"What???"
Qin Hao looked at Qin Wuya in disbelief. Wasn't it enough that he used up its nine lives? Now he wanted to take away his Nine Tribulations Sword? You're taking everything you can get!
It sounded nice saying he was temporarily keeping it safe, but this thing was just like the red envelope money from childhood New Years; could he ever get it back?
"What? You brat! Your old man knew that crossing the river of time would invite the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, yet I still came to save you without hesitation. And you won't even let me use your weapon for a bit? Do you have to be so stingy!"
"It's not like I won't return it to you. Is it really a big deal?"
Qin Wuya put on a stern face and gave Qin Hao a good scolding. Then, he patted Qin Hao's shoulder and said earnestly,
"Xiao Hao, I'm actually doing this for your own good. Look, you can't unleash the true power of this Supreme Dao Weapon anyway. In your hands, the power it can display is about the same as an ordinary Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. Letting you use it is truly a waste."
"Besides, you saw it yourself. So many Immortal Emperor mighty figures covet a Supreme Dao Weapon. You are but a lowly Void Refinement Realm cultivator; I really can't feel at ease leaving it in your hands."
Hearing Qin Wuya's familiar words, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice. What a great way to demand benefits from me under the banner of doing it for my own good!
Qin Hao shot a cold glance at Qin Wuya. He knew that this Old Geezer had already made up his mind, and he wouldn't be getting the Nine Tribulations Sword back anytime soon. Thus, Qin Hao held up three fingers:
"Three Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons!"
Hearing this, Qin Wuya's face lit up with joy. "You'll give the Nine Tribulations Sword back to me for three Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons?"
Qin Hao's vision went dark. His cheap dad really knew how to push his luck:
"I'm renting the Nine Tribulations Sword to you, and the three Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons are the rent! Trying to trade away my Supreme Dao Weapon for just three Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons... Dad, how can you be so shameless?"
Qin Wuya was right. Qin Hao's own strength was too low to unleash the power of a Supreme Dao Weapon. In his hands, it was no different from an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. Furthermore, the Nine Tribulations Sword's nine chances to withstand a fatal tribulation had all been used up by Qin Wuya.
It was better for Qin Hao to lend the Nine Tribulations Sword to Qin Wuya and simultaneously seek greater benefits for himself.
Hearing Qin Hao's reply, Qin Wuya laughed heartily. He then waved his large hand and handed his own Great Void Sword to Qin Hao. "Alright, then it's settled. I only have this Great Void Sword as an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon on me right now. You can pick the remaining two from the treasury yourself after you return to the family."
After saying that, looking as if he was afraid Qin Hao would go back on his word, Qin Wuya grabbed the incompletely evolved Nine Tribulations Sword and crossed the river of time to leave.
Watching Qin Wuya's departing back, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth curled up slightly. "Old Geezer, you didn't expect this, did you? I still held something back. With items produced by the system, I can make them return to the system space at any time as long as I want."
"When the time is up, you'll have to obediently renew your subscription with me before I let you continue using it."
Just as Qin Hao felt he had successfully schemed against Qin Wuya, an electronic voice rang out in his mind:
Ding! There is one month left until the rental period ends. Please make the most of it, Host.
Hearing the reminder about the end of the rental period, Qin Hao's body trembled slightly. What was meant to come had finally come.
Beside him, Liu Ruyan noticed Qin Hao's strange behavior. That extremely soft sigh and his slightly trembling body could not escape her perception.
She reached out, grasped Qin Hao's hand, and intertwined her fingers with his:
"There's only one month left, isn't there?"
Qin Hao turned his head to look at Liu Ruyan, his face full of complex emotions. He gave a soft hum of agreement. To him, this was just one farewell, but for Liu Ruyan, who had reincarnated for nine lifetimes, she had experienced this a full nine times. And after every time, there was a long wait spanning endless years.
Thinking of this, Qin Hao tightly gripped Liu Ruyan's small hand. Word by word, with a resolute expression, he said,
"Ruyan, I will find a way to return to your side. As for my previous promise, I will hold your hand and see all the magnificent sights of these heavens until we are tired of them..."
Before Qin Hao could finish speaking, Liu Ruyan pressed her lips against his.
"Husband, don't put so much psychological pressure on yourself. You don't need to come looking for me. The images in the Primordial Fortune Plundering Stele were left behind by me on purpose just to tease you."
As she spoke, a small orb of light condensed in Liu Ruyan's hand. She handed this orb to Qin Hao. "We will reunite in the future. It's just that, by then, I should have lost my memories. You just need to strike this orb of light into my body."
Qin Hao carefully tucked away the orb of light Liu Ruyan had given him, and then a gentle smile curled the corners of his mouth:
"Alright. Since that's the case, then I will definitely find you."
Speaking up to here, Qin Hao paused and then asked,
"There's still one month left. Is there anything you want me to do for you?"
Hearing this, stepping forward with swaying skirts until her toes almost touched Qin Hao's, she tilted her face up, her eyelashes fluttering, and her voice as soft as melted honey:
"Husband~"
Liu Ruyan grabbed Qin Hao's hand and placed it against her chest. She paused, then raised her eyes to look at Qin Hao. In those beautiful eyes, only the reflection of Qin Hao could be seen at this moment.
"You said it yourself. I don't want anything else."
Liu Ruyan's voice was very soft, as light as a petal falling onto the surface of a lake:
"I just want to..."
Liu Ruyan stood on her tiptoes, her warm breath brushing past Qin Hao's ear, soft and scorching: "Dual cultivate with my husband~"
Qin Hao was completely stunned. Again?
Counting the time, it had been almost three months since he arrived at the end of this Immortal Antiquity Era! In these three months, he only had free movement for the first few days. For the rest of the time, apart from dual cultivation, it was just more dual cultivation.
Even with his vitality and blood power as vigorous as a dragon or tiger, after three months of fierce battles, he truly couldn't quite handle it anymore.
Liu Ruyan tightly wrapped her arms around Qin Hao's neck, stood on her tiptoes, and took a light bite of his ear:
"What's wrong? Can't my husband keep up anymore?"
Qin Hao looked down at Liu Ruyan, who was endlessly demanding from him. Hidden in those eyes were the affection and anticipation of nine lifetimes.
Qin Hao gave a helpless chuckle, then swept Liu Ruyan up into his arms and found a secluded cave.
In the blink of an eye, an indescribable month passed.
Inside the cave, the lingering ambiguous atmosphere in the air was gradually swept away by the morning breeze. Qin Hao leaned against the stone wall, holding the soft, boneless Liu Ruyan in his arms.
Ding! The Dao Companion Rental Service has ended.
Calculating...
Ding! Congratulations Host, for receiving a ten-star rating.
Rewards obtained: One measure of Karmic Luck. Ten-star rating rewards: Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon Reincarnation Seal, Immortal Emperor Experience Card (Limited to two hours).
Reincarnation Seal: Control the Six Paths of Reincarnation, interfere with karma, and command Yin Soldiers.
Qin Hao curled his lip. "The Nine Tribulations Sword I got from the first ten-star rating could evolve into a Supreme Dao Weapon. Why can't the later ones do the same?"
Unsatisfied? Then shall I take them back?
"That really won't be necessary!"
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."
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.
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
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.”
