This time, it was Jiang Che's turn to be stunned.
Holy crap, the Peach of Immortality has taken human form!
And not just any form—a delicate, adorable little loli!
"Wuwu... you bit me!"
In front of Jiang Che, a girl no bigger than a bean sprout was rubbing her bottom, tears glistening at the corners of her eyes.
Her hair was a soft pink-white, blending seamlessly with her pristine skin. Clutching a giant celestial peach in her arms, her eyes slightly red, she sat cross-legged beneath the Peach Tree of Immortality. At a glance, it was clear—she was a little peach spirit.
A celestial peach taking human form... and as for her clothes... ahem, best not to look!
"I didn’t bite you. Don’t go slandering me. I’m a gentleman! I should be asking where you hid my celestial peach!"
Jiang Che clasped his hands behind his back, doubling down on shamelessness.
"I am that celestial peach!!!"
The little pan-tao gritted her teeth in explanation.
She wasn’t a spirit born from the peach tree branches. Instead, she was the peach itself, having developed sentience just before ripening. All that talk earlier about rebirth into a true peach immortal tree? Total nonsense!
Unless someone ate her and planted her pit in immortal soil for a few hundred thousand years, there’d be no chance of her evolving into a true elixir.
But she never imagined Jiang Che actually had the means to elevate her into one!
In fact... she had a feeling her current state surpassed even the original elixir's essence.
"Heh... so you’re just a peach spirit who gained sentience," Jiang Che chuckled before tossing her a hanfu dress. "Put this on, quick!"
"Mm!"
For this little peach spirit, life experience was practically nonexistent. Though she’d gained intelligence, she’d spent every day up in the tree, her mind as pure and unblemished as a blank sheet of paper—no concept of shame whatsoever.
Once dressed, she settled beneath the Peaches of Immortality tree, her bright, curious eyes fixed on Jiang Che.
"How did you do it? I feel like my life essence has improved so much!"
"What was that liquid you gave me earlier? Just one drop completely transformed me!"
"You can call me Yao Yao! That’s what everyone calls me!"
"Master, I’ll work hard to grow peaches for you—just please don’t bite me again. It really hurts~~~"
Yao Yao...
Honestly, Jiang Che was momentarily at a loss.
He’d assumed the peach was some genderless entity. Who knew it’d turn out so... juicy?
Lately, he’d grown tired of fish—maybe some peaches would be a refreshing change?
This was getting absurd!
He’d just vowed not to follow in Wang Xizhi’s footsteps, but faced with Yao Yao’s dewy innocence, Young Master Jiang silently recited: Sin, sin!
As the Buddha said: If I don’t descend into hell, who will?
"Can you actually grow Pan Tao?" Jiang Che asked.
Of course! If you give me lots of immortal soil, I can produce peaches really fast!
Yao Yao beamed, utterly trusting of Jiang Che now.
Back in the Nine Heavens’ Jiang Clan, even the Mother Peach Tree had suffered—what kind of top-tier immortal ancestor couldn’t even provide divine-grade farmland?
At first, she’d looked down on this lower-realm master... but now? She’d hit the jackpot of the millennium!
"Immortal soil..."
Jiang Che’s eye twitched as he glanced at the five-meter-tall peach tree. For something this size, he’d need at least a dozen cubic meters of the stuff.
One square meter costs 100 million points (system points). Another investment of over 10 billion?
Was this a joke?!
He’d been planning to buy Jia Ling'er some Stonefolk’s Tears to enhance her bloodline. That girl had become his devoted fan—it’d be wrong not to reward her.
Money might be plentiful, but budgeting was still tight!
"Originally, the celestial medicine peach took 30,000 years to bloom, 30,000 to bear fruit, and 30,000 to ripen—90,000 years total for just nine peaches. But now, it feels different..." Yao Yao mused.
"How so?"
“My current form is the Pan Tao Xian Tree, but without its original essence. The fruit won’t elevate mortals to immortal bodies anymore. Instead, they’re packed with life-prolonging essence—substances that extend lifespan!”
"Meh, I never expected mass-produced immortal bodies anyway. More importantly—how fast can your peaches mature now?"
“Much faster! Just a few months per batch, and way more than nine! With my current life essence stores, each Pan Tao can extend life by 10,000 years!”
"Peaches infused with life-prolonging essence? Now that’s broken."
Jiang Che understood now—longevity material was the ultimate pursuit of all cultivators!
Its effects never diminished. A steady supply meant true immortality!
His system’s Supreme Longevity Pills contained traces of it, but Yao Yao’s Peaches of Eternal Life were on another level.
Truthfully, she wasn’t just a Peaches of Immortality tree anymore. The Tree of Eternal Life suited her far better!
In terms of sheer overpoweredness, Yao Yao now outclassed the original Pan Tao Xian Shu tenfold!
Immortality via peaches—ripe in months, no diminishing returns. Owning Yao Yao equaled owning eternity itself!
Even for denizens of the Nine Heavens, eternal life was an irresistible lure.
With infinite time, even a pig could cultivate into an immortal!
Lacking talent? Just grind it out!
Yet to Jiang Che, immortality meant nothing.
His system’s endless supply of exquisite longevity pills made lifespan a non-issue.
"Still, those 10+ billion points weren’t wasted. Consider it your bride price!"
"Huh? What bride price?" Yao Yao blinked up at him, confused.
"Quit looking at me like that—I’m feeling way too guilty here!" Jiang Che groaned internally.
After the yellow soybean powder incident, he’d thought himself shameless enough. But apparently... he still had some conscience left.
Not much, though!
"Yao Yao, remember what I said earlier? About making you produce peaches quickly?"
Jiang Che grinned like an uncle luring a loli with candy.
"Eh?" She tilted her head.
"Did you know? For a peach tree, peaches are just seeds—the result of blooming!"
"Seeds?"
"Exactly!" Jiang Che laughed.
Just then—
"Jiang Che!!! What nonsense are you spouting now? Scamming little girls—have you no shame?!"
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.”
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
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!
