Jiang Xinyao quietly watched the hysterical Jiang Yichen as if looking at a leaping buffoon:
"That's right, you heard correctly. I, Jiang Xinyao, would rather be Qin Hao's concubine than be with you."
"Let alone being a concubine, even if it meant serving him tea, pouring his water, making his bed, and folding his blankets, I would do it willingly."
"As for you, go back to your coffin and keep sleeping."
Jiang Yichen stood frozen on the spot, his facial expressions absolutely spectacular. His face turned from green to white, white to purple, and purple to black. It was a good thing Qin Hao wasn't there; otherwise, he would have definitely asked, "Bro, are you cosplaying a chameleon right now?"
"You! You..."
Jiang Yichen pointed his finger at her, unable to form a complete sentence for a long time.
She would rather be someone else's concubine than become his Dao companion? What did that mean? In her eyes, was he not even fit to carry the shoes of the Qin family's current Divine Son?
"Jiang Xinyao!" Jiang Yichen roared, causing the entire stone hall to tremble slightly.
"You... you dare insult me like this! I am an unparalleled prodigy from the ancient era, an existence who has cultivated a nearly complete Great Dao. What does that current Divine Son of the Qin family amount to compared to me?"
"He cultivates a fragmented Dao. Even if he is invincible in this era, before me, he is nothing but a clay chicken and a pottery dog. I could suppress him with a mere wave of my hand!"
"Once we ancient prodigies fully awaken, he won't even be able to keep his position as the Divine Son! Are you sure you want to reject me and choose a piece of trash destined to fall into the dust?"
"Hmph, don't you regret it in the future!"
Before Jiang Xinyao could speak, Su Qingyue, who was standing to the side, could no longer hold back.
When the word "trash" left Jiang Yichen's mouth, Su Qingyue's cold, clear eyes suddenly froze.
Trash?
Who was he calling trash?
Qin Hao?
A chilling intent suddenly surged in Su Qingyue's heart. The gaze she directed at Jiang Yichen was no longer the previous alienation and wariness, but an indescribable icy coldness.
She had never wanted to kill someone so badly.
Because the person Jiang Yichen insulted wasn't her, but Qin Hao.
The man she held at the very tip of her heart, the man she was willing to protect with her life.
"Absolute Beginning Sword!"
Su Qingyue couldn't be bothered to waste words. With a light shout, the longsword in her hand abruptly slashed out.
In an instant, the entire stone hall was illuminated by the radiance of this sword.
A streak of sword light shot into the sky, carrying the might to split mountains and sever seas, hacking down right at Jiang Yichen's head.
Facing Su Qingyue's full-powered strike, Jiang Yichen only gave a casual glance, then gently raised his hand and extended a single finger.
With just this one finger, he lightly tapped against the sword light.
"Boom—"
The sword light shattered, transforming into a sky full of rain-like light.
Su Qingyue looked as if she had suffered a heavy blow. She stumbled back three steps, her face turning somewhat pale.
Jiang Yichen withdrew his finger, lightly blowing away the non-existent dust on his fingertip, a disdainful smirk hooking the corners of his mouth:
"The aura of the weak."
A look of shock flashed across Su Qingyue's face. This was her strongest divine ability. A full-powered sword strike from her peak Golden Core realm cultivation would force even a Void Refinement realm cultivator to retreat a bit. Yet, this man had blocked it so effortlessly.
Was this the nearly complete Great Dao? How powerful!
Looking at Su Qingyue's shocked expression, Jiang Yichen's mood suddenly improved. The stifling frustration of being humiliated by Jiang Xinyao just now had finally found an outlet to vent.
"Did you see that?"
He opened his arms as if embracing the entire world:
"This is the gap between a nearly complete Great Dao and the fragmented Dao you people cultivate."
"Among the contemporary prodigies, you might be considered top-tier, but before me, you are nothing."
Jiang Yichen's gaze lingered on Su Qingyue for a moment. Suddenly, his eyes changed. From the initial disdain and mockery, it turned into surprise, then wild ecstasy, and finally, an undisguised greed.
"Innate Dao Body! It's actually an Innate Dao Body!"
Jiang Yichen took a sudden step forward, staring fixedly at Su Qingyue. His gaze was like a hungry wolf looking at its prey, greedy and scorching.
Su Qingyue felt uncomfortable under his stare. She subconsciously took half a step back, holding her longsword horizontally in front of her, and said coldly, "What do you want?"
Jiang Yichen didn't answer. He just looked her up and down, nodding continuously, growing more satisfied the more he looked:
"Not bad, not bad at all. An Innate Dao Body is quite good. Your name is Su Qingyue, right? Cultivating a fragmented Dao and possessing merely a peak Golden Core realm cultivation, yet you were able to unleash such power. It's enough to show the extraordinary nature of the Innate Dao Body."
"However, you are ultimately someone who cultivates a fragmented Dao. Even with the Innate Dao Body, you cannot unleash its true power. Your upper limit has already been locked by this fragmented world."
Su Qingyue looked at him coldly without speaking.
Jiang Yichen continued speaking, absorbed in his own words:
"But you are very lucky, because you met me."
Jiang Yichen took a step forward and opened his arms as if showing himself off:
"My father imprinted the Great Dao of my era into my body. I have the ability to help you complete your Dao, allowing your Innate Dao Body to unleash its true might."
"Therefore, Su Qingyue, become my Dao companion."
"Su Qingyue, this is a heaven-sent opportunity for you. As long as you agree to become my Dao companion, I promise that in the future, you will be the most esteemed woman in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens!"
"It will be ten thousand times better than following that Qin Hao!"
Su Qingyue's mouth twitched uncontrollably, her eyes filled with a look of utter absurdity. Had this person been asleep for so long that his brain rotted? Why was he inviting everyone he met to be his Dao companion?
Su Qingyue took a deep breath, trying to pull herself out of this absurd feeling. She looked at the self-righteous ancient prodigy before her and suddenly found it a bit laughable.
Did he think her heart would waver just so she could go further on the path of immortality? Hmph. The only reason she stepped onto the path of cultivation was so she wouldn't become a burden to Qin Hao.
Being able to stay by Qin Hao's side was her original intention for cultivating. If the price was leaving Qin Hao, what was the point of this cultivation?
Su Qingyue paused, her gaze turning resolute:
"Let alone ten thousand times, even if it were a million times or ten million times, you still couldn't compare to him. I cultivate for his sake."
"I want to be able to help him when he needs it, and I don't want to be his burden. That is all."
Jiang Yichen's expression turned bizarre; an indescribable stifling frustration welled up in his heart.
Why? Just why? That Qin Hao, what right did he have?
The Su Qingyue and Jiang Xinyao before him both possessed impeccable talent and beauty. Women like them should have their eyes above the top of their heads, being incredibly aloof and arrogant.
But why would both of them rather be Qin Hao's concubines than become his Dao companions?
Jiang Yichen couldn't understand. What kind of abilities did that Qin Hao have to make these two women so dead set on him?
"What is so good about that Qin Hao? Is he worth you two acting like this?"
Just as Jiang Yichen's voice fell, ripples appeared in the space. In the next second, Qin Hao appeared before the three of them.
"Long time no see, you two."
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
] [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!"
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...
