Shen Wanquan: You had better change locations. This year, outstanding talents from various major factions are cultivating here at the Star Source. There are too many eyes on this place, and I am afraid you will be discovered by them.
Dragonkin: What is there to fear? Divine sense cannot be released here. Even a grand Martial Saint like you cannot fly and has to step on this toy to come down.
Shen Wanquan: Do not be careless. Although the surface factions are not as powerful as our Shen family, it is not guaranteed that someone does not know some exclusive secret technique that could expose your presence!
Dragonkin: Grand Elder Shen Wanquan, you are being overly cautious. I even plan to take this opportunity to wipe out all the prodigies cultivating in the Star Source in one fell swoop! If these talents grow up, they will be a minor obstacle to my Dragonkin's plans. Eliminating them would be a great merit!
Reading their lips up to this point, Chen Yi could not help but frown.
It was a good thing he discovered this, otherwise he might have been stabbed in the back.
Fortunately, Shen Wanquan was not that crazy yet.
Shen Wanquan: You are crazy! These people are the precious treasures of their respective sects! If they all die here, do you think the sects behind them will let the Shen family off? Do you want the Shen family to become enemies with all human martial artists?
Dragonkin: Relax, I will add the Demonic Seed Poison into the Star Source liquid. This poison is incredibly precious, colorless, odorless, and absolutely lethal! Administering the poison through soaking will result in a very long incubation period. By the time the poison flares up and kills them, they will have long left the Shen family. When that time comes, as long as you insist it has nothing to do with the Shen family, what can they do?
Chen Yi was no stranger to this Demonic Seed Poison.
During his third simulation, this was exactly the poison that killed him.
Even with the Senior Tomato User trait, he only managed to resist for a short while, which showed just how toxic it was.
In the end, Shen Wanquan did not agree to the Dragonkin's poisoning plan. He merely warned him that he must evacuate the Star Source planet immediately, otherwise he would no longer cooperate with him.
The Dragonkin reluctantly agreed.
However, he stated that he needed to clean up some traces and asked for a few more days.
Afterward, Shen Wanquan stepped on his Star Shuttle and left.
The Dragonkin returned to the cave.
There seems to be a restriction here...
Chen Yi lay prone on the ground. He originally wanted to continue wriggling forward to ambush this Dragonkin.
But he found that right in front of the cave, there was an early warning array.
This was likely arranged by Shen Wanquan. It looked like an array to protect the Star Source, but it conveniently provided an early warning mechanism for the cave where the Dragonkin was hiding.
If I am going to make a move, I must win in a single strike, and I cannot attract the Shen family's attention. Also, the Qiankun Mirror and the Star Source... it would be best if I could take them away too...
Chen Yi pondered as he lay on the ground.
Suddenly, a bold idea came to his mind.
Da Chun! Da Chun!
Inside the Cauldron World, Da Chun, who was eating a peach, heard Chen Yi's mental transmission.
Brother Yi, I am here.
Can you get in touch with the Qiankun Mirror?
Is Brother Kun here?
Yes! He is not far from us, soaking in the Star Source. Can you communicate with him remotely?
I can, but it will not work unless Brother Yi releases the cauldron outside.
Keeping the Jiuzhou Cauldron inside his body to nourish it would not unleash any of its power.
To use it normally, he still had to summon it.
Chen Yi gritted his teeth.
Let's do it!
Wealth and danger go hand in hand!
How could there be such a good thing in the world as getting benefits without taking any risks!
The worst case scenario would be running away. With Chen Yi's current strength at the Martial King realm, plus having two great immortal weapons and the Jiuzhou Cauldron in hand, his escape route was still very secure.
Chen Yi walked back to the Star Source.
On the way, he encountered a Martial King guarding the Star Source who had come looking for him.
Where did you go?
I just got lost. This fog is too thick, and I lost my sense of direction for a moment. Divine sense cannot be used either, so...
Alright, come back with me. Next time you get lost, just call for someone. Do not run around on your own. If you bump into a killing array, you will be seeking your own death.
Understood.
After returning to the Star Source pool, Chen Yi acted as if nothing had happened and soaked and cultivated in the pool like the others.
However, his hands hidden beneath the thick liquid began to operate.
He took out the Jiuzhou Cauldron and made it shrink to the size of a palm.
Fortunately, the fog here was dense and divine sense was useless, so no one could discover his little movements.
The Jiuzhou Cauldron released a faint wisp of divine might. Like a guiding red thread, it traveled along the bottom of the Star Source, pierced through the astral soil, and arrived at the massive pool.
The half-broken Qiankun Mirror, which was soaking in the large Star Source pool, suddenly woke up.
Hmm? Little Brother Ding? My Little Brother Ding is here?
The Qiankun Mirror rushed out of the Star Source liquid.
Splash...
Water splashed everywhere.
Little Brother Ding?! Is that you, Little Brother Ding?! Where are you?!
Oh my, your older brother has been bored to death soaking here every day for these past few years!
Do you have any extra peaches?! Give some to your brothers! Eating peaches recovers me faster than this stuff!
As soon as the Qiankun Mirror emerged, the Shen family Martial Kings guarding the area immediately entered a combat state.
Oh no! The Qiankun Mirror is going crazy again! Quickly suppress it back into the Star Source!
Every time the Qiankun Mirror went crazy, it would randomly open spatial turbulence and devour stars, causing heavy losses for the Shen family.
Even Martial King realm experts had perished before.
Seeing the Qiankun Mirror suddenly stir, this group of people did not care what it was saying. Regardless, they had to suppress it back down.
As long as the Qiankun Mirror was in the Star Source, it could not create spatial turbulence.
Besides, who would pay attention to what a madman was saying.
The four great Martial Kings attacked together, simultaneously circulating the Galaxy Divine Art, and forcefully pressed the Qiankun Mirror back into the Star Source.
Stop it! I am not sick!
Please return to your position, Qiankun Mirror!
Return to your grandmother's leg! Where is Shen Yang! Tell him to come out! I do not want to soak here every day, it is too boring! I want to run! I want to jump! I want to do a beautiful bicycle kick!
Please return to your position, Qiankun Mirror!
I said I am not sick, are you deaf?!
Please return to your position, Qiankun Mirror!
The pitiful Qiankun Mirror was forcefully pressed back down.
Chen Yi, Tian Xiaofeng, and the others watched all this and looked toward the main pool, not knowing what had happened.
The Shen family experts reminded them.
Even if the Qiankun Mirror went crazy, they would be perfectly safe as long as they stayed in the Star Source.
The space within the Star Source liquid was absolutely stable and could not be destroyed by any means, not even by the Qiankun Mirror which could open spatial turbulence.
Chen Yi spoke in a low voice.
Da Chun, tell the Qiankun Mirror to go crazy immediately! Turn the star domain upside down! You can give him a hundred peaches!
Da Chun released another trace of divine might.
Tian Xiaofeng and the other disciples in the same pool actually felt the divine power overflowing from the Jiuzhou Cauldron.
But since they could not use their divine sense, they did not know what it was.
They just thought it was the Star Source taking effect.
It was freezing cold just a moment ago, and now it is so warm. The Star Source is truly miraculous!
The depressed Qiankun Mirror received the message from the Jiuzhou Cauldron and replied.
Little Brother Ding, I cannot do that!
Although I have been quite unhappy staying in the Shen family these past few years, historically, my cooperation with the Shen family has been pretty good.
I know that I occasionally cause them a little trouble now.
But they do not mind, and they even use the Star Source to help repair my body, which can be considered affectionate and loyal.
How could I intentionally do something bad?
Chen Yi had Da Chun pass on a message.
I will give you a hundred peaches a month!
"The Star Source will also be packed up and taken away into the Cauldron Realm!
You can heal yourself in the Cauldron Realm and never cause trouble for the Shen family again!
It accomplishes multiple things at once and even looks out for the Shen family. How can you call that playing dirty?"
Inside the tranquil Great Star Source Pool, the Qiankun Mirror suddenly erupted with radiant divine light.
"Boom!!"
The pool exploded!
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.”
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!
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
] [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!"
