[The immortal-tier master craftsmen refining the artifact alongside you couldn't help but exclaim in endless amazement.]
["The birth of this artifact actually triggered a phenomenon of heaven and earth? Could it be the legendary Phenomenon Immortal Artifact?!"]
["None of the existing immortal artifacts in the Human Realm are Phenomenon Immortal Artifacts. Doesn't this mean the Myriad Soul Banner will become the king among immortal artifacts?"]
["With such a sacred and magnificent phenomenon, is it really the Myriad Soul Banner?"]
["Enhancement!" took effect.]
[The Myriad Soul Banner, which was originally supposed to be an immortal artifact, had its quality elevated by a tier.]
[However, this quality was "?".]
[It was definitely above an immortal artifact.]
[But how did it compare to a Great Dao Immortal Artifact?]
[It was unknown.]
[With your current knowledge of artifact refinement, you believed that Great Dao Immortal Artifacts and man-made artifacts were on two entirely different tracks.]
[Great Dao Immortal Artifacts were autonomously nurtured by the nature of heaven and earth in the Void Realm; they were completely different from man-made objects.]
["Old Wan, is it inappropriate to still call you the Myriad Soul Banner?"]
[The Phenomenon Immortal Artifact currently in your hands was entirely resplendent with golden light, radiating a holy brilliance. A faint, colorful mist seeped out from it, leaving anyone who smelled it feeling relaxed and happy.]
[The Myriad Soul Banner itself found it quite strange.]
["The method left behind by Heavenly Soul Demon Venerable actually has such a miraculous effect? It seems not only my appearance has changed, but I feel stronger than an immortal artifact now! Where is that damn chamber pot?! Come out quickly! Let me practice on you!!"]
["There's no need to practice. You are indeed stronger than an immortal artifact now. I want to know exactly what aspects of you have been enhanced?"]
["Hehe... wait a moment."]
[The golden light on the surface of the golden banner flickered incessantly, seemingly following some unique rhythm.]
[From within, bursts of Zen chants and immortal music rang out, sacred and inviolable.]
["Done."]
["What is done?"]
["Come out, the double agent of the Human Race and Dragonman Race, Hu Chacha!!"]
[Hu Chacha's soul was released by the Myriad Soul Banner.]
[As soon as this guy came out, he knelt on one knee before you and bowed in submission.]
["Hu Chacha greets the Lord!"]
[Your mouth twitched.]
["What's going on?"]
[The early infiltrators of the Dragonman Race were famous for being stubborn and having a strong backbone.]
[They would rather self-destruct than allow themselves to reveal even the slightest secret of the Dragonman Race.]
[During the time Hu Chacha was sealed by the Myriad Soul Banner, he cursed your ancestors to the eighteenth generation all day long.]
[Yet right now, he was actually kneeling and pledging allegiance?!]
[The smug voice of the Myriad Soul Banner rang out.]
["Purification."]
["Looks more like brainwashing to me."]
["There's another trick."]
[Saying this, the Myriad Soul Banner released the fish demon you had stored away in its early days.]
[The surface of the Myriad Soul Banner twisted into the shape of a hand and pointed at a small hill not far away.]
["Go!"]
[The fish demon let out a strange cry, and its entire soul transformed into a streak of purple light. It instantly blasted forward, smashing the entire hill to pieces. Rocks pierced the clouds, and the earth shook and mountains trembled!]
["I remember this guy was only at the Golden Body Realm. How can he have such destructive power?"]
["This trick is called, Enhancement!"]
[In the past, the Myriad Soul Banner basically only had one use for the souls taken inside: refining.]
[Of course, as mentioned before, refining actually consisted of smelting and melting.]
[Now, it had added Purification and Enhancement!]
[Of course, this was still not the full power of the golden banner.]
[Knowing the Myriad Soul Banner's nature, it had probably hidden quite a few more tricks up its sleeve.]
"Truly impressive. That old geezer Myriad Soul Banner has really become a Human Emperor Banner now!"
Outside the simulation, Chen Yi couldn't help but feel a bit envious of this brand new version of the Myriad Soul Banner.
But there was no rush.
Once the simulation ended and he inherited the artifact refinement techniques, Chen Yi would also be able to forge the immortal artifact Myriad Soul Banner.
At that time, with a single "Enhancement!", he could also obtain the Human Emperor Banner.
It was just that he would still need to operate in the Star Domain to gather the artifact refinement materials.
[This wave of epic buffs for the Myriad Soul Banner directly caused Hu Chacha to forsake the darkness and turn to the light.]
[You sat cross-legged on the ground on the spot and initiated intelligence-gathering mode.]
["Hu Chacha, let me ask you, how many Martial God Realm experts does your Dragonman Race have?"]
["Reporting to the Lord, in our Dragonman Realm, the Martial Kings, Martial Saints, and Martial Gods of the Human Realm are referred to as Dragon Kings, Dragon Saints, and Dragon Gods.
The Dragonman Realm is far vaster than the Human Realm. Your subordinate has only just started out, and because I passed the loyalty test, I was able to enter the advance special intelligence camp of the Third Expeditionary Army.
Your subordinate actually has no channels to learn about the top-tier combat power of the Dragonman Realm, only relying on hearsay from back when I was still in the Dragonman Realm.
As far as I know, a single expeditionary army has at least three Great Heavenly Venerables and ten Earthly Venerables.
Those conferred the title of Heavenly Venerable are definitely Dragon Gods.
Those conferred the title of Earthly Venerable are at least Dragon Saints, and there might also be Dragon Gods among them.
After all, even within the same realm, there are differences in strength, and some people can fight above their realm even with a lower cultivation base."]
["In other words, an expeditionary army has at least three Martial Gods... How many expeditionary armies does the Dragonman Realm have?"]
["The exact number of expeditionary armies is unknown, but your subordinate knows that when the Dragonman Realm attacks a world, they deploy at least two expeditionary armies: one for the main assault and one on standby for reinforcements."]
[From the last simulation, you learned that the Dragonman Realm could simultaneously wage war against four Void Realms.]
[Which meant at least eight expeditionary armies!]
[Adding it all up meant at least twenty-four Martial Gods!]
[And this was only counting those in the expeditionary armies, excluding the native ones and the second-line Martial Gods among the Earthly Venerables.]
["My god..."]
[You felt a little breathless.]
[You had to expend an immense amount of effort just to find seven Martial Gods in the Human Realm.]
[With a casual estimation of the Dragonman Realm, they had twenty to thirty Martial Gods currently in their peak state, ready to conquer foreign worlds!]
["Fortunately, they are eager to achieve complete victory in the realm wars, so they split their forces. We only have to face a maximum of two expeditionary armies."]
[You hoped it would just be one. As for the other on standby for reinforcements, it would be best if you could cut off their intelligence communications so they wouldn't receive the news and wouldn't come to reinforce.]
["How did you infiltrators who came over for intelligence gathering get here? Aren't there world barriers between Void Realms that are difficult to cross?"]
[In the ancient era thirty thousand years ago, the Human Realm indeed had many spatial channels leading to other worlds.]
[But after the war with the Demon Race, they were all closed. Could there have been some that slipped through the net?]
[Hu Chacha told you that the Dragonman Race hadn't found any past channels that slipped through the net, nor did they reopen the already closed channels.]
[Such methods were time-consuming, laborious, and not guaranteed to succeed.]
[The Dragonman Realm directly used brute force.]
["First, we have to refine a special treasure, the Demon Seed.
This item can attach itself to any living creature, utilizing the creature's life force to survive and continuously sending spacetime location information back to the Dragonman Realm.
Next, we use the Chaos Spatial Cannon to shoot the Demon Seeds toward random worlds.
Demon Seeds can be considered objects without realms, spirituality, or supernatural power, making it relatively easy for them to traverse space.
However, their landing locations are random, and they might be swallowed up by spatial turbulence.
It doesn't matter; as long as enough are fired, there will always be some that land in other Void Realms.]
"Then, once we receive the location coordinates transmitted back by the demon seeds that have successfully descended upon other worlds, we use the 'Qiankun Spatial Cannon' to tear open a brief, small spatial rift leading to the designated location.
The number of individuals who can pass through this rift is extremely limited, and their cultivation realms cannot be too high.
My comrades and I came to the Human Realm through exactly this kind of small rift." ]
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?"
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!
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...
] [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!"
