Returning was out of the question. Chen Yi wasn’t afraid of danger—after all, this was just one of his external avatars. He still had forty-eight more like it. Even if this one was lost, it wouldn’t matter. At worst, he’d just spend another two and a half years nurturing a new one.
Besides, the chat group’s ability to obscure heavenly secrets was more of a restriction to him!
When it came to evading heavenly scrutiny, he was the expert—having fought against the Immortal Ascension Tribulation eighty-one times! If he could dodge the trials of the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm, what was a mere pseudo-Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao to him?
"I choose option two—return at a later time!"
Inside the Illusion Star Grotto, Chen Yi’s true self manipulated the external avatar carrying the chat group’s core and made his decision.
[Wishing you a pleasant journey!]
At the same time.
West Sea Great World.
Chen Yi’s external avatar immediately pulled out a perception-blocking cloak, draped it over himself, and activated the inscribed runes to minimize his presence. He then began erasing traces of his earlier actions to deceive the West Sea Heavenly Dao’s perception.
But just then, the chat group’s obscuring power suddenly vanished.
BOOM!!!
The clear skies darkened in an instant. Rolling black clouds gathered, lightning flickering as an overwhelming heavenly might surged like an ocean, locking down everything within a hundred-mile radius.
"Didn’t you say two and a half minutes?!" Chen Yi’s lips twitched violently. Without hesitation, he backhanded An Lan—who was trembling beside him—sending him a thousand miles away.
This external avatar of his didn’t matter. He was used to being struck by lightning—ordinary thunder couldn’t kill him. But An Lan was different. He was too weak—even a stray shockwave would scatter his soul. He couldn’t die; otherwise, leading the team in the future would be troublesome.
After confirming An Lan had escaped the West Sea Heavenly Dao’s lock, Chen Yi finally relaxed and sat cross-legged, transforming into an utterly ordinary-looking rock.
Like he said—getting struck by lightning? He was used to it.
It wasn’t like this was the monstrous Violet Heavenly Lightning of the Immortal Ascension Tribulation. Could the West Sea Heavenly Dao’s ordinary heavenly lightning even break his defenses?
Go ahead, strike all you want. Once you’re exhausted, we’ll see who’s teaching whom a lesson!
BOOM!!!
Deafening thunder roared across the land as bolts of azure lightning poured down!
Some struck where the Demon Spirit Captain had fallen, some hit towering trees nearby, others electrocuted fish in the water, and a few even struck a dumb deer passing through the forest—yet none landed on the ordinary rock Chen Yi had become.
West Sea Heavenly Dao: Aghh! I can smell him, so why can’t I catch him?!
"Heh, I was ready to tank it, but you can’t even find me?" Chen Yi smirked.
If this were the Immortal Ascension Tribulation, he’d have been found in under two and a half seconds. But the West Sea Heavenly Dao had been randomly striking for ages without even grazing a single hair on him—how pathetic!
BOOM!!!
The dark clouds thickened further as the heavenly lightning turned into plasma. The enraged West Sea Heavenly Dao decided to carpet-bomb the area with thunder!
That day, the sky rained lightning.
Yet Chen Yi’s external avatar remained unmoved, enduring the heavenly baptism—even his true self had the leisure to chat in the group.
[Ding! The group leader has claimed the mission reward: 108 group EXP +20,000.]
[108 Group has leveled up to 3. 9,527 EXP remaining until Level 4.]
[Group welfare check-in system unlocked. Members can now claim 100 points daily.]
[The daily group red packet limit has increased to items worth 3,000 points (1 point = 10 low-grade spirit stones).]
The series of system announcements instantly excited the group members.
[Cultivation World Runner-Up: Wooo! Group leader is the best!]
[Two-Sleeved Sword Immortal: A hundred points daily just for checking in? That’s like getting a welfare stipend of a thousand spirit stones a day! Thirty thousand a month… Holy crap, we’re rich!]
[Damn Ascension Tribulation Still Chasing Me: Have some ambition. Are you satisfied with just welfare? If other groups saw this, they’d think I can’t afford to give red packets!]
[The group leader sent a 30,000 low-grade spirit stone luck-based red packet.]
[Damn Ascension Tribulation Still Chasing Me: Come on, 10,000 each. Train hard—boosting your combat power also earns group EXP!]
[‘Cultivation World Runner-Up’ grabbed 8,544 low-grade spirit stones.]
[‘Two-Sleeved Sword Immortal’ grabbed 12,138 low-grade spirit stones.]
[‘Unemployed God of Light’ grabbed 9,318 low-grade spirit stones.]
[Cultivation World Runner-Up: Thank you, group leader! (kowtow.jpg)]
[Two-Sleeved Sword Immortal: sobbing If only I’d met a boss like you in my past life—no empty promises, just throwing money at me. How could I not work hard? I swear I’ll become a true Sword Immortal!]
[Unemployed God of Light: Thank heavens the group leader is fine! Even from so far away, I could still hear that terrifying thunder. It was horrifying!]
[Cultivation World Runner-Up: Huh? Is the group leader undergoing a tribulation? Then let’s stop messaging—we shouldn’t distract him!]
[Two-Sleeved Sword Immortal: You have to win! I can’t lose you, just like a Sword Immortal can’t lose their sword!]
Seeing how concerned his members were, Chen Yi felt gratified.
Sure, they were weak now, but they wouldn’t stay that way forever. Once their combat power improved, they could take on missions alone—and he, as the group leader, could just sit back and collect the extra 50% commission.
Some items in the Multiverse Store were quite tempting—like the Immortal Origin Stones for nurturing an immortal physique, priced at 200,000 points each. Completing his first mission had only earned him 150,000.
A Tribulation Transcendent needed at least a hundred Immortal Origin Stones to refine their mortal body into an immortal physique. Even if he could nurture one by exploiting the West Sea pseudo-Immortal Realm, what about further cultivation?
Without passing the Immortal Ascension Tribulation, he couldn’t enter the true Immortal Realm—and a pseudo-Immortal Realm couldn’t sustain a true immortal’s progress. He’d regress!
So resources from the Multiverse Store were essential. Relying solely on himself to grind missions would never earn him enough points.
Numbers mattered. He couldn’t personally handle every trivial mission—like today’s, where he had to personally deal with a measly 150,000 combat power target. That was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito!
150,000 points had strong purchasing power in the Multiverse Store—a fortune for Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivators—but to Chen Yi, a Tribulation Transcendent, it was pocket change!
He needed members to work for him.
That said, having only three members was a bit too few.
With that thought, Chen Yi glanced at his avatar still enduring the West Sea Heavenly Dao’s random strikes. Since it wouldn’t end anytime soon, he cheerfully checked the methods for recruiting new members.
[New Member Recruitment Rules]
[1. System-automated search and allocation. Currently, 38 chat groups are queued for distribution.]
[2. Trade members with other group leaders in the public regional channel. Unlocks when the chat group reaches Level 5.]
【3. In the free channel, if a member is removed from the group chat by the group owner for certain reasons and no other chat group is willing to accept them, the group owner may choose whether to take them in. This feature becomes available once the chat group reaches Level 3.】
"Hiss~ Why does this feel oddly familiar?" Chen Yi's expression turned rather peculiar.
Wasn't this just the same old capitalist playbook?
Once a chat group hits Level 3, there are benefits to claim—100 points daily, essentially a basic salary.
Members taking on tasks is like closing deals at work, while the group owner reaps dividends without lifting a finger.
If a member steps out of line, they get kicked out of the group—equivalent to being fired.
Members outside the chat group are like the unemployed, left with no security whatsoever...
Oh no, have I become a capitalist?!
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
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?"
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 school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
