Several months after entering the Saint Dragon Realm, the Xuanlan Five Heroes had finished posing as Dragonkin and gathering materials from all over the place.
The five brothers had no qualms whatsoever about sneaking around the Saint Dragon Realm, stealing chickens and dogs—or, more accurately, anything else they could get their hands on.
With the appearance of the Dragonkin on their faces, they felt as though they were wearing masks.
As the saying went, it looked as if they had put on masks, but in truth, they had taken them off.
The five old brothers had been having a grand time these past few months.
Although they had come close to blowing their cover a few times, five Martial Gods were still quite formidable in the Void Realm. In the end, they completed the task Chen Yi had assigned them without any serious mishaps.
They had not only plundered the rare materials Chen Yi needed from throughout the Saint Dragon Realm, but had also firmly planted the image of the Dragonkin as a race that committed evil wherever they went—and the news that the Dragonkin were preparing even more powerful weapons—deep in the minds of the Saint Dragons.
Chen Yi was preparing to set out for another plane.
“Brother, you’re really leaving? You’re going to leave me here all by myself?”
The Qiankun Mirror spoke from within the Saint Dragon Realm’s spirit of the land, sounding rather reluctant.
Da Chun consoled him.
“Don’t be afraid, Brother Kun. We’ll be back soon.”
“Silly Dachun, do you think traveling between planes is like going to the market? You can come and go whenever you please?”
“Brother Yi can do it. Just focus on recovering from your injuries. Once you return to your peak condition, you really will be able to take us to whichever plane we want. Wouldn’t that be convenient?”
“That’s true… After being injured for so long, I nearly forgot that I’m the key object that was once the core of the Human Realm within the Void Realm!”
The Qiankun Mirror put away his playful attitude and settled down to recuperate here, waiting for the day he fully recovered and could return to center stage!
“My lord, which plane are we heading to next?”
Xuanlan Big Brother asked eagerly.
Chen Yi smiled.
“Stirring up conflict only on one side isn’t enough. The Saint Dragon Realm Lord is waiting for the experts of the Saint Dragon expeditionary force to return, so he won’t be going to the Dragonkin Realm to demand an explanation anytime soon.
“This precious window of opportunity is the perfect time for us to cause trouble in the Dragonkin Realm.
“So, our next stop is the Dragonkin Realm!”
Sotuofeiren excitedly rubbed his hands together.
“I understand this one! Once we reach the Dragonkin Realm, we’ll transform into Saint Dragons, plunder their resources, and beat up their successors!”
The Myriad Soul Banner twisted its surface into an expression of regret and sighed.
“Oh no, he’s learned the essence of it! Chen Yi, Chen Yi, just look at how many people you’ve corrupted without even realizing it!”
Chen Yi replied mockingly, “I learned all these low-class tricks from you.”
“Rubbish! My Human Emperor Banner has always acted openly and honorably. When have I ever resorted to such underhanded methods?”
Chen Yi could not be bothered to argue with him. As before, he blasted open the barrier between worlds with a single punch, then searched through the slices of time flying past in the spatial turbulence for the Dragonkin Realm.
There were simply too many planes in the Void Realm. Finding one specific plane with precision was no easy task.
Otherwise, when the Dragonkin launched realm wars, they would not have started with the Demonseed Realm.
There was another problem with searching for the Dragonkin Realm.
Under the Dragonkin’s system of warfare, conquering a plane was only the beginning.
Afterward, they would carry out large-scale development there, stripping the entire plane of every last resource.
Sometimes, they would even turn certain planes into war-supply stations or use them to expand their own world’s territory.
Clearly, when it came to systematic realm warfare, even the Saint Dragons—with their superior individual combat strength—could not compare to the Dragonkin.
As a result, Dragonkin would appear in the time slices of countless planes.
Determining which one was actually the Dragonkin Realm became even more difficult.
But Chen Yi was now a Dao Protector. He had plenty of ways to solve the problem.
For example, he could communicate with the spirit of the land in the Human Realm and sense the spirits of the land in other planes.
The Dragonkin Realm had been expanding and growing stronger on a massive scale through realm warfare for a full thirty thousand years.
Its spirit of the land shone like the bright moon in the night sky, so dazzlingly powerful that it seemed utterly unlike the spirits of the land in other planes.
Chen Yi had used the same method to find the Saint Dragon Realm before.
“Found it. Let’s go!”
The group entered the Dragonkin Realm.
The landscapes of the Dragonkin Realm and the Saint Dragon Realm were polar opposites.
It was nearly impossible to find any intelligent creations in the Saint Dragon Realm. Everywhere one looked, there was only untouched natural scenery.
The Dragonkin Realm was the exact opposite.
It was nearly impossible to find any natural scenery. Everywhere one looked, there were intelligent creations!
Towering smokestacks pierced the clouds, spewing smoke of various colors.
Within enormous stone factories, intricate spirit artifacts were intertwined, forming unique cultivation-based assembly lines that mass-produced all kinds of weapons and instruments of war.
On broad but rather uneven roads, huge exotic beasts hauled cargo containers, tongues lolling and drool dripping as they worked in freight transport.
Flying exotic beasts carried goods through the skies as well.
There were not many Dragonkin to be seen flying, however.
Although they were born with wings, not everyone could use those fleshy wings to fly freely for long periods of time. Unless they had reached a high cultivation realm, they could not do so.
“Heavens…”
After looking down from the sky at a small corner of the Dragonkin Realm, Sotuofeiren and the other winged people could not help widening their eyes and exclaiming in genuine amazement.
“The Dragonkin’s productivity is actually this advanced? They’ve turned the entire world into a factory, endlessly providing nourishment for their realm wars!”
Chen Yi had no doubt that if the immortal path did not exist, the Dragonkin would certainly have embarked on a path of strengthening their nation through technology.
They would have developed an industrial revolution, an electrical revolution, an information revolution, and so on—unique to the Dragonkin.
Even now, one could regard the Dragonkin as having entered the Industrial Revolution. Their style was simply different from that of a purely technological civilization. Their underlying framework depended on the power of the immortal path.
After watching for a while, Xuanlan Big Brother could not help shaking his head.
“The Wing Realm is still intoxicated by the victory of conquering a few planes, congratulating itself and basking in its own pride, completely unaware that we’ve already fallen far behind.”
Sotuofeiren sighed as well.
“Without a doubt, the Dragonkin are number one when it comes to realm warfare. They’re ahead by an overwhelming margin.”
Chen Yi asked, “You Martial Gods didn’t realize how advanced the Dragonkin were until today?”
“We had occasionally heard about it before, but seeing it with our own eyes is still deeply shocking.”
“Weren’t the Saint Dragons sometimes considered number one in realm warfare?”
“That was only calculated according to the number of planes they had conquered. I believe that if the Saint Dragon Realm truly went to war with the Dragonkin Realm, the Saint Dragons might not win.”
“Even if the Saint Dragons couldn’t defeat the Dragonkin, they could still force the Dragonkin to suffer heavy losses. Saint Dragons are born capable of using a Heavenly Dipper Divine Ability, and doing so does not affect the operation of the Void Realm. They would definitely be extremely difficult to deal with.”
Chen Yi intended to provoke these two “dragon” races into fighting one another.
It was partly so that the Dragonkin—the number one boss in the simulations of the Void Realm—and the Saint Dragons—the greatest enemy he had encountered in the simulations of the real world—would turn against each other and fight to the death.
It was also so that the Dragonkin would have no time to wage war against the Human Realm for some time afterward.
Of course, Chen Yi could simply use his divine abilities continuously in the Dragonkin Realm until the world collapsed. In that case, there would naturally be no such thing as a “Dragonkin invasion of the Human Realm.”
But the Dragonkin had already spread and multiplied throughout many planes. Completely wiping them out would not be easy.
And without the Dragonkin suppressing the other races, another plane might rise to prominence.
It would be better to let the leading powers in realm warfare fight among themselves, while Chen Yi maintained the balance from the middle. That way, the Human Realm could keep a low profile, quietly develop during the realm wars, and wait for circumstances to change.
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...
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?"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
