In the backyard of the Chen family, Chen Changsheng's expression shifted. Looking up at the sky, he saw an incredibly familiar spiritual energy vortex.
He had experienced this himself; it was the sign of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, signifying that a cultivator could now draw upon the power of heaven and earth.
Only, when he made his breakthrough, he had found a secluded place to do it quietly.
The person breaking through today obviously had no need for such secrecy.
As for who was breaking through? Naturally, it was Mu Qingling, who had already gone extremely far in the Golden Core realm.
After being transformed by the Godslayer ritual and brought back to the Chen family by Chen Changsheng, Mu Qingling had only accompanied him for a few days before feeling that she had touched the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul realm. After nearly two months of secluded cultivation, she had finally broken through.
At this moment, it wasn't just Chen Changsheng; almost everyone in the Chen family and even Tianyun City was looking up in shock at the phenomenon in the sky.
Especially the local families of Tianyun City. The moment they saw the anomaly in the sky, their first thought was that the Chen family's ancestor had done something monumental again.
Perhaps he had forged another powerful spiritual weapon, or maybe he had achieved a massive breakthrough in his cultivation.
However, as the phenomenon in the sky slowly subsided, a figure shot up into the sky from the Chen family's backyard.
Seeing this, everyone understood.
Yet, when some of the stronger cultivators looked closely, they realized that the person in the sky was neither Chen Changsheng nor Luo Hao, but a rather unfamiliar woman.
But soon enough, a knowledgeable bystander recognized her.
"That's! The Palace Master of Mingyu Palace!"
As this exclaiming bystander called out Mu Qingling's identity, Mu Qingling in the sky parted her red lips.
"I am the former Palace Master of Mingyu Palace, Mu Qingling! Today, I break through to the Nascent Soul realm!"
"Congratulations to the Ancestor on breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm!"
"Congratulations to the Ancestor on breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm!!"
"Congratulations..."
"..."
Continuous voices of praise and congratulations echoed from all over Tianyun City. This was the status of a Nascent Soul Ancestor.
Especially knowing that this Ancestor was one of Chen Changsheng's wives, the Chen family cultivators were so excited they wished they could shout until the heavens shattered.
Seeing this, Mu Qingling felt incredibly cheerful and waved her hand. She recalled the rumors about Chen Changsheng she had heard in the city before.
So, she similarly gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from a thousand miles around and brought down a rain of spiritual energy.
As the continuous spiritual rain fell, the voices of congratulation across the city grew even louder.
Meanwhile, Mu Qingling had gracefully floated down to stand before Chen Changsheng.
"Husband, I have finally caught up to your footsteps."
"Haha, congratulations on breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, Qingling."
Chen Changsheng had no intention of bursting her bubble. He simply smiled, nodded, and then said,
"Since we have the momentum of your breakthrough, how about we officially establish your status?"
"I will leave everything to my husband!"
...
Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and almost the entire Tianyun City spent it in a festive mood.
Because the one marrying Chen Changsheng this time was the former Palace Master of Mingyu Palace, the entire wedding was several times grander than the one with Luo Hao. Furthermore, most of the preparations were taken over by the elders and disciples of Mingyu Palace who had caught wind of the event.
After all, they were marrying off their old Palace Master. Now that she had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm and could be called an Ancestor, they couldn't afford to let her lose face.
Even if it cost a massive amount of resources, it had to be grand.
Thus, the whole city celebrated wildly for more than half a month.
The members of the Chen family couldn't stop grinning every day, asking everyone they met, "How did you know our Chen family now has three Nascent Soul Ancestors?"
However, this time, Chen Changsheng did not invite his chat group members. He had originally asked Luo Hao to return for a visit, but she declined, saying she was currently busy unifying Earth.
Meanwhile, after witnessing Chen Changsheng and Mu Qingling's wedding, Yan Qing quietly made up her mind that she must also break through to the Nascent Soul realm before marrying Chen Changsheng.
Clearly, she did not want to be inferior to Mu Qingling.
Chen Changsheng had no objections to this. After all, it would only take a few years at most for Yan Qing to fully digest her gains and break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
After the wedding ended, apart from spending time with his women at home and occasionally visiting Luo Hao, Chen Changsheng's days were spent solely on digesting his previous massive gains.
...
Half a year later, in the cultivation room, Chen Changsheng, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes. Feeling his cultivation base that had already broken through to the second level of the Void Refinement realm, he sighed in his heart.
"Thanks to the gifts from the Greek gods."
After saying this, he suddenly remembered that more than half a year had passed, and it seemed his leeks were ready to be harvested again.
Previously, to break through to the second level of the Void Refinement realm, he had gone into a short secluded cultivation for three months. Now, it seemed the time had exceeded that by quite a bit.
Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng sent his divine sense into his inner Grotto-Heaven, only to be momentarily surprised by the changes within.
Soon after, Athena noticed Chen Changsheng's gaze and hurriedly came to his side.
"My Lord, you have arrived."
"Mm, Athena, it seems you have managed the Grotto-Heaven very well."
"This is all that Athena ought to do."
After Athena finished speaking, she raised her hand and brought out the Ring of Usurpation.
"My Lord, the Authority Crystals you ordered previously are all here."
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng reached out to take it and voiced his surprise.
"This many?"
At this moment, there were nearly a thousand Authority Crystals within the Ring of Usurpation. Based on the chat group's purchase price of 500,000 points per crystal, this amounted to nearly 500 million points.
Added to the points he had accumulated over the past half a year.
His total points were already approaching 600 million.
He was less than forty million points away from upgrading his Yin-Yang Holy Body to the fifth tier.
At this rate, the next time he harvested his leeks, he would be able to directly upgrade his Yin-Yang Holy Body.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart.
He wondered just how powerful a fifth-tier Yin-Yang Holy Body would be.
According to the chat group's grading system, this was highly likely to correspond to a level two major realms above the Dao Integration realm.
Would reaching the grand completion stage directly make him an immortal?
"My Lord, this is only half a year's amount. You are still far too kind to the Greek gods. In truth, there is no need to keep them in their peak states at all times; you merely need to keep them alive."
"Ah... when it comes to being ruthless, you really take the crown."
Chen Changsheng looked at Athena, who had uttered such terrifying words with a completely placid expression, and his mouth twitched. His divine sense swept over the Greek gods, only to find that every single one of them had a sluggish aura, seemingly maintained at an extremely precarious baseline.
"Isn't squeezing them like this a bit like draining the pond to catch the fish?"
"My Lord, there will be no issues in the short term. Even without the power of faith to heal them, these gods can recover naturally. It is just many times slower compared to absorbing the power of faith. As for the long term..."
Athena paused and looked up at Chen Changsheng.
"My Lord, would your subordinate be permitted to create life within your world? If they have a new source for the power of faith by then, their recovery speed should become much faster."
"Oh? Will that be alright?"
"Naturally, it will be fine. When the time comes, your subordinate will weave the mythology very well."
As Athena spoke, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of her lips, though it did nothing to conceal her perfect, divine beauty.
However, Chen Changsheng had grown somewhat desensitized to this, as there were truly quite a lot of beautiful women around him.
"I'll leave it in your hands then, Athena. Do whatever you wish."
After Chen Changsheng said this, he departed under Athena's respectful gaze, taking nearly a thousand Authority Crystals with him.

world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...

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.”

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."

] [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!"