The moment Ye Chuan's aura washed over him, Qin Tianya's sneer froze on his face, his pupils contracting to pinpricks.
He could clearly sense the energy erupting from Ye Chuan—undeniably the fluctuations of the early-stage Enlightenment Realm, yet the density and sheer dominance of that aura surpassed his own half-step Great Ascension Realm by several times!
"Impossible!" Qin Tianya blurted out, instinctively unleashing his half-step Great Ascension pressure. Cyan spiritual light surged around him like a tidal wave as his thousand-zhang Dao Manifestation materialized once more. His fists coiled with earth-shattering spiritual power.
"An early-stage Enlightenment cultivator couldn’t possibly possess such an aura! You must be using some demonic trick!"
"Demonic?"
Ye Chuan smirked, too lazy to argue. With a light tap of his toe on the scorched earth—
Spatial Leap.
No grand spectacle, just a faint black afterimage left behind as Ye Chuan appeared directly in front of Qin Tianya. His spiritual sword gleamed coldly, its black sword qi condensed like ink-dark lightning, thrust straight for Qin Tianya’s heart—no flourish, just speed so blinding that even Qin Tianya’s Dao Manifestation couldn’t react in time.
"Block!" Sensing the killing intent, Qin Tianya roared, channeling his spiritual energy frantically. His Dao Manifestation crossed its arms before him in defense.
But the moment the black sword qi struck—
Crack!
A crisp sound split the air. The Dao Manifestation’s arms, forged from condensed heaven-and-earth spiritual energy and capable of withstanding peak Enlightenment Realm attacks, shattered into scattered cyan light, fragments falling like shattered jade.
Chaos Force, kid.
No—old man.
Qin Tianya was sent flying, crashing into a remnant pillar of the Jade Void Sect’s hall. The pillar snapped on impact.
Clutching his chest, he coughed up blood, eyes wide with disbelief. "Your sword… how could it break my Dao Manifestation?"
All traces of his earlier arrogance had vanished, replaced by sheer shock.
Just…
What kind of monster is this?!
"Because your Dao Manifestation is trash in my eyes." Ye Chuan flickered again, appearing above Qin Tianya. His sword swept horizontally, a river of black sword qi slashing down!
Qin Tianya barely rolled aside as the sword energy grazed his shoulder, cleaving a thousand-zhang chasm into the bedrock behind him, debris exploding outward.
"Nine Heavens Azure Lock—rise!" Cornered, Qin Tianya’s hands flew through seals. Countless cyan runes erupted from the ground, attempting to shackle space once more.
Yet the runes barely formed before Ye Chuan ignored them entirely. Empowered by Chaos Force, he swatted them into dispersion!
"No! This formation can’t even be broken by peak Enlightenment cultivators!" Qin Tianya’s voice cracked with panic. His proud trump card had crumbled like paper before Ye Chuan.
He spun to flee—only to find space itself locking around him, his feet leaden and immobile.
Ye Chuan materialized before him, the tip of his spiritual sword resting against Qin Tianya’s chest. The icy touch made Qin Tianya tremble.
None of his techniques had worked. Not a single one.
"You love ambushes, don’t you? Called me an ant shaking a tree?" Ye Chuan’s eyes held laughter—and a bone-deep chill.
"Half-step Great Ascension? Mover of mountains? How about handing over your life instead?"
"Hao Tianhuang, I’m the Qingyun Sect’s patriarch! Kill me, and the sect will hunt you to the ends of the earth!" Desperate, Qin Tianya played his final card.
"Qingyun Sect?" Ye Chuan scoffed, nudging the sword forward. The blade pierced skin, a trickle of blood staining Qin Tianya’s robes.
"After I finish with you, I’ll pay them a visit."
Seeing the unwavering killing intent in Ye Chuan’s eyes, Qin Tianya gritted his teeth. "Spare… spare me! I’ll give you the Qingyun Sect’s treasures! I’ll serve you!"
Ye Chuan’s sword loosened slightly. "Treasures."
Qin Tianya exhaled in relief.
"You—"
Thunk.
The next instant, Ye Chuan’s sword plunged deep. Black sword qi detonated inside Qin Tianya’s body, annihilating his meridians and flesh in an instant.
"Sorry. I’d rather vent some rage for my Qian Shuang." Ye Chuan smiled.
Qin Tianya didn’t even have time to scream before his body disintegrated into dust.
Even in death, his pride as a half-step Great Ascension cultivator couldn’t comprehend how an early-stage Enlightenment Realm had crushed him so utterly.
Only a wisp of soul remained. Ye Chuan reached for his Soul Banner to devour it—when the remnant soul suddenly exploded, fracturing into hundreds of fragments that scattered in all directions.
"What?" Ye Chuan blinked. This was new.
He summoned the Soul Banner instantly. A thousand-zhang domain erupted around him, space sealing completely. From the void, countless black chains surged forth, their surfaces etched with soul-devouring runes, barbed tips like starving vipers lunging for the fleeing fragments!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The chains struck with unerring precision. The first wrapped around a fragment, hooks piercing deep as runes flared. In a breath, the fragment was consumed, leaving only a wisp of smoke.
The second, third—each chain hunted with predatory intelligence, ensnaring and devouring.
Qin Tianya’s soul fragments shrieked, but escape was impossible. Ye Chuan’s domain suppressed all soul escape techniques, and the chains’ runes were their bane.
Within moments, over ninety percent were gone. Only three remained, fleeing madly.
"Think you can run?" Ye Chuan willed three thicker chains to pursue.
Two were caught at the domain’s edge, swallowed instantly.
But the last—cunning—dodged, veering suddenly into the abyss and vanishing beyond even Ye Chuan’s spiritual sense.
"Whatever. With ninety-nine percent gone, he’ll never recover his strength."
After finishing Qin Tianya, Ye Chuan examined his Soul Banner. Empowered by the devoured soul, its aura had grown fiercer.
"Not bad loot." He nodded in satisfaction.
Maybe I’ll wipe out the entire Qingyun Sect next?
Though… that old coot’s still there. Who knows what level those ancient freaks have reached.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
