Su Qingyue channeled her spiritual energy into the jade pendant. In the next second, three divine cultivation methods appeared in her hands.
Void Emperor Dragon Slash
Azure Dragon Seal
Roaming Dragon Swift Step
At the same time, the brief message Qin Hao had left behind resonated from the jade pendant: Qingyue, these three Emperor-tier divine arts suit you quite well. Cultivate them diligently, and do not worry about me.
Beside her, Zhao Siya's eyes widened into perfect circles when she heard these were Emperor-tier divine arts.
Emperor, Emperor-tier divine arts! These are supreme abilities created by mighty beings at the Immortal Emperor level! Young Master Qin gave you three of them all at once. Qingyue, Young Master Qin treats you so well.
Su Qingyue hugged the three divine arts tightly to her chest, her eyes brimming with happiness:
He is always like this, always giving me the best things.
A warm current surged through Su Qingyue's heart. The frustration and annoyance that had built up over the past few days due to various interruptions vanished in an instant.
She carefully and preciously stored away the three cultivation methods, and then threw herself back into her cultivation. Everything else was an illusion; the only truth was to work hard to become stronger so she could stand by Qin Hao's side as soon as possible.
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The Ancient Qin Family
As soon as Qin Hao returned, he began to cultivate. The Patriarch's birthday banquet was in half a month, and Jiang Xinyao would be attending. His cultivation at the first level of the Soul Formation Realm would hardly be enough to face Jiang Xinyao, who was at the peak of the Body Integration Realm.
Therefore, he seized every moment to improve his strength.
In a flash, half a month passed. During this time, Qin Hao had been cultivating bitterly.
Phew.
Qin Hao slowly exhaled a breath of impure air: The path of cultivation truly slows down the further you go. In half a month, I only managed to advance by two minor realms.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You little brat, this bit of cultivation of yours probably isn't enough to show off. You are only at the third level of the Soul Formation Realm, while Jiang Xinyao is at the peak of the Body Integration Realm. Tell me, if she finds out that the man who played with her for a month and then ran away is actually her fiance, what do you think she will do to you?
Qin Wuya's eyes were full of amusement, looking like someone who didn't mind watching the world burn. The path of cultivation was dull and tedious, so he relied on these little dramas to liven things up.
Qin Hao glanced at Qin Wuya and snorted coldly: Father, how do you even have the free time to meddle in my affairs? You should rather figure out a way to bring my mother back from the Jade Pool Holy Land!
After saying that, Qin Hao ignored Qin Wuya and walked straight out of his residence to attend the Patriarch's birthday banquet.
Qin Hao's words caused Qin Wuya's expression to completely freeze. Qin Hao's mother was the closed-door disciple of the Jade Pool Holy Land's Patriarch. She had left the Qin family right after Qin Hao was born.
The reason was simple. Having given birth to so many children, not a single one had survived past their first month. As a mother, she hated Qin Wuya to the core.
If Qin Wuya hadn't forcibly borrowed the providence of his descendants in order to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm, how could none of her children even live past a full month?
Qin Wuya twitched his mouth: You really know how to open old wounds. Do you think I did all that just to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm? The Heavenly Dao is incomplete. With my talent, I could have proven my Dao and become an Immortal Emperor even in the Ancient Immortal Era, let alone now.
Hmph, in the future, you all will understand exactly why I did what I did!
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Today, the Qin family estate was exceptionally lively. Immortal music floated through the air, and auspicious clouds wreathed the surroundings. Countless rare beasts pulled magnificent chariots, converging from all directions like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.
The core area of the Qin family had long been decorated to breathtaking perfection. They had even brought in nine five-clawed golden dragons to hover and dance above the Longevity Palace, the main hall for today's birthday banquet.
The Jiang Family has arrived! Congratulatory gifts: Innate Purple Qi and a Ten-Thousand-Year Hollow Azure Divine Jade!
The Supreme Dao Sect has arrived! Congratulatory gifts: Three bottles of Nine-Revolution Great Restoration Pills and three ancient Daoist scriptures!
The Star God Palace has arrived! Congratulatory gifts: One Cosmic Star Core and ten thousand catties of Astral Essence Gold.
......
Following the master of ceremonies' loud and clear announcements, representatives of heavyweight factions stepped into the plaza. Especially when the words Jiang Family rang out, countless gazes simultaneously turned toward the entrance.
The First Patriarch of the Jiang family, Jiang Qitian, and the current Immortal Emperor, Jiang Changsheng, led the younger generation of the Jiang family slowly into the Longevity Palace.
Among them, a young girl dressed in a magnificent palace gown with peerless beauty caught everyone's attention.
Is that the Jiang Family's Imperial Daughter? I heard she awakened the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Physique, and at barely twenty years old, she already possesses a cultivation at the peak of the Body Integration Realm. This girl has the potential to become an Emperor!
As expected of the Jiang Family's Imperial Daughter, truly peerless in her generation!
Jiang Xinyao had dressed up meticulously today. She wore a palace dress woven from Heavenly Silkworm silk. Adorned with star and phoenix patterns, the gown accentuated her graceful figure and made her look increasingly noble and ethereal.
Qin Hao spotted Jiang Xinyao at a glance. He immediately shrank back into the crowd. He hadn't yet figured out how to fool Jiang Xinyao, so now was definitely not the time to meet her.
Although Jiang Xinyao wore a polite and proper smile on her face, deep within her phoenix-like eyes lay an imperceptible mix of anticipation and anxiety. Her gaze swept over the crowd without leaving a trace, as if she were searching for something.
For Ye Hao to possess such terrifying combat strength, he must also come from some major faction. Today is the birthday banquet of the Qin Family's First Patriarch. Almost all the major factions of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens are here. I wonder if Ye Hao is present.
Beside Jiang Xinyao, Jiang Ziheng took a deep breath and sighed: The Qin Family truly lives up to its name as the strongest Ancient Family. The spiritual energy concentration in their estate is actually so much higher than ours.
Saying this, Jiang Ziheng looked at Jiang Xinyao and teased with a smile: Xinyao, I heard from my father that you still have an arranged marriage with the Imperial Son of the Qin family.
Jiang Xinyao gently shook her head: Not anymore. The Qin family broke off the engagement. Brother Ziheng, please don't bring this matter up again in the future!
For some reason, whenever her arranged marriage was mentioned, Jiang Xinyao felt an unprovoked panic in her heart. If Ye Hao were to find out, what would he think of her?
Even if he knew the engagement had been annulled, it might still create a rift in his heart.
Suddenly, Jiang Xinyao sensed a familiar aura. She abruptly looked toward the spot where Qin Hao was hiding. Right there, she felt the Divine Fire mark she had left on Qin Hao!
Seeing that he had hidden himself so well but Jiang Xinyao still looked directly in his direction, Qin Hao couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: No way, is she that sharp? She can even detect this?
Qin Hao's mouth twitched, and he immediately activated his jade pendant to leave.
Meanwhile, upon detecting the Divine Fire mark, Jiang Xinyao broke away from the Jiang family's group and ran toward the location where Qin Hao had just been.
Unsurprisingly, she found nothing but empty air. However, the residual aura in the space made Jiang Xinyao absolutely certain that Qin Hao had just been there!
Jiang Xinyao stomped her foot in deep frustration:
Jerk! You were clearly right here! Why are you hiding from me? Were all those things we went through together fake?
Qin Hao, who had used the jade pendant to escape, felt a lingering fear: What sharp perception!
Just as he was marveling at this, a teasing voice sounded behind him: You little brat, you can't hide. You might as well go and meet her now. Otherwise, if she causes a huge scene later, your reputation as the Qin Family's Imperial Son will be known to everyone.
Qin Hao gave Qin Wuya an exasperated look and chuckled lightly:
"Father, stop worrying over nothing. In two hours, this woman will fall completely in love with me."
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!
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."
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?
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...
