Under Gu Qingfeng's coercion, Lan Caidie finally compromised and decided to take him back to the Heaven Beyond Heaven.
Under Lan Caidie's guidance, Gu Qingfeng relied on the authority of the world to open the Heavenly Gate leading to the Heaven Beyond Heaven.
The two of them walked inside together.
A flash of light appeared before their eyes, the world spun, and the scenery rapidly transformed.
When the light dissipated, Gu Qingfeng found himself seemingly standing in a heavenly palace.
The scenery before him was simply too beautiful—so beautiful it felt like a dream.
His eyes were met with tens of thousands of golden rays accompanied by billowing red clouds. Auspicious clouds and propitious air shrouded purple mists. In the distance stood a forest of immortal palaces, adorned with deep green glazed tiles and dazzling precious jades. Jade pavilions and exquisite buildings were everywhere, along with rare birds and immortal beasts.
Further away, countless fairy maidens, possessing beauty unmatched in the mortal realm, were playing and frolicking in the sea of clouds.
Gu Qingfeng's eyesight was excellent; he could even see that in the pools deep within the sea of clouds, quite a few women were bathing together in the nude, splashing in the water.
Gu Qingfeng was shocked. This Immortal Venerable really knew how to play! It was even more exaggerated than his own harem in the Eternal Demon Domain.
Seeing Gu Qingfeng staring intently deep into the sea of clouds, Lan Caidie beside him couldn't help but explain, "Because there are no men in the Heaven Beyond Heaven, everyone basically doesn't bother covering up much."
Gu Qingfeng nodded. He could see that; this place was far superior to an emperor's harem. At least an emperor's harem still had eunuchs, but here, there wasn't a single male creature.
"This Emperor once heard that there were also male Immortal Lords who joined the Immortal Venerable's faction. Are they not here?"
"Well, there are indeed some exceptionally talented male Immortal Lords recruited by the Immortal Venerable, but they are all stationed in the outside world to handle miscellaneous affairs for the Immortal Venerable."
"Jiejiejie..." Gu Qingfeng suddenly burst into an evil laugh. At this moment, he was like a fat rat that had just fallen into a rice granary. "This place is truly a paradise on earth."
Saying so, he was about to head deep into the sea of clouds, planning to join the water play.
Lan Caidie turned pale with fright and hastily grabbed him. "Are you crazy?! If you lay a finger on the Immortal Venerable's women like this, he definitely won't let you off!"
Gu Qingfeng just laughed, "He wouldn't let this Emperor off even if I only touched one, so I might as well touch a few more."
"Weren't you in a hurry to see the Immortal Venerable? I'll take you there right now." Lan Caidie tried to dissuade him, but there was no stopping him.
"How could seeing the Immortal Venerable be as enjoyable as seeing the Immortal Venerable's women?"
As soon as his voice fell, Gu Qingfeng's figure had already appeared deep within the sea of clouds.
Deep in the sea of clouds, several stunningly beautiful women were frolicking, and Gu Qingfeng's arrival quickly caught their attention.
Strangely, however, they were only slightly surprised before giggling and gathering around him.
One tall woman with a proud bosom laughed, "Is that you, Sister Caidie? You come back and immediately start teasing us sisters."
Gu Qingfeng was slightly taken aback. He was surprised by the women's reaction, but he quickly understood.
There were no men in this Heaven Beyond Heaven, but that didn't stop women from transforming into men to tease the others.
Obviously, Lan Caidie was one of the best at this.
He secretly sighed; these women really knew how to play wild!
But thinking about it, it made sense. These women were kept by the Immortal Venerable in the Heaven Beyond Heaven. They had no threats to their lives, no need to undergo heavenly tribulations, and thus no need to cultivate diligently. Every day, aside from pleasing the Immortal Venerable, all they did was play.
Now that the Immortal Venerable was slumbering, this group had started amusing themselves.
Thinking of this, an evil and charming smile hung on Gu Qingfeng's face. "This Emperor is Gu Qingfeng, not the Caidie you speak of. You little ladies are having so much fun playing in the water, how about letting this Emperor join in?"
Gu Qingfeng was an honest man who never deceived people, so he chose to tell the truth.
However, after he spoke, these women just giggled uncontrollably, laughing so hard they trembled like flowering branches and bent forward and back.
The waves they stirred up in front of their chests were even larger than the waves in the sea of clouds.
"Then Brother Qingfeng, come play with us," a woman as pure as water giggled as she pulled Gu Qingfeng into the sea of clouds.
Gu Qingfeng was rather shy and never refused others' invitations, so he could only play along.
These women seemed certain that Gu Qingfeng was Lan Caidie, not shying away from anything at all, and both sides had a great time.
They seemingly never considered that a strange man could actually enter the Heaven Beyond Heaven.
At this moment, Lan Caidie flew over in a frantic rush. She had wanted to stop Gu Qingfeng, but unfortunately, she couldn't fly as fast as him.
By the time she reached the outskirts of the sea of clouds, it was already too late. Gu Qingfeng was already playing with them.
Lan Caidie was instantly stunned on the spot, unable to utter the words of protest on the tip of her tongue.
Her long period of comfortable living left her completely clueless on how to face the current situation.
She could never have imagined that Gu Qingfeng would actually be so bold as to flirt with the Immortal Venerable's women right in his harem.
And what she expected even less was that these coquettish girls were actually having such a great time with Gu Qingfeng, whom they had just met?!
In contrast to everyone's joy, she now only felt a chill run through her entire body, as if she had fallen into an ice cave, utterly terrified.
What if the Immortal Venerable suddenly woke up?!
What if the fact that there was an extra man in the Heaven Beyond Heaven was reported by the other women!?
Just as Lan Caidie was on the verge of a breakdown, the tall woman playing with Gu Qingfeng in the sea of clouds suddenly stopped and cast her gaze toward Lan Caidie.
Evidently, she had sensed someone's arrival.
When she clearly saw Lan Caidie's figure, she instantly froze and blurted out, "Sister Caidie!?"
Her exclamation immediately drew the attention of the other women. They all looked at Lan Caidie and then froze.
Their gazes continuously darted back and forth between Lan Caidie and Gu Qingfeng.
"If Sister Caidie is over there, then who are you?" the tall woman asked.
Miraculously, they still weren't the least bit panicked. Someone even said, "Which sister did you transform from? It must be Sister Yue'er, right! You and Sister Caidie teamed up to trick us!"
"Jiejiejie... This Emperor never changes his name. I am the World-Destroying Demon Emperor, Gu Qingfeng!" Gu Qingfeng laughed wickedly.
However, his actions only amused the women, making them laugh until they trembled.
Hearing their words, Lan Caidie, who was standing to the side, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She understood that these women hadn't thought of Gu Qingfeng as a real man at all.
She also felt somewhat fortunate; thankfully, she usually transformed into a man to play pranks.
Thus, Lan Caidie hurriedly walked over with a smile and said to the crowd, "That's right, he is Yue'er in disguise. You guessed it. Alright, Yue'er, you've fooled around enough, come back with me."
"Jiejiejie... Go back? Today, this Emperor is going to play something thrilling with you all."
Saying so, Gu Qingfeng dragged Lan Caidie into the water as well.
The group began to play in the water together, but as they played, everyone felt that "Yue'er" seemed a bit off. Her style of doing things was completely different from usual; she was extremely bold.
A moment later, the smile on the tall woman's face vanished. Instead, her willow eyebrows shot up as she slapped Gu Qingfeng's hand away and scolded angrily, "Sister Yue'er, have you been learning bad things from Consort Xue and the others!"
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.
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.”
【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.)
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
