Though Chen Yi and Wuji both agreed that Ling Xiao was a dumbass, in reality, he was anything but foolish—most of the time, he was sharp as a tack!
So, being as shrewd as he was, how could he not realize that Chen Yi had deliberately left the flaw in the Celestial Pivot Star Domain unaddressed?
The chat logs were all recorded. Even if Chen Yi later destroyed all the evidence after entering the central system, the traces of his reckless actions remained glaringly obvious!
Given his cautious and meticulous nature, would he really leave such a gaping loophole unfixed?
His feigned ignorance had to be part of a deeper scheme!
Ling Xiao knew this all too well—but he was powerless to stop it.
He couldn’t just stand by and watch Chen Yi grow unchecked. That bastard had already secured a massive fortune from the treasure realm, not to mention the resources Ling Xiao himself had "sponsored." With Chen Yi’s terrifying growth rate, if left unchecked, he wouldn’t just be a blade Ling Xiao could wield against Wuji—he’d turn around and stab Ling Xiao himself!
So, even though this was clearly a trap set by Chen Yi, Ling Xiao had no choice but to step right into it.
As long as he moved swiftly and cleanly, leaving no traces for Chen Yi to exploit, there’d be nothing Chen Yi could do to him!
Ling Xiao had full confidence in his own skills.
Outsmarting Chen Yi wasn’t hard, but deceiving that Primordial Chaos Treasure? That was another story.
After all, his true form was trapped deep within the River of Time, leaving only scattered imprints in the present world. Many things couldn’t be executed flawlessly.
But so what?
If he couldn’t hide it, then fine—by the time the Primordial Chaos Treasure noticed, Wuji would have already caught on, and Ling Xiao would be long gone, unscathed!
What could they possibly do to him?
"Hahaha, exhilarating!"
In an unknown realm, Ling Xiao’s avatar stood with his hands behind his back, calmly perched atop a fragment of the Primordial Creation Disk. His profound gaze pierced through endless time and space, settling on the Celestial Pivot Star Domain, where the fabric of reality was beginning to distort.
"Admittedly, if you were to go all out, sparing no cost to descend and hunt me down, you might actually succeed."
"But Wuji… do you dare?"
"You’re just a newcomer who barely secured your throne. If you dare descend, I’ll burn every last trace of the accumulated Dao Rhyme across the myriad realms just to drag you down with me!"
"When the newly stabilized Immortal Realm plunges back into chaos, when ancient powers rise again and history rewinds itself—will you still be able to hold everything together?!"
"If I can’t be the Immortal Emperor, neither can you! I’d rather let that little freak Chen Yi take the throne than let you have it!"
"And you, Chen Yi, you little monster! Why won’t you just focus on Wuji? Why must you fixate on me?!"
"Do you have any idea how many times I’ve spared you? Do you know how much pressure I’ve endured from Wuji for your sake? Is this how you repay your benefactor?!"
"Try to mess with me? Don’t even think about it! Just thinking about it is a crime!"
"Go after Wuji instead. If you don’t, I’ll make sure Wuji comes after you!"
Ling Xiao’s avatar grumbled bitterly, his eyes locked on the Celestial Pivot Star Domain, ready to fan the flames at any moment.
"BOOOOM!!!"
Torrential rains and earth-shaking thunder ravaged most of the Celestial Pivot Star Domain, driving fish into the deepest waters and forcing every land-dwelling creature into hiding.
Dark clouds blotted out the sky, smothering the sunlight as if heralding an impending storm.
The Celestial Pivot’s Heavenly Dao trembled in fear. Though it didn’t understand what was happening, the violently distorting spatial barriers beyond the domain were terrifying. The leaking aura coiled around the world like a python, threatening to drag everything into an abyss of oblivion at any moment.
With both of the Fang Clan’s Supreme Beings unreachable and no shelter to seek, the Heavenly Dao could only muster all the world’s power to withstand the coming calamity…
But could it even hold?
A mere wisp of the leaking aura was already on the verge of shattering the entire Celestial Pivot Star Domain—who could fathom the devastation when the true storm arrived?
"Fang Zheng, can you hear me? Fang Zheng?"
"No… Fang Zheng’s soul was reincarnated from another world. The call of his homeland means little to him…"
"Fang Fan… Fang Fan… Why can’t I sense you anymore?"
"Zeng Niu, Zeng Niu! You only ascended recently—can you send word of this catastrophe to the Purple Star Immortal Court?"
"Jin Shu, Jin Shu! It’s been two and a half years since your ascension. Have you gained a foothold yet? Your homeland needs your help—go and summon Supreme Fang Zheng at once!"
"Why? Why can’t I send out any messages? The distorted barriers have cut off everything… Is the Celestial Pivot Star Domain truly doomed?"
"Someone… please save the Celestial Pivot Star Domain… save its countless living souls…"
The Heavenly Dao despaired, its Celestial Heart Seal unable to even maintain form, dissipating into mist.
The storm raged across the world. Before the apocalyptic disaster could fully descend, the people of the Celestial Pivot Star Domain were already drowning in catastrophic floods.
And then—
A voice laced with disdain drifted through the chaos.
"Pathetic as ever, aren’t you?"
In an instant—
The skies cleared. The rains ceased.
The Heavenly Dao’s sense of security skyrocketed!
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
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?!
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!
