【Inside the starship shaped like a starfish, the Treasure Granny stared in utter shock at you chasing after the vessel outside in the form of a divine dragon.】
【“Is this guy even human...?”】
【The Treasure Granny was genuinely beginning to question your species.】
【Suddenly, she saw you transform back into human form.】
【“Hmph! Now that you’ve lost your ability to ride the clouds and soar through the mist, there’s no way you can catch my starship! The higher you fly, the slower you’ll become, while the starship won’t be affected at all!”】
【The Treasure Granny was extremely grateful to her past self for spending a fortune and years of effort to build this special starship, the “Voyager.”】
【If it weren’t for this starship, she wouldn’t have been able to escape today.】
【Her relief lasted less than a second before she saw you charging up outside the starship.】
【“Do you really think you can smash my starship? Dream on!”】
【The Treasure Granny had absolute confidence in the quality of her starship.】
【If used as a shield, this thing would be top-notch.】
【So she paid no attention to you outside and focused on accelerating the starship, trying to enter the established course and shake you off.】
【Unfortunately, she was overthinking things.】
【You had never intended to attack the starship. The person you wanted to hit was the Treasure Granny inside it!】
【“Astral Gale Force!”】
【Astral Gale Force was a divine art of the Ji Clan, derived from the ability to control wind.】
【As long as one struck with the proper technique and applied one’s strength correctly, this art could achieve the effect of hitting someone through an obstacle.】
【“What?!”】
【Inside the starship, the Treasure Granny was suddenly struck throughout her body by an overbearing force. She vomited blood on the spot and was sent flying, crashing violently against the interior of the starship several times.】
【As it turned out, her starship really was built to last. Even though she bounced around inside it like a ball, she still failed to smash through the hull.】
【However, the entire starship rocked violently under the force, and its internal components came tumbling down.】
【“Oops. Looks like I used a little too much force...”】
【The Voyager had clearly sustained damage.】
【It had already begun to plummet.】
【Still, it wasn’t a serious problem. Either you or the Treasure Granny would be able to repair it later.】
【Like Superman, you caught the starship in midair and carried it down to the ground.】
【After landing, you casually tossed the starship aside, then roughly yanked open its hatch and dragged out the unconscious Treasure Granny.】
【You gave the Treasure Granny a hard swing, sending her flying freely through the air. After she smashed through more than a dozen trees, the impact helped bring her back to consciousness.】
【The instant the Treasure Granny woke up, the pain throughout her body nearly made her wish she were dead.】
【Ever since she had made a name for herself as an artificer, she had been fawned over wherever she went. Even as a member of the human race, she was treated with respect.】
【When had she ever suffered like this?】
【“You could have killed me, but you didn’t. That means you want to make use of my skills as an artificer and have me craft something for you.”】
【You leaned against your starship, a composed smile on your face.】
【“That’s right. Or you can choose to die with your dignity, and I’ll be happy to grant your wish.”】
【The Treasure Granny casually picked up a branch and used it to support herself as she stood. Then she wiped the blood from her body.】
【“I’d rather kneel and live than stand and die. Heh...”】
【“I knew I hadn’t misjudged you.”】
【“What do you want me to craft? A legendary-quality acquired spirit treasure? Let me make this clear in advance: I’m not capable of something like that. Even with an epic-quality item, I can’t guarantee success every time.”】
【“In fact, I don’t need you to craft treasures of such high quality. A few magical artifacts and low-grade spirit treasures should be enough.”】
【“For that kind of junk, couldn’t you just grab any ordinary artificer? Why go to all this trouble to come to Fortune Star looking for me? And why offend the Winged Deity Cult in the process?”】
【“I’ll destroy the Winged Deity Cult sooner or later anyway, so why should I care about offending them?】
【“The things I want you to craft may not be high quality, but I need them in large quantities. I know you have a temple with quite a few disciples. Write a letter. I’ll find a way to deliver it and have them all come here.”】
【The Treasure Granny hesitated. After thinking for a while, she finally spoke.】
【“Will there be payment? I’m asking on behalf of my disciples. I can tell that you hold a grudge against me, so I’m sure I won’t be getting anything.”】
【“Of course there’ll be payment. Naturally there will! Nine-to-five hours, five days on and two days off, with food and lodging included.”】
【The Treasure Granny could barely make sense of these Earthly expressions. They seemed to mean that she wouldn’t be getting paid.】
【She sighed.】
【She was probably thinking about what excuse she could use to trick her disciples into coming here, and how she would face them afterward.】
【“Chen Dong, aren’t you afraid that if you keep me alive, I’ll look for an opportunity to take revenge? Or that I’ll sabotage the magical artifacts and spirit treasures you need?”】
【“As for the first question, no. You pose no threat to me. As for the second, I also understand artificing. All right, follow me. That old embezzler is trying to escape.”】
【You had left a clone at the Winged Deity Cult’s main headquarters.】
【The clone informed you that, with the help of the Red-robed Cardinals, the Grand Archbishop had already freed himself from the Binding Immortal Rope. He was now packing up the source stones and various valuables in the warehouse, preparing to flee.】
【The Grand Archbishop and the Red-robed Cardinals of the Winged Deity Cult normally carried themselves with lofty dignity and divine radiance, as though they were emissaries of the gods.】
【But now they were fleeing in a panic, dragging their families along and carrying large and small storage bags stuffed with belongings. Their hair was disheveled, and they looked thoroughly flustered.】
【When the city’s residents witnessed this spectacle, the image of the church in their hearts shattered for the second time.】
【The first time had been half an hour earlier, when you single-handedly crushed the Winged Deity Cult’s main forces.】
【“Grand Archbishop, where are you off to make your fortune? Why not take me with you?”】
【You suddenly appeared above the Grand Archbishop and the others, frightening them into stumbling about in panic.】
【“Y-you came back so quickly...”】
【“How long did you expect that old woman to hold me off? Besides, she already bought you plenty of time. It’s your own fault for wasting it packing up all these things.”】
【The Grand Archbishop and the Red-robed Cardinals were left speechless.】
【As they stood there, unsure whether to run or stay, you said calmly,】
【“Why are you carrying my things? Put them down!”】
【The group instantly dropped to their knees and threw all the valuables in their hands aside.】
【“Senior, please spare us! We’re only working for someone else!】
【“This is merely the Winged Deity Cult’s general headquarters on Fortune Star, not the headquarters of the entire Winged Deity Cult!】
【“There’s a wrong to avenge and a debtor to punish. If the Winged Deity Cult offended you or harmed your family, go after the people at the top. Killing us won’t ease your anger!”】
【“If this were the headquarters of the entire Winged Deity Cult, you would already be dead. What do you think I’m keeping you alive for?”】
【The Winged Deity Cult was a stellar-system-level power. In other words, its sphere of influence covered an entire star system, and it might control several planets within it.】
【Fortune Star was merely one of them.】
[In your grand blueprint, Fubao Star is merely one piece of the puzzle at the starting point. You must seize control of the entire Wing God Cult to complete the arrangement at the starting point.]
[That is why you must keep the Grand Archbishop and the others alive. They understand the Wing God Cult’s structure better than anyone and can provide you with the intelligence you need.]
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
. 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!"
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...
