Chen Yi was so bizarre that those with limited insight couldn't comprehend him—they only sensed something extraordinary without understanding it. Meanwhile, those with profound insight also failed to grasp his methods, deeming him an outright freak who took abnormal paths where normal ones existed and ventured where no one should tread!
Take Cui Changsheng, for example—a half-step Dao Ancestor, if not already at that level. Even as a mere wisp of divine consciousness left behind years ago, his knowledge remained intact. Yet, Chen Yi's antics left even him utterly baffled.
Originally, Cui Changsheng had been waiting in the River of Time for Chen Yi's avatar to return. By his calculations, even if the brat disobeyed and stubbornly ventured upstream into the divine realm’s segment of the River of Time, Zhang Bairen would be there to guide him back, ensuring he wouldn’t get lost. Sooner or later, he’d return.
But as he waited… a massive hand suddenly reached out from the downstream section of the River of Time!
If not for recognizing the owner of that hand, he would’ve thought he’d seen a ghost.
And precisely because he recognized it, after a brief moment of confusion, he began questioning his entire existence.
Among the 108 contingency plans, every possible scenario had been considered—except for this bastard figuring out how to enter the River of Time on his own!
No, actually, they had entertained the possibility, only to dismiss it themselves.
After all, the River of Time was the most enigmatic and profound place across all realms. Only orthodox cultivators could perceive it, and there was but one true path—without the proper method, entry was impossible!
To put it simply, only a "proper" person could locate the "house" that was the River of Time. The entire structure had only one gate, and if you couldn’t unlock it, you weren’t getting in.
Chen Yi met none of these conditions—not even close. No matter how much of a troublemaker he was, it was absurd to think he could break in after just one unauthorized visit, because the inside and outside of the River of Time were fundamentally different states!
It was like blindfolding someone, carrying them into a completely sealed room, letting them fumble around inside for a while, then bringing them out and demanding they find that room again—along with its hidden door, its concealed lock, and finally cracking its intricate mechanism to re-enter.
Was that something an ordinary person could do?
Even if some peerless prodigy or superhuman freak could manage it, it certainly wouldn’t be someone like Chen Yi!
Because he didn’t follow the normal procedure at all. Instead, he drilled a hole in the fully sealed "house" and crawled in through it…
This guy was just that bizarre.
"I thought I’d already overestimated you, but it turns out I was the one underestimating myself…"
Cui Changsheng’s divine projection let out a long, resigned sigh, utterly at a loss for how to evaluate him.
Chen Yi smiled humbly. "Senior, there’s no need for self-deprecation. If not for you bringing me into the River of Time, I could never have achieved this. You are the true visionary!"
With that, he suddenly bowed deeply. "This journey into the River of Time has been immensely enlightening. Your grace is something I will never forget!"
Chen Yi was genuinely grateful to Cui Changsheng. Without him, he could never have entered the River of Time, let alone rescued Grandpa.
And setting aside personal sentiment, Cui Changsheng’s contributions to the stable development of the Purple Star Continent alone made him worthy of this respect.
A salute to this great pioneer of the hidden front!
"Hahaha, as long as it helped you!" Cui Changsheng nodded slightly, accepting the bow before returning one of his own.
"Calamity-Sovereign, I presume the Divine Realm’s Balance Key has already revealed the secrets of this Celestial Veil Stele to you. I implore you to safeguard this last ember of mine. Though I do not fear death, I still wish to witness the day the Purple Star Immortal Realm is born!"
Chen Yi solemnly returned the gesture. "Rest assured, Senior. I will not fail this duty."
"Then I leave it to you!"
With all tasks complete, Cui Changsheng’s divine projection began dissipating, scattering into motes of light that merged into the Celestial Veil Stele.
Chen Yi remained composed, waiting until the stele reverted to its ordinary appearance before immediately carving void array runes in the air.
At the same time, within the Illusory Star Pocket Realm, Chen Yi’s true body mirrored the action.
The moment both arrays fully formed, the Celestial Veil Stele vanished from the divine realm and instantly reappeared before Chen Yi’s true body in the Illusory Star Pocket Realm.
Even if the avatar exhausted its strength, the true body had yet to reveal its full power!
There was no safer place than this.
"Senior Cui Changsheng, forge ahead without hesitation. I will guard the rear."
Chen Yi’s true body gazed into the distance, wiping away all traces of the cross-realm teleportation array and fabricating a false endpoint in the void.
If Cui Changsheng truly met his end and pursuers from the Immortal Realm came to eradicate all remnants, he would trap them like fish in a net!
Shifting perspective back to the divine realm—
The Five-Star Chaos Avatar completed the fabrication of the fake teleportation array before turning to reopen the spacetime vortex singularity, stepping back into the River of Time for verification.
Only after repeatedly confirming no flaws remained did he emerge, calmly turning to the divine realm’s Balance Key, who had taken the form of an alluring elder sister.
"Equilibrium of Heavenly Mystery, as the Divine Realm’s Balance Key maintaining the harmony of yin and yang, good and evil, life and death—you must know where the former East Sea Abyssal Ruins now lie after the collapse of the divine realm, correct?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
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.)
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
