"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Why?"
"Old Qi, we treated you like a brother, but you treated us like fools? Is this how you treat your brothers?"
"Old Qi, I misjudged you. I never thought you were this kind of person."
"Fine, fine. Now I see your true character. Old Qi, you’re something else."
Qi Shiyuan was on the verge of tears. He never expected that after Chen Chang'an reaped the benefits, he would sell him out.
"Everyone, listen to my explanation."
"This is all Chen Chang'an framing me! It’s all lies!"
"Oh, so he’s framing you, huh?"
"Then answer me this—did you already know Chen Chang'an’s true strength beforehand?"
"Well… yes, I did."
"Good, at least you admit that. Then let me ask you this—did you know that each of his breakthroughs requires an insane amount of resources? That’s true, isn’t it?"
"Uh… yes, I knew that too."
"So, the reason you tipped us off was to drag us down with you, right? You didn’t want to suffer alone—am I wrong?"
"I…"
"Don’t bother explaining. It’s useless. If Chen Chang'an hadn’t exposed you, would you have kept lying to us? Treating us like idiots?"
"Thankfully, Chen Chang'an has integrity and couldn’t stand your scheming. Otherwise, we’d never have known the truth."
"Look at Chen Chang'an, then look at yourself. How did you become like this?"
What the hell?
What’s going on?
Back in the day, you didn’t describe Chen Chang'an like this! Now he’s the righteous one, and I’m the villain everyone hates?
"Forget it, no point wasting time on him. Let’s go back and gather resources for Chen Chang'an."
"Damn, I’ve never seen anyone need so many resources just to break through to the peak of the Celestial Immortal Realm."
"Ugh, this is going to bleed us dry."
After securing first place on the Heavenly Proud Rankings, Chen Chang'an received the resources everyone had bet against him and immediately went into seclusion.
However, Chen Chang'an wasn’t stingy—he shared some with Da Huang and Little Earthworm, letting them cultivate alongside him. As for Yi Tuo, its cultivation method was unique and didn’t require these resources, so it received nothing.
Meanwhile, across the Nine Great Immortal Clans of the Primordial Immortal Domain, discussions about Chen Chang'an had begun to spread.
"Clearing all ninety-nine floors in less than an hour?"
"Interesting. So, he’s taken my first place?"
When Ye Beixuan heard the news, he was stunned at first—then he laughed, his eyes gleaming with excitement. It was the anticipation of finally having a worthy rival.
Ye Beixuan had long believed that among the younger generation, no one could match him. The loneliness was suffocating. Others might call it arrogance, but only he understood—he needed motivation, something to push him further.
And now… that person had finally appeared.
"Chen Chang'an… a good name."
"Tell the Ye Clan that I’ll personally meet this Chen Chang'an. No underhanded tricks."
"Oh, and find out where he is." Ye Beixuan smiled.
"As you command, Young Master."
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Little Cloud Heaven
Mu Clan
"Father!"
"Did you hear?"
"Have you heard the news?"
"My god, Chen Chang'an is insane! In such a short time, he’s already claimed the top spot on the Heavenly Proud Rankings!"
"And his record is even more ridiculous than Ye Beixuan’s!" Mu Yunhai exclaimed excitedly.
"Of course I heard. Why are you so worked up? You’ve dropped to third place now," Mu Tianye said with a frown.
"Huh? Shouldn’t I be excited?"
"Isn’t he one of us?"
"Where’s my sister?"
"Does she know about this?"
"If she finds out, she’ll be thrilled, right?"
"Father, how much longer are you going to keep her locked up?"
"Look, now that Chen Chang'an’s talent is this monstrous, can’t you let her go?" Mu Yunhai asked helplessly.
"You don’t understand a damn thing. Am I locking her up? I’m giving her time to focus on cultivation!"
"Those years she wasted in the Profound Realm set her back. She needs to make up for lost time."
"Your sister’s talent far surpasses yours. If she hadn’t run off to the Profound Realm back then, she would’ve secured a spot on the Heavenly Proud Rankings long ago."
"Instead of worrying about her, worry about Chen Chang'an."
"By climbing the rankings, he’s exposed himself. The Wang Clan… they’ll come for him soon."
The Wang Clan?
"Father, that Wang Zhiwei—is he still holding a grudge?"
"A nobody like him dares to challenge Chen Chang'an?"
"The number one on the Heavenly Proud Rankings—he should think twice, shouldn’t he?"
"Unless he’s not afraid of Chen Chang'an wiping out the entire Wang Clan once he ascends?"
Mu Yunhai had no respect for Wang Zhiwei. The man was just an older cultivator who’d scraped together some strength over time—barely noteworthy within the Wang Clan.
"Hard to say."
"It depends on how broad-minded the Wang Clan is."
"But one thing’s certain—Chen Chang'an has caught the attention of the other eight clans now."
"That kid… he’s truly a freak. His rise is even faster than I imagined."
Mu Tianye hadn’t expected Chen Chang'an to reach such heights so quickly after arriving in the Primordial Immortal Domain.
Was this what they called the Chosen One? Soaring straight to the top without any obstacles?
"Father, can I go see my sister?"
"I want to tell her the news," Mu Yunhai asked.
Mu Tianye studied him for a moment before sighing. "Fine. But make it quick. Don’t disturb her cultivation."
"Got it. I’ll head over now."
For Mu Yunyao, Mu Yunhai had been born long after she left the Primordial Immortal Domain. By the time she returned, he was already the second-ranked prodigy on the Heavenly Proud Rankings.
The two had no shared history, yet this younger brother was inexplicably affectionate toward her—perhaps it was just the bond of blood.
"Sister, I’ve come with good news!"
Hearing Mu Yunhai’s voice, Mu Yunyao was taken aback. "What good news could you possibly bring me?"
"Heh heh."
"Sister, you’re so smart—guess what it could be?"
The moment he said it, Mu Yunyao’s heart skipped a beat.
Chen Chang'an!
"You have news about Chen Chang'an?"
"Yes!"
"Sister, it’s about him!"
"Number one on the Heavenly Proud Rankings—Chen Chang'an!"
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
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."
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.”
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
