Qin Hao looked down at his chest. There, on his lapel, Li Mu's fist had left a shallow mark, but that was all. He reached out and casually patted it, as if brushing away a speck of dust.
Then he raised his head and looked at Li Mu in the distant pit, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
That smile was very faint.
Yet it was more lethal than any words.
Weak.
Just one word.
It was light and airy, like a fallen leaf, but it smashed heavily against Li Mu's heart.
Li Mu's face flushed red. He wanted to retort, but found that he couldn't speak at all. He opened his mouth, and another mouthful of fresh blood surged up, trickling down the corner of his mouth.
You said you are a disciple of the Xuantian Holy Land? Qin Hao tilted his head, his tone devoid of mockery, even carrying a bit of genuine confusion. With this level of skill, you can enter the Xuantian Holy Land? It seems the so-called Xuantian Holy Land is nothing special after all.
This sentence pierced the heart even more than the word weak just now.
Secretly keeping an eye on Qin Hao, Qin Zhongtian could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth. As the Vice Sect Master of the Xuantian Holy Land, he felt personally offended.
Qin Hao began to stretch his muscles and joints.
First, he rolled his neck, the joints emitting crisp cracking sounds, like popping beans, endless and continuous. The sound was not loud, but it inexplicably made people palpitate, as if every movement struck the tip of their hearts.
Next were his shoulders. His arms slowly spread out, as if trying to embrace something. This movement pulled all the muscles in his body; the contours beneath his clothes were faintly visible. It wasn't exaggerated, but it possessed a natural sense of power.
Qin Hao did a few simple stretching movements. Every movement was very casual, like an ordinary person stretching upon waking up in the morning. However, following his movements, an invisible aura began to diffuse from his body.
That wasn't any spiritual energy fluctuation, nor was it the oppressive might of a cultivation technique, but rather—
The power of vitality and blood.
The power of vitality and blood pure to the extreme.
Li Mu's pupils shrank abruptly; he felt the terror of that power. That was not cultivation base, but the power of the physical body itself, a physical strength so pure that it could shake heaven and earth.
This... what kind of terrifying physical strength is this? Li Mu's lips trembled, and even his voice was shaking.
How could a person without any spiritual energy fluctuations have a physical body strong to this extent? Just the leaked power of vitality and blood made his soul tremble involuntarily.
Qin Hao did not answer him. He slowly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and then slowly clenched them into a fist.
Just this one simple movement—
Boom!
The void behind him suddenly exploded!
Countless starlights surged from the void, dazzling and brilliant, as if someone had shattered the firmament, causing the silver river to pour down. Those starlights gathered and rotated behind him, condensing into a phantom of a starry river that spanned across the sky!
Li Mu sat paralyzed in the mud pit, his whole body seemingly drained of all strength. His mouth was wide open, but he couldn't make a sound.
Starry river... anomaly... Li Mu's voice seemed to be squeezed out of his throat, dry, hoarse, carrying a trembling that pierced deep into his bones.
A starry river anomaly, to actually trigger a heaven and earth anomaly relying solely on physical strength, what kind of terrifying physical strength is this?
His whole body was shaking, not because of the injuries on his body, but because of fear.
As a disciple of the Xuantian Holy Land, Li Mu naturally had contact with body cultivators.
Those body cultivators in the Xuantian Holy Land all had copper skin and iron bones, invulnerable to swords and spears. A single punch could shatter mountains, and a single stomp could crack the earth. He had once seen with his own eyes a senior brother from the Vajra Courtyard, a mighty body cultivator at the peak of the Tribulation Realm, forcefully withstand the siege of three cultivators of the same realm relying purely on physical strength, ultimately beating those three until they vomited blood and fled.
Different... completely different... Li Mu muttered to himself, his eyes full of horror.
Qin Hao's body had been cultivated into a heaven and earth. His own physical body was a world; his vitality and blood were the starry river, his muscles and bones were the mountains, and his blood was the rivers.
The feeling Qin Hao gave Li Mu was completely different from those previous body cultivators. Compared to them, Qin Hao was like a creature from another dimension.
Qin Hao was not in a hurry to attack Li Mu. Instead, he stood in place, the starry river flowing behind him, and his eyes began to blur slightly.
When he instinctively used the power in his body, that feeling returned.
It was as if something was churning deep in his mind, wanting to break out of its shell. Countless fragmented images flashed through his mind.
Majestic heavenly gates, a vast sea of stars, myriad races bowing in submission, and a group of peerless beauties.
An orb in Qin Hao's storage bag lit up. That was the treasure Liu Ruyan had given to Qin Hao, telling him to go to the Ancient Immortal Battlefield to find her and restore his memories.
Immediately after, Liu Ruyan's voice entered Qin Hao's mind: Dare to forget me, watch me castrate you.
Memories flooded into Qin Hao's mind like a tide; he remembered everything.
Qin Hao looked down at his hands and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. To think that he, the dignified Imperial Son of the Qin family, was actually acting as a beggar here.
After restoring his memories, Qin Hao's gaze changed. It was no longer the previous ignorant innocence, but a profound and vast feeling.
Xu Siya was the first to feel this change. Standing behind Qin Hao and looking at his back, she suddenly felt that his back had become unfamiliar. At this moment, Qin Hao gave her a feeling of being completely out of reach.
This change made Xu Siya's heart sink, and she vaguely had some bad guesses in her mind.
Just as Xu Siya was lost in thought, Qin Hao casually raised his hand. In the next second, a majestic spiritual energy that made the space faintly distort rushed toward Li Mu.
Crack—
A crisp sound of bone breaking was particularly piercing on the silent riverbank. Qin Hao controlled his strength very well, only breaking one of his legs.
What kind of thing are you? Daring to show off in front of me?
Qin Hao approached Li Mu step by step. Intense fear made Li Mu tremble all over. He crawled while shivering:
You, what are you going to do? Do you still want to kill me? I, I am a disciple of the Xuantian Holy Land. If you dare to lay a hand on me, the Xuantian Holy Land won't let you go!
Hearing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but let out a sneer:
What? You are allowed to kill me, but I can't kill you? You don't look like much, so how come you have such beautiful thoughts?
Speaking of this, Qin Hao paused. He looked up at the sky and said softly:
Eldest Nephew, you're there, right? I sensed your aura. Do you need me to personally take action to help you clean up the trash of your Xuantian Holy Land?
The Eldest Nephew was an Immortal King. If he didn't actively reveal his aura, Qin Hao wouldn't be able to sense much. Since he had revealed his aura himself to attract his attention, it was better to leave this matter to the Eldest Nephew to handle.
Li Mu looked at Qin Hao with a puzzled expression. Eldest Nephew? Who was this guy, who looked even younger than himself, calling Eldest Nephew? Who else is here? Why didn't I sense anyone?
Just as Li Mu was confused, in the next second, the void trembled, and a figure appeared silently in front of Qin Hao, as if surfacing from underwater.
Upon seeing clearly who the newcomer was, Li Mu's eyes widened into perfect circles.

for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?

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."