Husband, you've returned.
Just as Chen Changsheng was stroking Anshera's smooth purple hair, Luo Hao also noticed his return and came before him with immense joy.
Also arriving was the Heretic God Athena, who had become identical to the Athena Chen Changsheng encountered in the Greek Divine Realm.
I sense a familiar aura from you. Did you absorb my godhood? It seems your plan was a success.
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng first nodded to Athena before turning to look at Luo Hao.
I have absorbed the godhood of the entire Greek pantheon, but it is currently only an initial absorption. Completely refining it will likely take quite some time, so our previous plans might need to be delayed for a while.
Luo Hao nodded upon hearing this, her face showing joy for Chen Changsheng's harvest.
As for him saying that he wouldn't make a move against other gods for the time being, she didn't mind it much.
This kind of thing was something only Chen Changsheng could achieve anyway; currently, she could at most act as his support.
Thinking of this, Luo Hao looked at Chen Changsheng.
By the way, Husband, seeing that you hadn't returned for a long time, I taught the three of them some cultivation methods. Now, Anshera has chosen to abandon her divine body to completely switch her cultivation path, and Pandora is doing the same. However, Athena seems unable to switch.
As she spoke, she looked at Athena, who had already found her lost Gorgon Stone and transformed into the Trinity Goddess.
The current Athena commanded the three major godhoods of the Earth, the Underworld, and Wisdom. In the Campione world, she was already at the level of a God King, comparable to the absolute top tier.
Unfortunately, she was currently in a Heretic body. Her form was entirely composed of divine power radiating from her godhood. Even if a body made of divine power felt incredibly real, she practically did not possess a true physical body.
Therefore, her transition to cultivation was not going smoothly.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng turned to look at Athena.
Athena, the Greek gods have vanished. Although the faith in them in this world has not disappeared, and perhaps thousands of years from now a new batch of Greek gods will be born from that faith, that no longer matters to me. Thus, our cooperation has concluded. You may leave now.
Although he hadn't spent much time with Athena, seeing that Luo Hao didn't seem to dislike her and was even willing to teach her immortal cultivation, his tone softened considerably.
Hearing this, however, Athena raised her eyes to look at Chen Changsheng, a flash of nervousness passing through her beautiful eyes.
My Lord, may I follow you? I wish to...
Her eyes trembled slightly, and her voice became much more agitated.
I wish to witness a vaster world, rather than wasting away countless years in this small world until I am overwhelmed by faith and forget who I once was.
In truth, she had wanted to say this for a long time. Ever since Luo Hao's attitude toward her improved, and she could no longer sense the unique hostility toward gods that characterized Campiones from her, she had been intentionally trying to understand Luo Hao's changes.
And the more she understood, the more shocked she became.
The cultivation methods and realms of the immortal cultivation world, Luo Hao who was already difficult for her to resist at merely the Nascent Soul stage, the even stronger Chen Changsheng, and what she described as the ultimate goal of immortal cultivation, the realm of Immortals, which was completely different yet somewhat similar to this world's Eastern Divine Realm, all filled her with an unparalleled desire to learn more.
However, despite sounding nice as Chen Changsheng's collaborator, she hadn't actually helped them from beginning to end. In reality, she was no different from a captive.
She even frequently felt that her status here was less important than that of Anshera, whom Chen Changsheng verbally called a pet.
After all, even though Chen Changsheng said he was keeping Anshera as a pet, Luo Hao taught her with all her heart, treating her like a junior disciple and paying even more attention to her than to her actual disciple, Lu Yinghua.
Even Pandora, due to her relationship with Luo Hao, would shamelessly pester her every day.
Only she herself didn't even know in what capacity she was staying here.
Therefore, seeing Chen Changsheng's return, she finally made up her mind to offer him her loyalty.
Follow me?
Chen Changsheng looked at Athena, who seemed ready to swear allegiance to him, and then at Luo Hao, who appeared completely unsurprised by this, and nodded.
Since you wish to follow me, I naturally won't refuse.
As he spoke, he thought for a moment, looking at Athena and considering how to arrange things for her.
Soon, his eyes lit up as he looked at Athena, who had her head bowed, waiting for his next words.
Athena, if you were to encounter the main body of Athena from the Greek Divine Realm right now, would you be affected?
Hearing this, Athena looked up and shook her head.
My Lord, although I am still Athena, I am now the primordial Athena, not the Goddess of Wisdom Athena from current Greek mythology. If I were to encounter that Athena, I would not be affected in any way.
Then could you replace her?
Replace her?
Athena was startled, but then nodded without hesitation.
My Lord, if she is unable to resist, I can replace her. After all, the Goddess of Wisdom is merely a part of me.
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng nodded in satisfaction.
That's good. Now I know how to arrange things for you.
Saying this, he looked at the women.
Do not resist. I will bring you all into my Inner World.
Seeing the women nod and prepare themselves, Chen Changsheng directly stored them all into his Inner World.
With a flash before their eyes, the women found themselves in a bizarre and massive new world.
Luo Hao looked at this world, which was no smaller than an entire continent on Earth, a hint of envy flashing in her eyes, followed by joy over her husband growing stronger.
Anshera, on the other hand, was somewhat bewildered and shocked.
Was this her master? To think he actually created such a massive world within his own body!
As for Pandora and Athena, they fell silent as they gazed at the familiar yet strange world before them.
Wasn't this the Olympus Divine Realm?
This Lord really had devoured Greek mythology completely, even turning its Divine Realm into his Inner World.
Chen Changsheng looked at the women's reactions and smiled at Athena.
Athena, since you have chosen to follow me, then manage this Inner World for me. I will grant you authority within this realm. Your task is to supervise the Greek gods, ensuring that, without disappearing, they provide me with a continuous stream of Heretic God avatars that the Circle of Usurpation can convert into Authorities.
As he spoke, he pointed to the Greek gods imprisoned on Mount Olympus at the center of the Inner World.
Of course, consider that Athena as my gift to you. I imagine that with her, you should be able to gain a true physical body and officially step onto the path of cultivation.
Hearing this, Athena immediately knelt on one knee before Chen Changsheng.
Yes! My Lord! Athena shall obey your command!
"Heh, there is no need to be so restrained. Just treat it as working for me. If you ever want to leave the Grotto-Heaven to have some fun outside, simply let me know."
As he spoke, he subtly manipulated the Grotto-Heaven, granting Athena a share of its authority.
From this day forward, within his inner Grotto-Heaven, Athena possessed authority second only to his own, allowing her to effortlessly handle that group of imprisoned gods.
If this were the Primordial World, Athena would have essentially become what is known as a Heavenly Dao Sage.
Sensing the newfound power surging within her body, Athena silently raised her head to look at Chen Changsheng, nodding firmly with eyes full of burning fervor.
Afterward, she turned her gaze toward the Athena residing in Mount Olympus, a faint smile gracing her flawlessly beautiful face.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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.
