Chen Hao was stunned. He never expected his brother-in-law to have such an extraordinary background—far more terrifying than he had imagined!
The entire Destiny Association combined couldn’t even stand a chance against Jiang Che? And they had to wait until the future to make their move?
Wait… they were planning to act against Jiang Che?
Chen Hao’s breath hitched, an inexplicable panic rising in his chest.
“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me Jiang Che has scared you?”
“Cough… How is that possible? I’m just furious… furious that I can’t take revenge. That bastard forced my sister into marriage. I’d love to skin him alive!”
Seeing Chen Hao’s reaction, which didn’t seem feigned, Xu Rong chuckled dismissively.
“No need to be afraid. The power of the Earth Pavilion and Heaven Pavilion is beyond your imagination. They are the true rulers of destiny, entities of unimaginable terror!”
Chen Hao wiped the cold sweat from his brow. “President Xu, what’s your golden finger? Earlier, I saw how formidable your abilities were.”
Xu Rong grinned, his expression brimming with arrogance.
“My ability?”
Since they were both part of the association, he saw no reason to hide it.
“My ability is ‘Super Divine Genes.’ I can perfectly fuse with the genes of any plant or animal.”
“What you saw earlier—me shattering the ground with a single step—was just ‘Ant’s Titan Strength.’ By fusing with the genes of an ant king, I can unleash 500 times my normal strength. And with dragonfly wings, I can soar through the skies and traverse the earth with ease.”
The moment he started talking about his power, Xu Rong’s lips involuntarily curled into a smirk, but he quickly slapped himself to stop it. He couldn’t afford to let his arrogance show—it was a dangerous habit.
“Chen Hao, I reported your system to the Pavilion Master earlier. He’s very impressed with it…”
Chen Hao nodded.
He zoned out for a good half hour before finally snapping back to reality.
Making sure no one was around, he pulled out his phone and sent Jiang Che a message.
After typing and deleting multiple drafts, he finally settled on a single, concise line:
“Be careful. Someone’s coming for you.”
Though he had disliked Jiang Che before, at the end of the day, Jiang Che was still Chen Ningshuang’s man.
……
“Hah—Chen Hao’s got some decency after all.”
Jiang Che smirked as he glanced at the message on his phone.
He was already fully aware of everything that had happened around Chen Hao.
The moment Chen Hao bound himself to the ‘Troll God System,’ he became Jiang Che’s eyes and ears within the Destiny Association.
Every move, every conversation—Jiang Che could monitor it all in real time.
“Earth Pavilion and Heaven Pavilion? So they’re behind ‘the Door’…”
Jiang Che’s interest was piqued. The current protagonists of destiny had been disappointingly weak. The most impressive one he’d encountered so far was that Xu Rong guy.
Xu Rong’s ‘Super Divine Genes’ golden finger seemed decent, but while its floor was high, its ceiling was relatively low.
“I wonder if the Earth Pavilion and Heaven Pavilion have protagonists like ‘Demon Emperor’s Return’ or ‘Immortal Venerable’s Rebirth’?”
Jiang Che muttered to himself. If he had to face someone capable of obliterating planets with a flick of their wrist, well… that would be game over.
But given the current circumstances, it was unlikely such absurdly overpowered individuals existed.
Shaking off the thought, Jiang Che tossed his phone onto the bedside table.
He lifted his wrist and pulled the blanket over Shen Yu, who had long since fallen asleep.
Despite her usual emotionless demeanor, Shen Yu’s physiological responses were brutally honest.
Ahem—don’t get the wrong idea. By ‘physiological responses,’ he meant dependency.
Like right now, for instance. Terrified of thunderstorms, she had curled up tightly against Jiang Che’s chest.
“Tsk, such a sweet girl… What a shame she’s emotionally stunted.”
Jiang Che tilted his head, studying her sleeping face. At rest, Shen Yu looked no different from Ye Mengyao or the others.
“Mmm… Mom… Dad…”
Even in her dreams, Shen Yu murmured softly, likely reliving unpleasant memories. Yet, her absolute rationality prevented her from experiencing fear, even in sleep.
Jiang Che’s gaze softened. Shen Yu really was pitiable.
Lonely, scared, miserable… but unable to express or vent any of it.
She couldn’t even convey happiness or joy. It was as if she had stuffed all her emotions into a glass jar, left to ferment in silence. No one could truly grasp what went on inside her heart.
“Sigh…”
Jiang Che exhaled before pulling her closer into his embrace.
At this point, he had given up hoping Shen Yu would ever fall in love with him. If she did develop feelings, they would undoubtedly be twisted.
For this poor little thing, the only thing he could do was fill her… heart with his overwhelming affection.
…
The next morning.
Jiang Che had barely woken up when Chen Ningshuang barged in.
“Jiang Che, I’ve broken through to the late-stage Grandmaster realm! And this time, I did it without your help!”
She couldn’t suppress the grin on her face.
Ever since she started dual cultivating with Jiang Che, she had grown lazy. Back then, she would wake up at 4 or 5 a.m. to train.
Now? She slept in every day, relying entirely on Jiang Che to ‘feed’ her cultivation.
Breaking through a bottleneck on her own now filled her with immense pride and excitement.
“Oh? So you’re proud of yourself, huh?”
Jiang Che yawned, giving her a sidelong glance.
“Of course! With my current strength, I should be able to overpower you now, right?”
Hands on her hips, Chen Ningshuang’s arrogance had returned in full force.
“Heh—”
Jiang Che chuckled before unleashing his own cultivation aura.
The unmistakable pressure of a peak Grandmaster radiated from him.
“What?! When did you reach peak Grandmaster?!”
Chen Ningshuang felt her entire worldview crumbling. Wasn’t Jiang Che’s talent supposed to be garbage?
How had he surpassed her so easily?
“What do you think? Did you really believe I was dual cultivating with only you?”
His meaning was clear. Even with his lackluster talent, his relentless… efforts had paid off.
“Isn’t there a saying? Success is 99% perspiration and 1% talent. Do you understand the essence of that statement?”
Chen Ningshuang: “…”
Ugh, what kind of ‘perspiration’ are you talking about?! Your cultivation methods are anything but orthodox!
Only Jiang Che could make such shameless training sound so righteous.
“What’s wrong, Ningshuang? Feeling the urge to… improve again?”
Her face flushed red—he had seen right through her.
“Ugh, you shameless rogue!”
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!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
