"Ethereal Spirit Iron! Innate Ice Soul!" The pale-faced Divine Martial Marquis looked grim.
"To think you actually possess such treasures!"
Innate Ice Soul?
Gu Qingfeng glanced at the Nine Heavens Profound Frost Frozen Spirit Snow Soul Ice Soul Cold Light Pillar in his hand.
So this thing is called the Innate Ice Soul? What a trashy name. The one I came up with—Nine Heavens Profound Frost Frozen Spirit Snow Soul Ice Soul Cold Light Pillar—sounds way better.
Gu Qingfeng had no intention of sticking around any longer and prepared to make his escape.
"Keh keh keh... Weren’t you so strong? What’s the use of strength? What can you do to me, you little punk?"
The Divine Martial Marquis’ fury erupted instantly. "No one dares to act insolent before this Marquis! Today, even if it costs me grievous injuries, I will capture you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, something astonishing happened.
A golden bell materialized around the Divine Martial Marquis’ body, radiating boundless immortal light as it encased him. Then, with a mighty leap, he plunged into the Star River.
Holy shit!
Gu Qingfeng hastily retreated, but his worry quickly faded.
The deeper one ventured into the Star River, the greater the damage inflicted. After entering, the Divine Martial Marquis’ terrifying speed visibly slowed. As he descended further, the golden bell above his head groaned under immense pressure, creaking as if it would shatter any second.
Boom!
The golden bell shattered. The river, shimmering with starlight like a cosmic galaxy, surged toward the Divine Martial Marquis in a mighty torrent.
At this moment, he produced a seven-colored immortal cauldron, enveloping himself. The raging river was momentarily held at bay.
But the cauldron didn’t last long either, soon crumbling to pieces. The Divine Martial Marquis then took out a pearl exuding the aura of the Great Dao.
He was like a walking treasure vault, with an endless supply of priceless artifacts.
Gu Qingfeng’s heart bled at the sight of such waste. Any one of the Divine Martial Marquis’ treasures was likely worth a fortune, yet they were all being obliterated by the Star River.
As the Divine Martial Marquis paved his way with wealth, the distance between them narrowed.
Gu Qingfeng knew he couldn’t delay any longer and prepared to flee at full speed.
He began his escape speech.
"You little punk! This Emperor will remember today’s grudge!"
By now, the Divine Martial Marquis had exhausted all his defensive immortal weapons and was relying on his own formidable power to withstand the Star River. Every moment, he endured the crushing force of countless stars, blood trickling from his lips—yet he stubbornly pursued Gu Qingfeng.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—don’t bully the..."
Before Gu Qingfeng could finish, a sudden upheaval occurred!
The Divine Martial Marquis, now submerged ten thousand zhang deep, convulsed as if struck by lightning. The overwhelming stellar force contorted his flesh, splitting it layer by layer.
Just as he was on the verge of annihilation, he roared:
"True Form of the Twin-Eyed Phoenix!"
A resounding cry echoed the next instant.
Golden light erupted from the Divine Martial Marquis’ body as the phantom of a divine bird resembling a phoenix manifested—then solidified into reality.
Once fully materialized, it revealed itself as a golden-feathered bird with dual pupils in each eye.
The legendary divine beast: the Twin-Eyed Phoenix!
Eyes with twin pupils, capable of discerning life and death, judging the underworld, distinguishing good and evil, and comprehending yin and yang.
Gu Qingfeng’s face paled in shock.
Family?!
His frantic paddling stopped abruptly.
His parting threat swiftly changed.
"Audacious fiend! You dare defy this Emperor’s divine majesty?! Today, I shall crush your flesh, shred your soul, and sever your path to reincarnation!!"
With that, Gu Qingfeng turned and charged straight for the Divine Martial Marquis.
The Divine Martial Marquis’ eyes gleamed with delight. Seeing Gu Qingfeng foolishly turning back, he rejoiced—his own endurance was nearly spent.
He accelerated toward Gu Qingfeng.
This was a mutual longing.
Both craved each other’s presence, disregarding distance and peril, determined to meet. Such pure devotion was rare indeed.
But fate is fickle.
Just as they reached out, their hands nearly touching—
Clang!
A sword’s resonance shook heaven and earth.
A boundless, immeasurable sword aura sliced through the void, descending from the skies.
In that instant, the sword’s cry shook the world. Divine radiance erupted, light cascading like a tide, dazzling as dawn.
The sword’s brilliance was overwhelming, slashing toward the Star River.
The Star River blazed with light!
Gu Qingfeng and the Divine Martial Marquis looked up to see a resplendent sword glare, silver radiance flooding the skies like a dancing galaxy.
Both paled—this strike had reached the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Caught in the Star River and weakened, the Divine Martial Marquis dared not face it head-on and hastily retreated.
Gu Qingfeng, unsure whether the swordsman was friend or foe, also held back.
As they retreated, something miraculous happened—the sword’s trajectory shifted, pursuing the Divine Martial Marquis.
Locked onto by the sword’s intent, the Divine Martial Marquis shuddered.
His twin pupils blazed with golden light, like twin suns.
Boom!
The sword’s glare cleaved through the suns, leaving a bone-deep gash on the Divine Martial Marquis.
With a howl, he activated some secret art, his speed skyrocketing as he fled back to shore in the blink of an eye.
There, a black-clad swordsman now stood.
The bloodied Divine Martial Marquis glared coldly at the man, a trace of wariness in his expression.
"Heaven’s Prison Sword Emperor, Yan Jingyun!
"You, the Star Extreme Immortal King’s loyal lapdog—still alive?!"
Yan Jingyun replied indifferently, "I’ll outlive you. Now, two choices: leave or die."
The Divine Martial Marquis’ face twisted as if he’d eaten something vile.
"Bastard! If this Marquis weren’t wounded from the Star River, you wouldn’t dare act so arrogantly!"
Yan Jingyun remained unmoved. "So you’ve chosen the latter."
With a flick of his finger, his sword slid halfway from its sheath, unleashing a silver gleam—sword qi soaring to the heavens!
Sensing the terrifying aura, the Divine Martial Marquis finally yielded. In his current state, he couldn’t fight Yan Jingyun, though escaping was still possible.
That was why Yan Jingyun offered a choice—if he could kill with one strike, there’d be no need for options.
"Fine. This Marquis admits defeat today. But judging by your presence, you’re also after the Star Extreme Immortal King’s kin. Which means one thing—the Star Extreme Immortal King isn’t dead."
Yan Jingyun frowned. "Too much talk. Begone."
The Divine Martial Marquis smirked mysteriously, retreating rapidly, yet his voice thundered across the battlefield:
"That old fool Star Extreme Immortal King’s Dao injuries aren’t so easily healed, are they? His body must be ruined. If I’m not mistaken, you seek this boy so the Star Extreme Immortal King can possess him, no?"
"Silence!" Yan Jingyun roared, slashing out with a blinding sword glare.
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.”
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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.
【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.)
