In the grand villa, a stunning woman who appeared to be in her thirties sat gracefully in the hall, her every movement exuding allure.
All the servants were absent, leaving only the butler, Uncle Fu, frowning as if lost in thought.
When Lin Ran saw the newcomer, his heart skipped a beat.
This woman had appeared a full year earlier than she had in his previous life.
The newcomer was none other than Luo Yao’s maternal aunt, Luo Wuyou—the only woman of her generation in the Luo family, just as Luo Yao was the sole woman of hers.
Luo Yao’s voice was icy. “Who gave you permission to be here?”
The woman stood up elegantly, step by step, until she stopped in front of Luo Yao—only to turn her gaze toward Lin Ran instead.
Luo Yao’s eyes darkened. “What do you want?”
Luo Wuyou then let out a bewitching laugh, the kind that could ensnare hearts.
“Hahaha! Why am I here? Naturally, to see what kind of man could become my niece’s husband.” She lifted Lin Ran’s chin with a single finger.
“Handsome, yes, but nothing particularly special otherwise.”
Luo Yao’s gaze sharpened like a blade. If Lin Ran hadn’t been present, she would have already struck.
But now, she had to consider more carefully—after all, the woman before her wasn’t someone to be trifled with.
Lin Ran tilted his head away from Luo Wuyou’s teasing, his eyes piercing as he stared at her. “I don’t like chicken feet. Take your hand away.”
Luo Wuyou froze. She hadn’t expected such a cold reaction from Lin Ran. Was her charm not enough?
“Interesting. There’s something different about you after all.” She turned back to Luo Yao. “Where have you hidden your second uncle? Tell me, and I won’t trouble this handsome young man. Otherwise, I can’t promise what I might do.”
Luo Yao’s voice was lethal. “Are you looking to die?”
Luo Wuyou bent over in exaggerated laughter. “Oh, Yao’er! We’re cut from the same cloth. You may be strong, but your dear aunt isn’t a pushover either.”
Then, as if remembering something, she sighed. “But I’ll never match you—I don’t have your ruthlessness. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have ended up like this.”
Luo Yao asked coldly, “So, you want to test me?”
Luo Wuyou’s smile vanished. “Maybe I will.”
The two locked eyes, their gazes eerily similar—Luo Yao even carried traces of Luo Wuyou’s demeanor.
Suddenly, Lin Ran stepped between them. “Look, since we’re all family, why let things get this far? Can’t we just sit down and talk?”
Both women looked at him in surprise. The aura they had just exuded would have left most people too intimidated to speak, yet this man remained utterly unfazed.
Luo Wuyou’s condescension faded slightly as she turned to Luo Yao, waiting for her response.
“Fine. Let’s talk.” Luo Yao was the first to speak, striding toward the study.
Luo Wuyou gave Lin Ran a bemused glance. She hadn’t expected Luo Yao to actually agree—and it was all because of him.
Clever as she was, she immediately understood Luo Yao’s motive for negotiating: she was afraid Luo Wuyou would harm Lin Ran.
Amused by the realization, Luo Wuyou covered her mouth with a giggle, then threw Lin Ran a flirtatious glance before following Luo Yao to the study.
Lin Ran tactfully retreated to the bedroom. He didn’t want to engage too much with Luo Wuyou—Luo Yao wouldn’t like it.
He already knew certain truths, like Luo Yao’s mercilessness and her attitude toward the Luo family. He’d learned that much in his previous life.
Luo Yao wasn’t as simple as she appeared. Her scheming and cunning were top-tier; only with him did she ever show tenderness.
As for Luo Wuyou? In his past life, she had already lost to Luo Yao. This time, she posed even less of a threat.
Back then, Luo Wuyou had even tried to team up with Lin Ran—and foolishly, he’d agreed. But every move they made had been seen through and crushed by Luo Yao.
No matter how capable you were, in front of Luo Yao, you were transparent.
If she couldn’t defeat Luo Yao before, what made her think she could now?
Lin Ran truly felt grateful that Luo Yao loved him. Many times, even when she knew he was lying, she willingly played along.
If not for that, he would have died countless times over.
Wasn’t such devotion worth more than a thousand empty promises?
So, he would heal his little demon’s heart, filling the rest of her life with joy. He would take her to every corner of the world brimming with love.
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In the study.
The moment they entered, Luo Yao unleashed a crushing wave of killing intent—even Luo Wuyou felt suffocated under the pressure.
“If you dare hurt Lin Ran, you’ll wish for death.”
“Oh, Luo Yao… Who would’ve thought you’d have a weakness?” Luo Wuyou covered her mouth with a coquettish laugh.
Luo Yao arched a brow but didn’t argue. Instead, she said, “Lin Ran is my weakness, but he’s not a bargaining chip. If he dies, I’ll die with him. But if you think you can use him against me, don’t delude yourself.”
Luo Wuyou fell silent for a moment before slowly raising her head.
“It doesn’t matter. Surviving until now is already a miracle. You never expected me to live through that place, did you?”
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.”
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
