Jiang Che had a headache, and he found himself reminiscing about the Yu Wan'er from the beginning—the fragile little potato who would catch a cold from just her period, fall ill from the slightest bullying, and run a fever at the drop of a hat. Back then, he had instilled deep fear in her.
But now?
Yu Wan'er had grown stronger, her physique improved, and her combat prowess had even reached the level of a grandmaster. The only thing that hadn’t changed was her bratty, devilish temper. Even Jiang Che was starting to struggle keeping her in check.
......
The thought of Shen Yu made Jiang Che’s headache worse.
He hadn’t spent time with her in a month, yet she hadn’t missed him at all. Instead, she had recently published a groundbreaking paper that caused quite a stir in the mathematics department at Z University.
Shen Yu’s mind simply wasn’t on him. Even though Jiang Che had once managed to crack open a sliver of her heart, she had quickly sealed that tiny gap shut with concrete.
She was truly hard to win over.
All his romantic gestures were useless against her. Born emotionally detached, she was completely immune to his usual tactics.
"What’s wrong, Jiang Che? Missing Shen Yu already?" Yu Wan'er flashed a mischievous, impish grin when she saw his expression.
"Hahaha! Who would’ve thought? Even the great Casanova himself gets shut down by Shen Yu!"
"Serves you right for being such a playboy! Serves you right for bullying us! Shen Yu will teach you a lesson for us!"
The little gremlin’s mind was already spinning a million-word tragic romance novel—
My 26-Year-Old Genius Girlfriend...
Jiang Che sighed as he watched Yu Wan'er bounce around like an overexcited gremlin. Well, she was his girl—might as well indulge her a little.
His thoughts then turned to the so-called Jiang Family from the Upper Realm.
If such a family truly existed up there, it wouldn’t be a bad thing—it would mean his background had leveled up yet again.
But at the same time, the future could take a drastic turn. The Gates were awakening, and who knew what kind of monsters might emerge?
What if some reborn Demon Emperor showed up, capable of wiping out entire galaxies with a flick of his sleeve? If that happened, he might as well give up now.
After all, even the current "Little Demon God" Zhou Fan was already pushing the limits of overpowered...
"The Fatebearers Association must have information on the Upper Realm. I can have Chen Hao dig around for me."
Zhou Fan definitely knew something, but the guy was way too cautious. Even asking him under the guise of the System would raise his suspicions.
As for Chen Hao? The guy had practically become a senior figure in the Fatebearers Association’s "Human Pavilion" branch by now. Gathering intel wouldn’t be a problem.
......
Chen Hao had been living the good life lately. No one in the Human Pavilion dared to mess with him anymore—because anyone who did ended up getting scammed to death.
Even those slightly stronger than him got played so badly they wished they were dead. Even the Human Pavilion’s leader had fallen victim to his schemes once.
Only the Pavilion Leader and Vice-Leader knew his true strength.
"Damn that Xu Rong! Calling you ‘senior’ was just a courtesy—you think I actually respect you? Just you wait, I’ll scam you to death sooner or later!"
A vicious smirk curled on Chen Hao’s lips.
He had spent this time thoroughly analyzing Xu Rong’s abilities. The old man’s power was the fusion of various biological traits.
From what he knew, Xu Rong had already assimilated 21 different creatures’ abilities—
A peregrine falcon’s flight, an ant’s super strength, a bat’s echolocation, a hound’s endurance, a swordfish’s swimming speed, a donkey’s... ahem... stamina...
(Thanks to him, Xu Rong no longer needed a belt—his waist had become the envy of all men.)
Of course, these ordinary creature traits weren’t enough to secure Xu Rong’s position as Vice-Leader. He had some far rarer abilities too.
For example, an electric eel’s bioelectricity, which made his lightning attacks rival an S-class lightning ability user!
And then there were the truly broken prehistoric monster traits...
But Chen Hao had assessed that the Vice-Leader’s strength capped at around mid-stage Shattering Heaven Realm. With a bit more Scam Points... he could buy some items from the System and screw him over for good.
Just as Chen Hao was plotting, the System’s voice suddenly chimed in.
[Ding! Temporary System Mission issued: Investigate the Mysteries of the ‘Nine Heavens’]
[Mission Objective: The Gates of the world are awakening. The host must use the Fatebearers Association’s connections to uncover clues about the Upper Realm and the ‘Nine Heavens.’ All signs point toward the enigmatic Jiang Family...]
[Reward: 10,000 Scam Points]
"Investigate the Nine Heavens? What the hell is that?"
Chen Hao scratched his head.
The Scam God System usually just told him to scam someone to death—it had never given him an actual mission before.
But this one sounded easy. No life-or-death struggles, just 10,000 Scam Points for free.
"The Jiang Family? The one in the capital? Probably not the same, right?"
He shrugged, not thinking too deeply about it—and certainly not connecting the System to Jiang Che.
Chen Hao was just too dumb, which was why Jiang Che could manipulate him so freely.
But Zhou Fan? No way.
Zhou Fan was paranoid and cautious—even now, he still distrusted the System.
"The Association’s archives must have records on this stuff!"
Chen Hao muttered to himself.
Rumor had it that the Fatebearers Association’s archives contained countless long-lost, invaluable documents. However, these weren’t publicly accessible—they were stored in the "Human Pavilion Store," purchasable only with contribution points.
Chen Hao headed to the Human Pavilion Store alone. The "store" was essentially a high-tech transparent screen where one could buy all sorts of items and tools—even a spaceship, if they had enough points.
"Hey, Ye Feng, how about lending me some points? I’m just 3,000 short for the Heavenly Strength Pill. Once I break through to grandmaster and my salary increases, I’ll pay you back next month!"
"Li Ming, are you out of your mind? My monthly salary is only 5,000 points—you’re asking for my life here!"
"Ah? Scam King—I mean, Hall Master Chen! What brings you here?"
Around the store, several Fatebearers were chatting. These once-proud Chosen Ones had now been reduced to corporate drones, stressing over a few thousand points every month.
But the moment they spotted Chen Hao, they scattered like frightened mice.
Chen Hao: "..."
Was he really that terrifying?
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
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!
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
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?!
