Xu Rong had been extremely frustrated lately. In just one week, he had been assassinated five times!
Assassination attempts weren’t anything new to him—after all, as the deputy leader of the Destiny Bearers Association, he had seen his fair share of storms. But damn it... every single attacker sent after him was some low-tier nobody. Was this some kind of joke?
After fusing with the "Ancient Dragon" gene gifted to him by the association’s leader, his strength had nearly broken through to S-rank, almost reaching the half-step Shattering Heaven level.
And yet, these pathetic assassins came at him with nothing more than early-stage Grandmaster cultivation—weaklings he could crush with a single finger.
"Deputy Leader Xu, what’s wrong?" Chen Hao asked, trotting over eagerly.
"Chen Hao, go investigate who’s been hiring people to kill me."
Chen Hao’s lips twitched at the order.
Who’s hiring assassins to kill you? Well... that would be me!
Of course, he couldn’t say that out loud—unless he wanted to be strung up as a traitor and beaten to a pulp.
"Ahem, Deputy Leader, could it be that escaped Ye Qing? Maybe he’s seeking revenge?"
"Ye Qing?" Xu Rong frowned, recalling the events of that day.
That mysterious "Loan Hero" had suddenly appeared at their headquarters and taken Ye Qing right under their noses. If Ye Qing had somehow survived, it wasn’t impossible for him to come back for payback.
Just then, two black-robed figures emerged from the shadows.
Chen Hao’s eyes widened. As a Grandmaster-level martial artist, he hadn’t sensed their presence at all!
Truly, the Destiny Bearers Association was filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
"Deputy Leader, we’ve recently discovered several new Destiny Bearers. One of them is the young master of the Jiang family in the capital—Jiang Ruoxu. He’s confirmed to possess a system, and its level is exceptionally high."
"But strangely, he seems to harbor extreme hostility toward us. The moment he heard we were from the Destiny Bearers Association, he immediately attacked. We’ve never had any direct conflict with him before."
Xu Rong frowned. "Jiang Ruoxu has close ties to Jiang Che. Don’t make a move on him yet—the Jiang family’s influence in the capital is immense."
"Deputy Leader, then what about Jiang Che? The Destiny Compass can’t trace his fate, but he’s undoubtedly a system holder, and his system’s level is terrifyingly high!"
Xu Rong shook his head again. "The leader said... Jiang Che is a Fate Reverser. He specifically targets Destiny Bearers. From the beginning—Lin Yu, the ‘Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain’ archetype, then Su Han, the ‘Mercenary Returns’ type—he’s clashed with multiple Destiny Bearers."
He paused, taking a deep breath before continuing gravely.
"The leader suspects Jiang Che’s system is designed to prey on Destiny Bearers. He can plunder their fortune to strengthen himself."
Chen Hao’s jaw nearly dropped. That... was insane!
No wonder his brother-in-law had been targeting him all this time. So that’s how it was!
"What?! Then why not eliminate him immediately? If he discovers our association... wouldn’t we just become his fuel? His harvest?" one of the black-robed men exclaimed.
Xu Rong’s eyes darkened. "It’s very possible... he’s already found us."
A chill ran down everyone’s spines at those words.
Especially Chen Hao. His heart pounded wildly—after all, within the association, he was the closest to Jiang Che. His sister was Jiang Che’s woman, and his own golden finger was the damn "Troll System."
By all accounts, he sounded like Jiang Che’s planted mole!
But he really wasn’t!!!
Sure enough, Xu Rong’s gaze soon landed on him, and the others followed suit.
In an instant, Chen Hao felt a cold sweat break out.
Sure, he was a system holder himself, but right now, he was in the heart of the Destiny Bearers Association, surrounded by powerhouses. Xu Rong alone could annihilate him without breaking a sweat.
He had seen the deputy leader’s strength firsthand—transforming into a colossal dragon, soaring through the skies, communicating with all living beings.
With a thud, Chen Hao dropped to his knees without a shred of dignity.
"Leader, I swear I’m innocent! My system may be the Troll System, but I’m not a mole! I joined the association to take revenge on Jiang Che and save my sister..."
His performance was Oscar-worthy—tears, snot, the whole package. Even the coldest hearts would’ve softened.
Xu Rong sighed. "I know you’re not lying. No one can lie within the Destiny Bearers Association."
Clearly, the association had members capable of reading minds.
"The leader has ordered that we avoid direct conflict with Jiang Che for now. His fate level is too high. We must wait until the elites from the Earth Pavilion and Heaven Pavilion descend before dealing with him. For now, we yield and endure."
"Additionally, the Destiny Compass has detected another high-level Destiny Bearer currently residing in the Zhou family of Hangzhou. See if you can recruit him."
Another black-robed figure spoke up. "Deputy Leader Xu, perhaps we can manipulate this newcomer into opposing Jiang Che—use him to test Jiang Che’s limits."
After a moment of silence, Xu Rong nodded. "Fine."
Meanwhile, Chen Hao, the unnoticed observer, suppressed his excitement. Once again, he had gathered crucial intelligence!
Truly, Chen Hao was the perfect pawn—so perfect that he didn’t even realize he was Jiang Che’s pawn.
Even if the association had mind-readers, none could uncover Jiang Che’s shadow lurking behind the scenes.
......
Jiang Che was in an awkward position.
Because Ji Ningxue had come to visit!
"Uh... Ningxue, please, have a seat!" He forced a smile, handing her a pair of slippers.
Ji Ningxue stood frozen at the doorway, fingers nervously clutching the hem of her clothes.
The massive living room before her was filled with stunning girls—some even had cat ears and tails, as if cosplaying?
On the sofa, several breathtakingly beautiful girls were playfully teasing each other, their eyes turning toward her the moment she entered.
Even the maids were dressed in frilly black-and-white Lolita outfits, their flawless legs nearly blinding her.
Ji Ningxue suddenly recalled Gu Lingfei’s words: "Welcome to the big family!"
Now she understood exactly what that meant.
Her voice trembled slightly. "They... they’re all...?"
Jiang Che remained unshaken, facing this ultimate harem showdown with absolute confidence.
If he couldn’t handle a little harem chaos, what kind of "Harem King" would he be?
Ji Ningxue could hardly believe her eyes.
She had done her research and knew Jiang Che had many girls around him.
But she had assumed it was just his natural charm—after all, exceptional men always attracted admirers.
But... but... she never imagined it would be like this!
The Real Big Family!
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!
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?"
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?!
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.”
