As his voice fell, Qin Hao let go of his hand, took a step back, smoothed his robes, and turned to walk toward the courtyard gate without the slightest hesitation.
"Stop harboring such unrealistic fantasies. I won't see you again."
Luo Qingxue took a deep breath to calm her emotions.
Hearing this, Qin Hao turned his head and revealed a faint smile. "We will be seeing each other again very soon."
After leaving Luo Qingxue's courtyard, Qin Hao returned to the palace of his mother, Jiang Yun. Seeing Qin Hao, Jiang Yun immediately came forward and asked,
"How was it, Little Hao? What was Qingxue's attitude toward you? Is she willing to accept you?"
Qin Hao shook his head. "I didn't meet her in my capacity as the Divine Son of the Qin family. Moreover, I plan to keep my identity a secret until she accepts me."
Hearing this, Jiang Yun frowned and quickly asked, "Why?"
Qin Hao shrugged. "Because the feeling she gave me was very indifferent. Besides, I believe that if I approached her as the Divine Son of the Qin family, she would definitely accept me. However, that acceptance wouldn't be out of love, but because of you, Mother."
Jiang Yun nodded. "True. That child is icy to everyone except me. I once expressed my hope that she could be with you. Given her temperament, just to make me happy, if you met her with your true identity, she would agree to be with you even if it meant wronging herself."
"This is fine too. Although you've hidden your identity, if she is willing to accept you, it will be because she truly likes you, not for my sake. However, this might be a bit difficult. After all, for the concealed you, your true self is actually your own romantic rival."
Hearing this, Qin Hao chuckled. "It's all me anyway, what's the difference? But, Mother, I need you to create more opportunities for me to interact with her—the kind where she won't be so resistant."
"Alright, leave this matter to me. However, I must remind you: if Qingxue is truly unwilling, you absolutely must not force her."
Seeing Jiang Yun's solemn expression, Qin Hao couldn't help but curl his lips. "Mother, what kind of person do you take me for? Am I the type to force others?"
Jiang Yun looked Qin Hao up and down with a serious face, then said, "Hard to say. I've heard that you have quite a few Dao companions."
Qin Hao sweatdropped, then immediately explained, "They were all completely willing. I haven't forced them in the slightest."
Jiang Yun was indeed an Almighty Immortal King, and one who had mastered a complete Great Dao at that. In just the short time she spent talking with Qin Hao, she had already thought of a way for Qin Hao and Luo Qingxue to interact naturally.
The Yaochi Secret Realm, which opened once every thousand years, was about to open. Under the guise of promoting communication among the younger generation of the major Holy Lands, Jiang Yun sent out invitation letters to the various Holy Lands.
Qin Hao's eldest nephew was the Vice Sect Master of the Profound Heaven Holy Land, which was naturally on the invitation list. When the time came, Qin Hao would join this joint trial under the identity of the Holy Son of the Profound Heaven Holy Land.
"This will require Qin Zhongtian's cooperation. Go inform him," Jiang Yun instructed after explaining her plan.
Qin Hao nodded. He immediately took out his jade pendant, locked onto the coordinates of the Profound Heaven Holy Land in his mind, and directly teleported over.
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Restricted Area of the Profound Heaven Holy Land
"Eldest Nephew~" Qin Hao crossed his arms over his chest and shouted toward the sky.
Before his voice even faded, a figure appeared in front of Qin Hao. Seeing Qin Hao, Qin Zhongtian didn't give him a good look. Instead, he asked with a stern face,
"Where is my disciple?! Qingyue is my disciple, and she hasn't come back to see her master in months! Could you please not hog her to yourself?"
Seeing Qin Zhongtian's jealous appearance, Qin Hao couldn't help but laugh. "Eldest Nephew, it's true she's your disciple, but don't forget, she's also my Dao companion. Is there anything inappropriate about her staying at the Qin family?"
"The ancestors actually like her quite a bit. When I'm not around, she cultivates with them. She's already a Soul Formation realm cultivator now."
Saying this, Qin Hao patted Qin Zhongtian's shoulder. "You're not quite cutting it as a master. Qingyue cultivated with the Qin family ancestors for just a few months, and she went from the Golden Core to the Soul Formation realm. When she was with you, it took her months just to get from Qi Condensation to Golden Core."
"But I can't blame you. Who asked you to be just a lowly Immortal King? In the Qin family, it's Immortal Emperor-level ancestors personally guiding Qingyue's cultivation. Even my dad has guided her several times. It'd be hard for her not to improve."
Hearing this, Qin Zhongtian coldly snorted. "Ah, yes, yes, yes. I'm just a lowly Immortal King. I suppose our great Divine Son of the Qin family wouldn't have any matters that require the help of a lowly Immortal King like me. I'll be taking my leave now."
After saying that, without any hesitation, Qin Zhongtian turned around to leave.
Seeing this, Qin Hao lunged forward to block Qin Zhongtian, flashing him a smile.
"Hahaha, Eldest Nephew, I might have spoken a bit too loudly just now, please forgive me."
The corners of Qin Zhongtian's mouth twitched upward slightly. Of course, he wasn't really going to leave. Otherwise, the moment he said the word leave, he would have already vanished from Qin Hao's sight. Would he really have let Qin Hao stop him?
Naturally, he also absolutely wouldn't agree to help Qin Hao so readily. Thus, Qin Zhongtian took the opportunity to state his own demand:
"Alright, I won't waste words with you. What do you need my help with? Let me make it clear upfront: I can help you, but you must agree to one condition."
Hearing this, Qin Hao raised an eyebrow and quickly asked, "What condition?"
"Qingyue has to come back once a month. Those old fogeys in your family, do they even know how to teach? I finally found such a satisfactory disciple; of course I have to train her personally."
Qin Hao shrugged. "Well, about that, I respect Qingyue's wishes. If she wants to come, she can. If she doesn't, then forget it."
"Just tell her to come back and visit often. Don't think everyone is like you, completely heartless. Speak, you heartless brat, what do you need me to do?"
Qin Hao chuckled lightly. "It's nothing difficult. I want to be the Holy Son of your Profound Heaven Holy Land."
At this point, Qin Hao paused before continuing, "Me being the Holy Son of your Profound Heaven Holy Land isn't asking too much, right?"
Qin Hao thought this was just a trivial matter requiring only a single sentence, but after hearing it, Qin Zhongtian revealed a troubled expression. Seeing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but ask, "What is it? Is there a problem?"
Qin Zhongtian shrugged. "It's not exactly difficult, it's just not very appropriate. Our Profound Heaven Holy Land just selected a Holy Son. With one word from you, you want to strip him of his position? That doesn't seem right."
"The newly appointed Holy Son comes from a humble background. He relied entirely on himself, taking it one step at a time to reach his current position. Rogue cultivators, especially those from the very bottom, don't have it easy."
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."
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!"
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.”
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.
