"Little freak, your appetite is truly enormous. I dare to give, but do you really dare to take?"
Ling Xiao had long anticipated Chen Yi's greed.
In truth, he could have simply removed the top ten items from the Multiverse Store's sales rankings to avoid this little freak making outrageous demands and bleeding him dry. After all, treasures like the Immortal King Dao Fruit and the Chrono-Alteration Disk—ancestral-grade artifacts—were not something he had in abundance.
The reason he didn’t remove them was simple: there was no need.
If the little freak insisted on having them, he would oblige.
The fatter the little freak grew, the more he would drain Wuji’s energy. In the end, Ling Xiao would reap the rewards, achieving a flawless harvest!
Being trapped upstream in the River of Time was both a predicament and a prison. But let’s be honest—as long as he stayed there, no one could touch him. He was inherently invincible!
"What a pity that my retreat was too hasty. All the contingencies I left behind were swept away by Wuji. Otherwise, releasing Wu into the mix would have added fuel to this grand feast, making the atmosphere even more intense!"
"Ah, time waits for no one, and fate plays its tricks. Now, little freak, you’re all I have left. Don’t disappoint me!"
Ling Xiao sighed faintly, then promptly approved the purchase of the Multiverse Store’s premium items.
[Immortal King Dao Fruit successfully exchanged. Item has been delivered to your personal account space. Please check.]
[Chrono-Alteration Disk successfully exchanged. Item has been delivered to your personal account space. Please check.]
[Chaos Creation Brush successfully exchanged. Item has been delivered to your personal account space. Please check.]
[Primordial Reincarnation Disk successfully exchanged. Item has been delivered to your personal account space. Please check.]
[...Details expanded.]
[Ding! This item is limited to one purchase per customer. Do not attempt to exchange it again.]
[All items are sold out. Restocking in 30 days. Please refrain from frequent refreshing!]
"Cheapskate! So stingy!"
Chen Yi gleefully emptied the Multiverse Store, not wasting a single second. He didn’t let the items linger in his personal account space—claiming them immediately, securing them in his possession!
Material goods needed no explanation. Once refined, they could be directly invested into the construction of the Violet Star Immortal Realm.
As for cultivation manuals, Chen Yi didn’t even consider using them. These things weren’t unique—they carried potent wills embedded within them, making it impossible to erase their influence. Even the slightest modification could lead to qi deviation. Practicing them recklessly might turn one into a cauldron for another’s use. So, he only exchanged them for fun.
The real treasures were the functional artifacts!
Ling Xiao was once an Immortal Emperor!
How could anything he produced be mediocre?
From pseudo-immortal-grade to Great Luo-grade artifacts, everything was available. The only downside was that Ling Xiao only gave three Dao Ancestor-grade treasures.
This proved one thing: ancestral artifacts weren’t cabbages. Each one was a supreme treasure with absurd mechanics. Even someone as obscenely wealthy as Ling Xiao, a former Immortal Emperor, didn’t have many.
Take the Chrono-Alteration Disk, for example. Its basic functions were time acceleration and stasis, allowing the user to speed up or slow down time within a target area. At its peak, it could even freeze an Immortal Emperor for an instant!
Its advanced function was "Time Swap"—exchanging one person’s timeline with another’s. For instance, if severely injured, one could transfer the history of their injuries onto someone else, forcing them to bear the consequences while the user recovered completely!
The ultimate function was "History Rewrite," allowing limited alterations to past events. However, this was extremely dangerous. If the changes were too drastic, causing causality to collapse and the River of Time to destabilize, the backlash would instantly shatter the Chrono-Alteration Disk, destroying the treasure. The only upside was that the user remained unaffected.
Then there was the Chaos Creation Brush. Its basic function was "Creation," allowing the user to materialize anything they envisioned—from divine weapons to mountains, rivers, and even sentient life. Its power and duration depended on the user’s strength and comprehension of the Dao.
The advanced function was "Law Alteration," modifying the laws of heaven and earth within a certain range. This included redefining matter, altering time flow, reversing life and death—anything was possible, as long as the user had enough power to withstand the backlash. Even an Immortal Emperor could be affected!
For example, writing "The Immortal Emperor is actually a dog!" might cause the brush to explode instantly, but at least it would leave a mark on the Immortal Emperor!
The ultimate function was "Existence Erasure." A single stroke of the brush could summon the power of chaos, releasing a beam of annihilation that turned everything in its path into blank nothingness. In theory, at its peak, even an Immortal Emperor could be erased!
Of course, theory was theory, and reality was reality. If the Chaos Creation Brush were truly that overpowered, Ling Xiao would have already used it against Wuji. Why would he give it to Chen Yi?
Still, Chen Yi quite liked it.
He was sorely lacking in artifacts with such mechanics. While brute force could work miracles, it was always better to conserve energy. Using raw power to counter mechanics required too much effort—it was no different from opening with a trump card.
What if the enemy escaped after taking the hit?
Thus, the best strategy was to use mechanics against mechanics. First, wear the opponent down until they had no strength left to flee—then finish them off with a single strike!
"Heh, I was just worrying about how to quietly purify the controlled members of the group. And now, Ling Xiao delivers three Dao Ancestor-grade treasures to help!"
"Even if Wuji is an Immortal Emperor, what does it matter? At the end of the day, he’s just a slightly stronger Dao Origin Primordial Realm cultivator, hiding behind layers of safety measures, manipulating things through will projection alone... Three Dao Ancestor-grade treasures might just be enough!"
Chen Yi’s gaze deepened as he pulled out the three Dao Ancestor-grade artifacts and began refining them, meticulously checking for hidden traps.
Compared to Wuji, who preferred cleanliness, Ling Xiao’s dirty tricks were far more terrifying!
Wuji only needed to be guarded against head-on. Ling Xiao? You had to watch your back at all times!
Meanwhile, in a corner of the Immortal Realm...
Double agent Han Qianxue wandered around like an NPC, seemingly engaged in free activity while actually unleashing chaos in the chat group.
[Transmigrators Mutual Aid Group #108]
[Group Owner "TMD The Tribulation Is Still Chasing Me" is transferring a resource package to member "The Han Clan’s Young Miss of Gaodao." Transfer progress: 69%...70%...71%...]
[The Han Clan’s Young Miss of Gaodao (Han Qianxue): Friends, the Immortal Realm is toxic! Don’t ascend! DON’T ASCEND!]
[The Han Clan’s Young Miss of Gaodao (Han Qianxue): The upper immortals enslave our kind, turning us into puppets! This isn’t the Immortal Realm—RUN! HAHAHAHA!!!]
[Ancestor Treading Heaven (Xu Jinghong): Qianxue, what nonsense are you spouting? The group just reopened. Don’t scare the newcomers.]
[Withered Leaf Left by the Wind (Qin Sheng): Sigh... One step slow, forever left behind. If only I hadn’t been so carefree in the past, ignorant of ambition. Now, the juniors have surpassed me. Too many regrets to voice!]
[Crow Sits on Airplane (Liu Bo): Life’s sorrows flow endlessly like the eastward river...]
[I Want a Harem! (Shen Lang): Aaaaah! I’ve been ruined by wine and lust! From today onward—NO MORE ALCOHOL!!!]
【Light God Unemployed (Adolf Anlan): Boss, I’ve become the God of Light now—Ninth Tier. Do you still remember the promise you made back at the Judgment Tribunal?】
【Runner-up of the Cultivation World (Chen Bo): Zhou Zheng, why… why is it that out of our three founding elders, you’re the only one still working with the boss? Damn it, you’re already at the late-stage Pseudo-Immortal realm! This is just unfair!!!】
【Sword Immortal of Two Empty Sleeves (Zhou Zheng): Apologies, been swamped with work. Just got promoted to Director of the Ascension Bureau—new role, new challenges. If any of you want to venture into the Ziwei Immortal Realm, feel free to sign up through me.】
【Just a Bit of Hardship (Gu Yuan): Everyone, please abide by the laws and avoid recklessly violating heavenly decrees! Attached: "Cultivator Public Security Management Penalty Act—Issued by the Celestial Court."】
【I Really Don’t Want to Be a Sacrifice (Fang Zheng): Promote civility, foster new virtues, and work together to build a better cultivation environment! Attached: "Cultivator Code of Ethics—Issued by the Celestial Pivot Academy."】
【The Fallen Genius (Xiao Chunan): Sorry, just freed up some time. Let me add my piece: "Beware greed, for it brings calamity; beware favoritism, for it leads to ruin; beware transgression, for it invites punishment!" —Inspection Bureau PSA】
【Little Earth Deity Lin Yuyu (Lin Yuyu): Hahaha, I’m nowhere near as impressive as the big shots above. I’m just a sixth-rank official and grassroots instructor in the Mortal Deity Management Department—mostly honorary though. My main job is feeding a certain great pioneer, which is pretty boring. Feel free to drop by and hang out!】
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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!
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...
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?"
