and his grin widened. "A sister, a disciple, and a master—what an interesting combination."
"Master!" Shangguan Wan'er threw herself into Gu Qingfeng's arms, her face full of concern. "Are you alright? Were you hurt? It pains me that I’m too weak to be of any help to you."
Her voice trembled with sorrow, and soon she buried her face in his chest, weeping in self-reproach.
Fairy Miaohua and Shangguan Qing could only stare in shock.
"Wan'er, what did you just call him?"
"Master, of course," Shangguan Wan'er replied without hesitation, as if it were a point of pride rather than shame.
Having witnessed Gu Qingfeng’s overwhelming strength—slaying Earth Immortals as easily as butchering chickens—she knew that even in the middle realms, he was an unstoppable force. And with his status as a clansman of the Star Extreme Immortal King, being his "flute slave" wasn’t such a bad deal.
So she had abandoned any thought of betrayal and instead played the role of the devoted servant.
Fairy Miaohua finally understood why Gu Qingfeng had spared Shangguan Wan'er after defeating her projection—she had submitted to him.
Gu Qingfeng watched Shangguan Wan'er’s theatrics with amusement.
But then, Shangguan Qing spoke up sharply. "Wan'er! You are a princess of the Feather Transformation Immortal Dynasty! How could you debase yourself as someone else’s slave?"
Before Shangguan Wan'er could retort, Gu Qingfeng turned to the stunningly beautiful Shangguan Qing with a wicked smile. "Don’t worry. Soon, you’ll be my slave too."
"Oh, and you—Fairy Miaohua, who loves the color red."
Both women paled instantly.
Having witnessed Gu Qingfeng’s terrifying power, despair gripped their hearts.
Swish!
Shangguan Qing gritted her teeth and drew an immortal sword, pressing it against her own neck. "If you dare lay a hand on me, I’ll—"
Bang!
Before she could finish, Gu Qingfeng flicked his finger, and a dazzling beam of demonic light shattered the sword in her hand.
Shangguan Qing froze.
When the gap in strength was this vast, the weak didn’t even have the right to decide their own fate.
She thought of severing her own meridians, but then—
Clang! Clang!
The sound of rattling chains echoed through the air.
"Ah!"
She gasped as something coiled tightly around her body, squeezing so hard it forced a cry of pain from her lips.
Looking down, she saw black chains binding her. Panicked, she struggled, only to find her spiritual energy trapped as if in quicksand—completely unusable.
"Let me go! Release me!" Shangguan Qing was terrified. Without her cultivation, she was utterly helpless—unable even to kill herself.
An immortal’s body was incredibly resilient; without spiritual energy, suicide was impossible.
Heh heh heh... Gu Qingfeng licked his lips with a sinister grin. "Now you’re truly in my grasp, to be molded as I please."
"Stay away! If you touch me, my father will never let you live!" Shangguan Qing threatened, her face deathly pale.
Swish!
Gu Qingfeng raised his palm, and a sinister purple flame flickered to life—the Star Extreme Demonic Flame.
At the sight of it, both Shangguan Qing and Fairy Miaohua gasped.
"The Star Extreme Demonic Flame?! You—what is your connection to the Star Extreme Immortal King?"
"The Star Extreme Immortal King is my kin. So you should know exactly who I am."
Suddenly, Gu Qingfeng pinched Shangguan Qing’s delicate chin and whispered in her ear, "You must understand—with my status and power, replacing your father as emperor is but a word. Even wiping out the Feather Transformation Immortal Dynasty would be effortless."
His voice dripped with malice. "So... you wouldn’t want your father to lose his throne, would you... Princess Qing?"
Shangguan Qing’s legs gave out, and she collapsed to the ground.
Just then, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly shouted, "Where do you think you're going?!"
Gu Qingfeng turned to see Fairy Miaohua attempting to flee—only to be intercepted by her own disciple, Shangguan Wan'er.
Fairy Miaohua panicked, lashing out to push her away, but the poison from Ghost Hidden’s earlier attack had already seeped deep into her bones. Weakened from battle, she couldn’t even muster a fraction of her strength and was easily held back by her own student.
"Wan'er, I am your master!"
"Master, just accept it. Serving by our master’s side is a blessing many women would kill for. I’m doing this for your own good," Shangguan Wan'er said, speaking as if from experience.
Clang! Clang!
More chains wrapped around Fairy Miaohua, binding her tightly.
The usually composed fairy lost all composure. "Don’t you dare defile me! If you ruin my purity, I swear I’ll hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"
"Same here!" Shangguan Qing chimed in.
Heh heh heh... Gu Qingfeng burst into maniacal laughter. "You two really think too highly of yourselves. Being my slaves is already an honor beyond your worth, yet you dare dream of greater blessings?"
Fairy Miaohua and Shangguan Qing were stunned.
"Wan'er, come here. You’ve performed well today—I’ll reward you handsomely."
"Thank you, Master!" Shangguan Wan'er swayed her slender waist as she approached, shooting the two women a smug, disdainful glance as she passed.
Fairy Miaohua and Shangguan Qing felt their minds go blank.
They... were being looked down on?!
For this kind of thing, they had to wait their turn?!
......
A day later.
Inside the Palm World, Shangguan Wan'er and the others were undergoing training under Little Corpse Charm, learning how to be proper maids.
Meanwhile, Gu Qingfeng took stock of his gains.
First was the Eternal Night Lamp Technique. A quick skim confirmed its profound nature—it could refine spiritual energy by burning away impurities, greatly enhancing its purity.
From Fa Xu and Ghost Hidden, he had also looted plenty of treasures: Buddhist prayer beads, the Nethergod Spear, a pitch-black dagger, and assorted immortal jades and pills—though these were of little consequence for now.
What particularly caught his attention were two immortal techniques. One was the Indestructible Vajra Body, which Fa Xu had previously demonstrated—a transformation into an Eight-Armed Immovable King, drastically enhancing physical strength.
The other was Ghost Hidden's elusive movement technique, known as the Minor Void Escape, a closely guarded secret of Mount Wuyou. This method allowed one to vanish into the void, making it nearly undetectable.
Both techniques were formidable, offering significant advantages in combat.
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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.
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?!
