After listening to the Golden Dragon's account, Chen Yi summarized:
"So you're saying this Ling Xiao is a scumbag who deceived your feelings?"
Golden Dragon: "......"
After a pause, it replied gloomily, "Compared to 'scumbag,' perhaps 'heartless and ungrateful' would be more accurate. Also, isn't your focus a bit off?"
"Ling Xiao once ascended to the supreme position—he was an Immortal Emperor, a ruler of all realms. Aren't you afraid?"
Chen Yi grinned with naive honesty. "I don’t really get it. You say he’s an Immortal Emperor, a ruler of all realms, but when I messed with him, he didn’t even resist. And he seemed to be in danger too. Aren’t Immortal Emperors invincible? Can they even be in danger?"
The Golden Dragon shook its head slightly. "Isn’t it obvious? He’s not the Immortal Emperor anymore. I’d say there’s a 90% chance he’s being hunted by the new Immortal Emperor, so he’s got no time to spare."
"Oh, I see!" Chen Yi’s eyes were clear, still slightly clueless. He continued, "Then let me ask you—since Ling Xiao is a remnant of the previous regime, is he being hunted because he’s trying to stage a comeback?"
The Golden Dragon was taken aback, staring at Chen Yi’s seemingly wise yet foolish expression. "Are you stupid? If you’ve fallen from power, wouldn’t you want to climb back up? If you’ve cut the grass, wouldn’t you want to pull out the roots to be sure?"
"Ling Xiao and Wuji are sworn enemies. Before this, they coexisted peacefully only because Ling Xiao hid well and Wuji couldn’t find him. But this time, I don’t know what madness possessed Ling Xiao to act recklessly before perfecting his method of sneaking back into the Immortal Realm. Serves him right for being hunted by Wuji!"
Chen Yi nodded half-understandingly, pointing at the Heaven-Earth Wuji Cosmos Seal on the Primordial Chaos Creation Disk. "Wuji is the new Immortal Emperor, right? When I was fighting Ling Xiao’s will imprint for the treasure, I heard him say something about 'borrowing power from Wuji.' If they’re sworn enemies, how can he borrow Wuji’s strength?"
A trace of confusion flashed in the Golden Dragon’s eyes. "That’s the Primordial Chaos Creation Dao forcibly borrowing Wuji’s power. Knowing Ling Xiao, this move seems like an attempt to redirect trouble. What I don’t understand is—you’re capable, but you don’t seem like the kind of 'trouble' that could affect Immortal Emperor Wuji."
"You... are kinda looking down on me, huh..." Chen Yi sounded a little lacking in confidence.
"Eh, whatever. I’ve said all I can. Ling Xiao’s cornered by Wuji now. As long as we work together, no matter how angry he gets, he can only watch helplessly!" The Golden Dragon looked at him eagerly, coaxing, "You’ve got guts and skills—surely you’re not scared? Ling Xiao’s treasury holds the accumulated wealth of nine great eras. Even Wuji covets it!"
"Hold on, I’ve got one more question!" Chen Yi’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly calmed the impatient little dragon. "So, is the Tribulation of Immortal Ascension under Wuji’s control?"
The Golden Dragon’s eyes gleamed. "I know what you’re afraid of, but don’t be. The Tribulation of Immortal Ascension is the power of the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao. But the Heavenly Dao has evolved into the Great Dao and no longer interferes directly. The rules are set by the Immortal Emperor and enforced by the Tribulation Enforcers!"
"And Wuji, to stabilize the Immortal Realm and erase Ling Xiao’s influence, decreed that no one from the lower realms may ascend. That’s why you’ve survived eighty-one Tribulations of Immortal Ascension but still can’t ascend!"
"Honestly, I’m curious. Though the Tribulation Enforcers oversee the trials, it’s the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao that powers them. Under the Heavenly Dao, all beings are equal—how did you slip past its notice eighty-one times?"
Your info’s outdated—I actually escaped eighty-two times... Chen Yi kept his innocent expression. "Dunno. I just felt like I couldn’t make it, so I acted my way out, ran and ran, and somehow got away..."
The Golden Dragon shook its head. "Fine, keep your secrets. Everyone’s got them. I won’t pry. Any more questions? If not, shouldn’t we discuss the details of our cooperation? If you’re too scared, just say so—don’t keep stringing me along!"
Chen Yi hesitated, then said with pity, "Do you know why Ling Xiao could deceive you?"
The Golden Dragon tilted its head. "Why?"
After another pause, Chen Yi slowly answered, "Because... you’ve aged but never learned. You’re too dumb!"
Before the words even settled—
Chen Yi dropped the act entirely!
His divine sense instantly merged into the Primordial Chaos Creation Disk, suppressing the areas he already controlled and rendering them unusable!
At the same time, strange ripples spread through the alternate dimension.
Chen Yi’s Four-Star Chaos Avatar suddenly appeared—cloaked in a concealment robe, standing atop a Heaven-Deceiving Array Disk!
Originally, this was prepared to deal with Peak Second, a late-stage Mystic Immortal. But plans changed, and the scheme was aborted before it even began. Now, it was perfect for dealing with this Golden Dragon spirit, suspected to be at the Mystic Immortal level!
In the blink of an eye, the Four-Star Chaos Avatar seized the Golden Dragon by the scruff of its neck, forcing it to reveal its true form before shrinking its thousand-zhang-long body into a finger-sized, mud-colored "loach," trapped in his palm.
Everything happened too fast—it was over in an instant!
No matter what special skills or annoying mechanics it had, once controlled, it couldn’t do a thing!
By the time the Golden Dragon realized what had happened, it was already Chen Yi’s plaything.
"Why?!"
"Why would you do this?!"
"How can your physical body be here?!"
"Can’t people just be honest with each other?!"
"I genuinely wanted to cooperate—why did you betray me like this?!!!"
The Golden Dragon broke down, slamming its head weakly against Chen Yi’s finger before collapsing limply in his palm, eyes filled with despair.
"Honestly, your physical presence here gave me the idea. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have found a way in."
Chen Yi smiled faintly, pinching the little dragon’s head.
"So all that stalling earlier... you were acting to buy time for your real body to descend?"
The Golden Dragon stared at him, utterly defeated.
"Duh." Chen Yi was shamelessly smug. "Blame yourself for being so careless. Did you really think I couldn’t enter just because this is your home? I come and go as I please. What can you do about it?"
"I’m so stupid, really... Human hearts are unfathomable! Unfathomable! So cold... I’ll never trust again..."
The Golden Dragon let out a mournful cry, turned its head away, and curled up in Chen Yi’s palm, its body trembling slightly as it secretly wiped away tears.
"Oh?" Chen Yi’s eyebrows suddenly rose. While examining the Golden Dragon, he discovered something intriguing. His voice turned stern as he barked:
"Zhao Huazhen! Or should I say... a pickled fish?!"
"What’s with that expression? That look? Those tears?!"
"You’re supposed to be the Peak Ranker—can’t even handle a little setback?"
"Only weaklings cry. Real men face adversity head-on. Are you a weakling?!"
"Answer me!"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
【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.)
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!
