A flash of blue light, and the bat-like monster's body froze into ice.
At this moment, the faint blue spiritual energy lingering around Luo Xi's fingertips still carried a trace of chill. As she gazed at the icy patterns left on her palm, her beautiful eyes flickered with surprise.
When she had just swiped her palm to freeze the charging bat monster, the sensation of spiritual energy flowing through her meridians had been unusually vivid—most of the time, Luo Xi's cultivation was used to bolster her strength when carrying heavy groceries up the stairs or to preserve freshness with a thin layer of ice at the market. She never expected it to be so effective against actual monsters.
"Wow."
The moment the bat monster turned into an ice sculpture, the crisp sound of cracking ice was accompanied by the final fluttering of its wings, stirring a strange sense of novel accomplishment in Luo Xi's heart.
"Did it work?" She nudged the half-melted ice shards at her feet with her toe.
Seems like her training hadn’t been for nothing.
Beside her, Ye Chuan's figure had already soared into the air. He stood leisurely with his hands in his pockets, his short sleeves fluttering wildly in the sea breeze.
Looking down at the tide of monsters surging from below—grotesque creatures crawling out of fissures in the ground, their claws and fangs bared as they lunged at the group—their numbers were so dense they nearly blanketed the entire clearing.
"Plenty of them, but useless." Ye Chuan merely stood with his hands behind his back, an invisible ripple of spiritual energy radiating from his body. His voice, laced with the oppressive might of a Nascent Soul cultivator, cut through the wind:
"Kneel."
The instant his words fell, an immense gravitational field abruptly descended upon the earth! The frenzied monsters were crushed against the ground as if pressed by an invisible giant hand, the dull cracks of shattering bones echoing one after another.
The frontmost monsters were instantly reduced to bloody mist upon contact with the gravitational field, while those behind didn’t even have time to scream before being pulverized into paste under the intensifying pressure. Pale red blood seeped into the crevices of the ground, quickly pooling into shallow puddles around the fissures.
Finally, even the blood was vaporized by the terrifying surge of spiritual energy!
As for the monsters that hadn’t yet crawled out of the fissures, they were forced back into the depths by the gravitational field, leaving no trace of their struggle behind.
"Oh my god." Wang Yanran instinctively took half a step back. She clearly remembered the last time they encountered a spatial rift—Ye Chuan had needed to draw his sword to slay those monsters. But now, he had just crushed hundreds, if not thousands, into dust with a mere thought?
Freak!
The stinging sensation from the spiritual pressure still lingered on her skin as she stared at his composed figure in midair, muttering in disbelief, "Hey, Ye Chuan… did you get even stronger?"
This oppressive aura was countless times more terrifying than when he had donned that golden armor last time!
Noticing her stunned expression, a faint smirk flickered in Ye Chuan's eyes. "Hard to say."
As the last monster disintegrated into ash under the gravitational field, the black spatial rift in the distance suddenly trembled violently!
The edges of the rift twisted, like fabric being pulled taut by an unseen force. The originally dark, abyssal tear gradually glowed with a faint blue hue, its jagged edges shrinking and fading.
"The rift is moving!" Lan Xiaoke clung to a nearby lamppost, peering down with wide-eyed curiosity. "It's getting smaller!"
The blue glow intensified, and the rift visibly narrowed. The sinister energy seeping from it weakened until, with the final snap of its edges sealing shut, only a faint scorch mark remained on the ground—as if the monstrous rift had never existed.
"These rifts are sustained by the monsters' energy, after all." Ye Chuan slowly descended, his oppressive aura receding. "With the source destroyed, they naturally vanish."
He casually brushed off his short sleeves, as if dusting off non-existent dirt.
"Alright, enjoy the beach." With the monsters effortlessly dealt with, Ye Chuan willed the massive flying vessel to descend.
Rumble…
Once the vessel landed, Luo Xi and the others disembarked.
Unlike the murky yellow waters near the city, the ocean surrounding this island was a crystalline sapphire blue, clear as a gemstone.
"Wow, the beach!" Lan Xiaoke was the most excited, kicking off her shoes and sprinting barefoot—only to yelp and hop on one foot after stepping on something sharp, like a shell.
"The sea." Bai Qianshuang stepped off the vessel. She had already admired the ocean from above, but now, standing on the warm, slightly yielding sand, she felt a peculiar tranquility.
The rhythmic crash of waves against the shore resonated in her ears, each one tugging gently at her heartstrings.
"……" Bai Qianshuang's mood settled into calm as her gaze drifted to the foamy white waves.
"Beautiful, isn't it, Qianshuang?" Lan Xiaoke said.
"It is." Bai Qianshuang replied, her eyes flicking to the other girl's foot. "Did you step on something? Are you hurt?"
"Nah, I thought I cut myself, but I'm fine." Lan Xiaoke wiggled her toes. "See?"
"Good." With that, Bai Qianshuang turned away, leaving Lan Xiaoke standing there.
Lan Xiaoke tilted her head, sensing her friend's mood. "What's wrong, Qianshuang?"
"……"
"Bad mood?"
"No."
"Then you're definitely in a bad mood! Come on, talk to me. Don't bottle it up." Lan Xiaoke nudged Bai Qianshuang's arm playfully.
Bai Qianshuang studied the silver-haired girl before exhaling softly. "It's nothing."
Then she turned and walked toward the rocky shore, leaving Lan Xiaoke behind.
Meanwhile, Ye Chuan stepped onto the sand, scanning the area until his eyes landed on Luo Xi, who had just emerged in a swimsuit.
"Chuan, do I look good?" Luo Xi asked.
"Seen it too many times." Ye Chuan replied offhandedly.
Luo Xi's eyes widened, her cheeks puffing up in indignation. "Hmph! Fine, no more peeking for you!"
"Alright, I'll go admire other girls then."
Luo Xi pinched his arm with crab-like pincers. "You dare!"
Ye Chuan chuckled, tweaking her cheek. "But seriously, you’ve been wearing the same swimsuit for years. Got anything new?"
"What do you mean 'new'? They’re all the same!" Luo Xi huffed, hands on her hips.
"Not really. Look at Lan Xiaoke’s maid-style swimsuit." Ye Chuan pointed at Lan Xiaoke, who was now enthusiastically building a sandcastle.
"You never pick out nice ones for me!" Luo Xi crossed her arms, sticking out her tongue. "I’m going to play with Qianshuang. Bye, meanie!"
Her ponytail bouncing, Luo Xi scampered off.
Ye Chuan watched her go before shifting his gaze to the rocky outcrop in the distance.
"Not bad… perfect for some outdoor fun."
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."
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."
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
