Just then, a voice of utmost authority thundered from deep within the Imperial Palace of the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty.
The sound rolled across the sky like crashing thunder, causing the entire imperial capital to tremble slightly:
“Xiao Dingtian, don’t you have business in your own Xiao family territory? What brings you to my Lingxiao Divine Dynasty?”
Ling Shuangshuang immediately recognized the voice—it was her father in this life, Imperial Lord Lingxiao.
The Xiao Dingtian he mentioned was the patriarch of the primeval Xiao clan, father of Xiao Junbao, the one defeated by Qin Hao.
Ling Shuangshuang glanced at Qin Hao and whispered, “This Xiao Dingtian is probably here for you.”
Hearing this, Qin Hao frowned:
“For me? What does he want? Xiao Junbao lost to me—is he here to demand justice? How disgraceful would that be!”
Xiao Dingtian’s voice descended from the heavens:
“Imperial Lord Lingxiao, I have not come for the Divine Dynasty, so set your mind at ease.”
“My son tells me you have a Double-Pupiled One in your court. I wish to meet him.”
Hearing this, Imperial Lord Lingxiao scoffed:
“Hmph, Xiao Dingtian, who do you think you are? Do you think I must yield just because you command it?”
“I advise you to leave at once. If not, I will regard this as an act of war against the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty!!!”
In the sky, a man’s figure slowly materialized—it was Xiao Dingtian.
He stood face to face with Imperial Lord Lingxiao, and what unsettled the emperor was this:
The man’s gaze was full of mockery, which tightened a knot of anxiety in Imperial Lord Lingxiao’s heart.
When had the Xiao clan of antiquity become so reckless? Could it be that they had found some backing this time?
“War? Ling Tianqi, do you think Xiao clan fears your Divine Dynasty? Fine, if you want war, then let it be war!”
“Today, I will take the Double-Pupiled One away, no matter what.”
As Xiao Dingtian’s words fell, the void trembled.
Space shattered like a mirror, and a pitch-black rift spread behind Xiao Dingtian.
From the rift came an icy metallic gleam and a deep, mechanical hum.
Then, everyone witnessed a scene they would never forget.
A colossal pitch-black war machine slowly rose from the rift, like a moving fortress descending upon the world.
The armor stood thirty meters tall, forged of some unknown black metal, its surface etched with dark crimson patterns.
“What is this?”
Ling Tianqi’s pupils contracted sharply, his face turning pale.
As a peak Immortal Emperor, he had seen countless divine artifacts, but never anything as bizarre as this armor before him.
It carried no spiritual energy at all, yet radiated a crushing pressure.
Inside the princess’s mansion, even Qin Hao’s eyes widened at the sight of the armor:
“Holy crap! No way! A Gundam!!!”
“So the Xiao clan has gone for tech-cultivation!”
Ling Shuangshuang frowned, her expression serious:
“No, this definitely isn’t something the Xiao clan came up with. As far as I know, they don’t have tech like this.”
High in the sky, Xiao Dingtian laughed loudly:
“Ling Tianqi! This is the Abyssal Oath Armor! Even an Immortal Emperor would struggle to harm it!!!”
Hearing this, Imperial Lord Lingxiao sneered:
“Hmph, I don’t believe anything in this world can be invulnerable to an Immortal Emperor’s strikes!”
With that, Ling Tianqi drew the sword at his waist—a supreme imperial weapon.
He swung it with all his might at the Abyssal Oath Armor.
The fierce sword qi seemed ready to split the world in two.
The sword light flashed, and heaven and earth changed color.
“BOOM!!!”
A deafening explosion erupted.
Golden light intertwined with dark crimson energy, forming rings of terrifying shockwaves that spread in all directions.
The capital’s walls cracked from the aftershock; countless buildings crumbled; the ground itself was torn up layer by layer.
Inside Lingxiao’s capital, everyone held their breath, staring at the sky-darkening black armor.
The smoke and dust cleared.
The Abyssal Oath Armor still hovered in place. A wound over ten meters long ran across its chest.
But quickly, the dark red patterns on the armor blazed bright, surging like blood in circulation.
The wound on its chest healed at a speed visible to the naked eye—less than the span of a single breath.
“What?! Heavens, what kind of thing is this?! Even the emperor’s attack couldn’t truly harm it!”
Qin Hao’s expression shifted:
“Damn, what the hell is that armor? An Immortal Emperor wielding a supreme imperial weapon—and it barely did any damage!”
Qin Hao turned his head in shock to Ling Shuangshuang and asked:
“Is the technology in your Ten Directions Nine Abyss really this advanced? This armor is insane! What material is it made of? It can withstand an Immortal Emperor’s full-powered strike!”
Ling Shuangshuang was also staring at the skybound armor, her expression dark:
“To be honest, I have no idea what that thing is! I’ve never seen anything like it!!!”
Up in the sky, when Xiao Dingtian saw that Ling Tianqi’s attack had dealt no lasting damage to the armor, he burst into laughter:
“Hahahaha! That Lord did not deceive me! This Abyssal Oath Armor truly wields power on par with an Immortal Emperor!!!”
“Ling Tianqi, hand over the Double-Pupiled One at once! If you refuse, I will summon more!”
“I still have the Entropy Containment Armor and the von Neumann Armor!”
“All three armors can combine into the Oblivion Archaeus Giant God Armor—a single one is enough to devastate your entire Lingxiao Divine Dynasty!!!”
At Xiao Dingtian’s words, Imperial Lord Lingxiao’s face shifted.
He stared at Xiao Dingtian with deep wariness and said:
“Wait a moment.”
And then his figure vanished from the sky...
A second later, Ling Tianqi appeared beside Ling Shuangshuang.
He looked at Ling Shuangshuang and Qin Hao with a conflicted expression, then said:
“You heard what Xiao Dingtian said just now?”
Ling Shuangshuang nodded, stepping in front of Qin Hao protectively:
“I heard him. But I will never hand Ye Hao over!”
Ling Tianqi shook his head helplessly:
“I don’t want to hand him over either, but this armor Xiao Dingtian brought out is far too strange.”
“That sword stroke I struck could split a galaxy, yet it only left a ten-meter scratch on its surface—and it healed instantly!”
“Didn’t you hear Xiao Dingtian? He has two more suits of such armor, and all three can combine to become even stronger!!!”
“The Xiao clan was already formidable, and now with this armor... Shuangshuang, for the sake of the family, giving up one man shouldn’t be that hard, should it?”
Just then, Xiao Dingtian’s voice rang out from the sky:
“Ling Tianqi, I don’t have time to waste with you. I’ll give you five minutes. Five minutes.”
“If your answer doesn’t satisfy me, then I’ll have no choice but to deploy the Oblivion Archaeus Giant!”
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
