"Let me introduce myself. My name is He—I govern all rivers across the heavens."
The young River God stepped before Jiang Che and began his introduction.
"Oh? He? Then our names are somewhat alike. My surname is Jiang, and my given name is Che," Jiang Che said with a roguish grin. Though he couldn't defeat the River God now, Jiang Che had a long memory. Once his system finished its breakthrough, he'd slap this guy to death first!
"Jiang..." The River God twitched his mouth.
"Jiang Che, you and I share the same status—we are conceptual gods. May I ask why you've entered the River of Time?"
"Nothing much. I'm just going upstream through the River of Time to the past to do something."
"Oh! But the River of Time involves many complications... Even for transcendent beings like us, changing past events is still somewhat difficult."
"River God, I'm new around here... Don't you want to give me something as a token?"
Jiang Che's blunt request left the River God speechless.
You've already scooped up all those Yin-Yang Fish from my domain, and now you're asking for gifts?
Those Yin-Yang Qiankun Fish were immortal fish nurtured for millions of years, and you've taken them all? Now you're asking me for something—are you even human?
But no matter how incensed he was, Jiang Che was still a peer, and a peer could never be offended.
"Here. This is a supreme divine artifact I've refined for eons: the Qiankun Alms Bowl, a Dao-grade item. Inside it are countless catches—Yin-Yang Fish from the River of Time, and Destiny Goldfish from the River of Fate..."
The River God hoped to smooth things over. Who could have expected a transcendent being to barge into the River of Time?
"Thanks!" Jiang Che never left empty-handed.
That damned River God had cost him tens of billions worth of item cards. It was only right to squeeze some compensation out of him.
And then... Jiang Che swaggered away in front of him, continuing his light boat upstream.
The current timeline marked the fall of the Heavenly Court, so Jiang Che clearly couldn't descend here. He planned to journey all the way back to the Primordial Honghuang Era—it had more people, making it easier to con them.
And so the River God could only stare blankly as Jiang Che departed. If his status were lower and could trigger the trouble-making system, this wave would have brought Jiang Che tens of billions in points.
"Where did this transcendent being even come from?" the River God muttered gloomily.
He must be a member of the Wanderers' organization. Although the River God had joined the Wanderers, they were too mysterious for him to know exactly how many members there were. But without exception, all were transcendent beings from beyond the heavens.
Including himself, every Wanderer had nearly identical status—the absolute limit that the heavens could bear.
With their infinite lifespans and conceptual-level abilities, they called themselves wanderers pacing at the end of time, just like the River God himself.
The River God had once experienced ten thousand consecutive reincarnations. In every life, he drowned in a river at age eighteen. In his 10,001st reincarnation, he awakened a River God system and quickly became invincible across the heavens. Now, he governed the River of Time, the River of Fate, and even anyone whose name contained the character 'he' (river).
The River of Time and River of Fate in these Nine Heavens and Myriad Realms were but a fraction of the waterways he managed. The Nine Heavens were merely a small corner of the vast cosmos.
But no matter how vast the cosmos, his status as River God remained—still governing all 'rivers' across the heavens.
"Jiang Che... mastery over death force? He decides who lives and who dies? Such terrifying, overbearing power. It's just like that guy," the River God said, touching his chest in lingering fear.
"Pfft—"
Suddenly, he spat out another mouthful of blood. The severe wound from that super instant-kill item card still hadn't healed.
If his status had been even slightly lower, that death-force item card would have truly taken him.
The Wanderers included many powerful figures, a variety of transcendent beings.
There was an entity of supreme intelligence who achieved infinity through technology, his network of consciousness spread across the heavens. There was a prophet whose every word came true—even if he said the universe would end in the next second, it would happen.
Then there was a painter: whatever he drew became reality.
These were still within normal boundaries. But many others had stranger abilities. The River God had heard of a loan shark who became invincible while collecting debts, so debtors existed throughout the myriad worlds.
Of course, their status had reached the peak of the heavens. It was like they'd learned from the same master—no one could break another's moves.
The original Dao source of the heavens meant nothing to them. Since they'd already transcended, what need was there for the Dao?
As for those foolish cultivators who spent billions of years toiling toward transcendence? All he could do was sneer. It was utterly impossible!
Status was innate. Even if one cultivated for a billion years, that final step would never be taken.
Transcendent beings weren't elevated through hard work. They were transcendent from the start—they just had to reclaim their own power.
"Still, this Jiang Che is quite interesting. Since I'm bored, I might as well watch what he plans to do by going against time."
The gray-robed youth soon caught up to Jiang Che's boat.
"Damn it—!" Jiang Che was speechless. Why the hell is this guy back again?
"Jiang Che, I'm bored..." the gray-robed youth explained.
Jiang Che's anus tightened. He was absolutely, unequivocally straight, okay?
"Which era do you want to go to? I might be able to help you. Transcendent beings may have great power in some areas, but they also have weaknesses..." the gray-robed youth said.
"Sorry, I'm omnipotent!" Jiang Che declared, then leaped off the boat and plunged headfirst into the River of Time below, swallowed by its endless, surging waves.
"Primordial Honghuang Era? Interesting..." The youth's figure blurred and faded as he too entered the River of Time.
...
"Damn, what bad luck, running into some sticky plaster," Jiang Che grumbled.
He shouldn't have sneaked the fish in the first place. Now that damned River God had followed him.
At Jiang Che's current status, since his system hadn't fully upgraded and he hadn't taken that final step, he really couldn't do anything to the River God.
At most, he could spend tens of billions of points on instant-kill cards and slam them into the River God's face, but it probably wouldn't kill him for good.
What troubled Jiang Che the most was that, with the River God watching over him from behind, he would have to be much more cautious when traveling through time and space. For example, many beautiful girls... he could probably only look at but not touch, since who knew if that creep might secretly become a spectator.
“Damn it, I’m definitely going to earn this trillion points and then directly kill your sorry ass!”
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
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.
