"Alright, stop standing there. You're free to move around now."
Qin Hao pushed open the door and stretched lazily, coming face to face with Ao Lie, who had been punished to stand in the courtyard all night. The Dragon Clan prodigy currently had an ashen face, and the eyes he fixed on Qin Hao were brimming with fury.
Receiving Qin Hao's order, he was finally freed from the restraints of the contract brand. Now able to move freely, the first thing he wanted to do was charge at Qin Hao and give him a severe beating.
"Stop!"
Seeing this, Ao Bing immediately shouted a reprimand, and Ao Lie was firmly bound by an irresistible force.
"Uncle!"
Ao Bing shook his head gently and said helplessly,
"You are over three thousand years old, while Xiao Hao is only in his twenties. You have cultivated for nearly three thousand years longer than him, yet you cannot even defeat him. If you only know how to lose your temper, how can you ever achieve great things? Stay by his side and temper yourself well for a hundred years. A century from now, I will personally take action to remove the contract brand from your body."
Since Ao Bing had spoken, Ao Lie, despite his reluctance, could only agree sullenly, "Understood!"
Next, Ao Bing utilized the Law of Space, bringing the group to the Trial Grounds.
Actually, Ao Bing's initial plan did not include this trial phase at all. His thought was simply that whoever between Qin Hao and Ji Ruxue could withstand the oppressive aura of the Immemorial Dragon Emperor's essence blood, approach it, and refine it, would become its owner.
The trial was only added at Qin Wuya's request.
"The essence blood is inside. Whether you can obtain it or not will depend on your own fortune. Xiao Yu, you go along with them too."
After giving his instructions, Ao Bing gently pushed out a palm. Qin Hao and the others were enveloped by a gentle force and swept into the Trial Grounds.
After they entered, Qin Wuya appeared by Ao Bing's side.
"Haha, back in the day, I also had my eyes on this Dragon Emperor's essence blood, but you refused to give it to me no matter what I said. After all this going around in circles, hasn't the ownership of this essence blood ultimately fallen to my family?"
Ao Bing shook his head. "Do you think I want to give away a sacred relic of the Dragon Clan? I simply have no other choice. Speaking of which, when will the Era of Emperor's Fall prophesied by the Venerable descend? Do you have any idea?"
Hearing Ao Bing's words, Qin Wuya, who always wore a cynical and playful expression, revealed a serious look for the first time. "I have a premonition that it is coming soon. It could be as short as a few months, or as long as a few centuries. Are you afraid?"
Ao Bing laughed heartily. "Afraid? The word fear does not exist in my dictionary. It's just a pity for these younger generations. They haven't even had the time to properly see this world before having to face such a great catastrophe."
Qin Wuya pursed his lips and remained silent for a good while before speaking, "That is why we, the remnants of the old era, must buy time for them. Recently, I've made several trips to the Immortal Ancient Battlefield and have already made preparations in advance."
"I have closed the passages in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield that connect to the Middle Three Heavens and the Lower Three Heavens. Once the war begins, only our Upper Three Heavens will be involved. The cultivators of the Middle and Lower Three Heavens are still too weak; even if the battle breaks out, they wouldn't be of much help."
"We cultivators of the Upper Three Heavens have enjoyed the absolute best resources of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens since birth. Now that the Three Realms and Nine Heavens are in peril, it is only right that we bear the brunt of it."
Ao Bing looked at Qin Wuya with a face full of surprise. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. I truly cannot believe these words are coming out of your mouth. I thought your Qin family's specialty was being scoundrels. I couldn't tell that at a crucial moment, you're actually quite the righteous gentleman."
Qin Wuya ignored Ao Bing's teasing and merely stared intently at the Trial Grounds.
"Our luck is still quite good. This era has produced two incomprehensible monsters. If we cultivate them well, there is still hope of winning this war."
"Only hope? Hey, boss, you now grasp the complete Great Dao and hold a Supreme Dao Artifact in your hands, yet you are this pessimistic? Before you mastered the complete Great Dao and obtained the Supreme Dao Artifact, you already held the title of the number one Immortal Emperor of the current age. How is it that the stronger you get, the less confident you become?"
Hearing this, Qin Wuya only smiled bitterly. "Because the stronger I become, the more I can sense the formidable strength of our opponent and our own powerlessness. Alright, let's say no more. Let's see how Xiao Hao is doing over there."
......
The moment Qin Hao, Ji Ruxue, and Ao Yu entered the Trial Grounds, they felt an overwhelming dragon aura. This dragon aura was like an invisible mountain range, squeezing them from all directions. It pressed down on every inch of their skin and every single bone, as if trying to crush them into fine powder.
"Thud—"
Ji Ruxue was the first to give out. Her knees smashed heavily into the ground, and she propped herself up with her hands, her entire body trembling violently.
"Damn it, under this oppressive aura, I can't move at all!" Ao Yu gritted his teeth, his voice trembling. As a member of the Dragon Clan, his performance was slightly better than Ji Ruxue's, but not by much.
Qin Hao also furrowed his brows tightly. This dragon aura pressed down on him as well, heavy as if he were carrying a small mountain on his back. He felt that every step required ten times more effort than usual, and the circulation of spiritual energy within his body had become much more sluggish.
"Is this the oppressive aura of the Immemorial Dragon Emperor? So, every time I activate the Immemorial Dragon Emperor's Dharma Avatar, this is the kind of powerful aura that others have to face!"
Qin Hao was actually still able to move, albeit with great difficulty. He took a step forward, and this single step nearly crushed him into kneeling on the ground.
"What! Just taking one step forward doubled the oppressive aura! Then just how terrifying must the aura right next to the Immemorial Dragon Emperor's essence blood be?"
Qin Hao gasped in shock. He finally understood why this Immemorial Dragon Emperor's essence blood had been sitting here for so many years, across so many eras, without anyone taking it away. Without cheating, who could possibly take it?
Qin Hao took a deep breath and opened his right palm. A pig-killing knife appeared in his hand.
The knife was as pitch-black as ink, with a faint, blood-red glowing pattern extending from the hilt all the way to the tip. It looked like flowing blood, yet also like solidified time, exuding a chilling aura that made one's soul tremble.
This was precisely Qin Hao's Supreme Dao Artifact—the Divine Saber of Time. Ever since obtaining this blade, Qin Hao had never had the chance to test its power. Today was a good opportunity.
"So what if it's the essence blood of the Immemorial Dragon Emperor? I have a Supreme Dao Artifact. Let's see whether your mighty dragon aura prevails, or if my Supreme Dao Artifact will cut through all obstacles."
Qin Hao gave the knife a gentle flick. A vast, ancient, and boundlessly domineering saber intent soared into the sky from the blade. This saber intent clashed head-on with the Immemorial Dragon Emperor's oppressive aura permeating the space of the Trial Grounds.
"Boom—!!!"
An invisible collision exploded in the air, sending visible ripples spreading out in all directions. The dragon aura surrounding Qin Hao was forcefully cleaved apart as if by a sharp edge, forming a vacuum circle about ten feet in diameter around him.
Behind Qin Hao, Ji Ruxue and Ao Yu were so shocked their eyes almost popped out. Was this a joke? That suffocating dragon aura from just a moment ago actually gave way before the knife in Qin Hao's hand?
Just what kind of knife was this???
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
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."
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.”
