Jiang Ruoxu narrowed his eyes.
No wonder, no wonder his livestreaming show-offs had been earning half as much recently.
Back in the day, he could easily rake in at least 100,000 show-off points per stream, but lately, his viewership had plummeted.
So this guy was stealing his audience?
Lin Fan Loves Cultivation?
Cultivate my ass!
Jiang Ruoxu was furious. In his eyes, this was just some clown seeking attention.
Cultivation?
You can’t even master martial arts, and now you’re talking about cultivation?
Without even glancing at the livestream, Jiang Ruoxu immediately messaged the Jiang family’s butler.
[Contact the streaming platform right now. Ban this Lin Fan guy across the entire internet. When I’m live, no one else gets to be this damn impressive.]
[Understood, Young Master.]
The Jiang family acted swiftly.
“Holy shit? Lin Fan’s stream got banned?”
“That fast? Was it you, streamer? You just took one look and got him banned?”
Sure enough, after Lin Fan’s stream was taken down, a flood of viewers returned to Jiang Ruoxu’s channel.
Jiang Ruoxu put on an innocent face. “It wasn’t me! I just glanced at him… Maybe it’s the ‘two kings can’t coexist’ rule or something.”
[Ding! Host successfully pulled off a cringey show-off. +100 show-off points.]
Jiang Ruoxu didn’t elaborate further. Alone, he led his millions of viewers deeper into the Forbidden Martial Zone.
To this day, the ancient martial world still hadn’t figured out what this so-called Forbidden Martial Zone really was. All they knew was that it was vast… Occasionally, they’d run into some mutated beasts, but they were all weaklings.
“Holy crap, this pig is radiating Gang Jin energy? A grandmaster-level wild boar? So even pigs can become grandmasters now?”
Jiang Ruoxu’s lips twitched, feeling a blow to his pride.
“But it’s just a grandmaster. Watch my Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin!”
Striking a cool pose, he drew his sword and slashed, unleashing a storm of sword energy—peak show-off material.
Another massive wave of show-off points rolled in.
After half a day of exploration, Jiang Ruoxu stumbled upon a mysterious altar.
“What’s this? An altar? Or some kind of formation? A seven-colored stone array?”
“Master! Master, are you there? Can you tell what this thing is?”
Jiang Ruoxu tried reaching out to Mo Lianxing in his mind, but she had been so terrified by Jiang Che’s special effects that she’d hypnotized herself into deep sleep.
No waking her up. Absolutely impossible.
Left with no choice, the young master had to figure it out himself. The altar looked ridiculously high-tier, with seven-colored stones glowing ominously and intricate, arcane patterns carved into the ground.
As the chosen one, encountering such a unique altar in the Forbidden Zone was like dry wood meeting flames—instant combustion!
Soon, Jiang Ruoxu accidentally triggered something, awakening the entire altar.
“What the hell?!”
The altar itself wasn’t large, about the size of a basketball court, but the light it emitted instantly pierced through the Forbidden Zone’s dome, shaking the earth violently.
“LMAO, streamer really going all out with the special effects. Must’ve cost a fortune.”
“Props to the streamer, a young master of a great family, going to such lengths to entertain us peasants.”
Reading the comments, Jiang Ruoxu wanted to curse. This wasn’t some act—he might’ve just doomed himself.
The altar’s light seemed like some kind of beacon, and soon, the world itself felt upside down.
[Jiang Ruoxu, what have you done?]
A voice echoed from Jiang Ruoxu’s ring.
The altar’s revival had caused such a disturbance that even Mo Lianxing, deep in slumber, was jolted awake.
“Master… Finally! What’s going on?”
Mo Lianxing narrowed her eyes, studying the altar, then her pupils shrank abruptly.
[The Gate? You opened the Gate? No, no… You’re too weak to activate it directly. You must’ve triggered some catalyst, causing the Gate to fully awaken!]
That was her conclusion.
Jiang Ruoxu froze. As a Jiang family member, he knew about the “Gate.” It connected to another world—one with a mature cultivation system. Any cultivator from there would be like a god descending upon Earth.
If he’d unleashed a horde of overpowered beings and thrown the world into chaos, wouldn’t he be the ultimate sinner?
[But it’s not too bad. You’ve only accelerated the Gate’s awakening. It’s not fully open yet. Can you feel it? Spiritual energy is seeping through… This is the prelude to spiritual energy resurgence.]
“Spiritual energy resurgence? That’s actually a thing?”
Jiang Ruoxu gasped. Had his viewers’ wild guesses been right all along?
[From what I know of the Nine Heavens and Earth, the Nine Heavens are extensions of Earth’s origin. In ancient times, Earth was rich in spiritual energy, teeming with powerful beings. But as the origin fragmented, it split into nine parts, forming the Nine Heavens… Without its origin, Earth’s spiritual energy withered…]
“So the Gate’s opening is reversing that? Spiritual energy is replenishing Earth’s origin?” Jiang Ruoxu said urgently.
If true, Earth would no longer suffer from spiritual energy scarcity. The ceiling for martial artists wouldn’t be stuck at Grandmaster anymore.
With abundant spiritual energy, breaking through to the Sky-Shattering Realm, or even Divine Transformation and Nirvana Realms, would no longer be a pipe dream.
[Disciple, where is this place? You must secure it. Once spiritual energy spreads, this will become the most concentrated spot—a battleground for countless factions…]
Mo Lianxing was thrilled. Her idiot disciple had accidentally kickstarted the era of spiritual energy resurgence?
For the first time, she acknowledged this fool’s worth.
“Master, no need. The entrance to the Forbidden Martial Zone is literally my family’s backyard!”
“But Master… why does the spiritual energy feel so thin here? It’s nothing compared to the energy from my brother’s premium spirit soil…”
Jiang Ruoxu pulled out a handful of spirit soil from his system space, instantly flooding the area with dense, tangible spiritual energy.
[Pfft, Mr. Jiang’s soil is top-tier. How can you compare?]
Mo Lianxing facepalmed. Her disciple’s cluelessness was embarrassing. Mr. Jiang was truly on another level.
Speaking of which, was that recent Nirvana Realm aura she sensed perhaps Mr. Jiang’s master?
No way. That aura was only at the first stage of Nirvana. Mr. Jiang’s mysterious master had to be at least at the Creation Realm, probably beyond her wildest imagination…
Mo Lianxing’s imagination was running wild!

rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!

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."

shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]

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.”