The Lunar Ice Palace is an ancient immortal palace, said to be founded by the primordial Lunar Goddess from the Moon Palace during the era of the Ancient Celestial Court. In terms of heritage and foundation, it's even more ancient than the Jiang Family.
And the impression given by the Lunar Ice Maiden is one of mystery and immense power.
Despite her young age, she has already reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, the tenth heaven!
But just today, this Maiden, always known for her aloofness and mystery, not only spread news of an engagement but also personally acknowledged the marriage pact???
The damage this inflicts on her legion of admirers is absolutely nuclear in scale.
"No!!! Why... why?!"
"That guy is just... sob sob!"
Wails spread across the land. Already feeling terrible from being roasted by Jiang Che, whose every word struck a painful chord.
They might be considered minor geniuses within their own domains, but across the Nine Heavens with its nearly ten million provinces... they're not even a speck of dust once they step outside their home turf.
What Jiang Che said was painfully true; they are indeed just self-important little nobodies.
Defying the heavens, defying fate... the emergence of the Fate-Bearers Association has long since categorized all those blessed by destiny!
Your fate is set there. Even if you shout the most defiant slogans, like 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river,' your lifetime achievements might very well stop at the Martial God stage or the Creation realm.
It's completely different from many fantasy novels, where the protagonists constantly move to new maps and grow stronger!
But the Fate-Bearers Association uses fate to classify all those with great fortune into ranks, a reality so brutally despairing.
...
"Oh? This Lunar Ice Maiden is being so proactive? We haven't even met, and she's already speaking up for her future husband?"
Jiang Che was also shocked.
He had actually prepared himself for the Lunar Ice Maiden to break off the engagement, but now things had exceeded his expectations.
"But since you're so obedient, your husband will reward you handsomely!"
Jiang Che stroked his chin. Should he... add her as a friend first?
Try a temporary online romance?
A love story spanning the mountains and seas of this world?
However, just as this thought arose, his eyes widened.
[ 'Young Mistress of the Lunar Ice Palace' has sent you a friend request. Will you accept? ]
Oh ho!
It seems his little fiancée is a bit impatient!
She actually took the initiative to add him?
A case of great minds thinking alike.
Accept without hesitation!
[Hello, I am the Young Mistress of the Lunar Ice Palace, and also your fiancée. Can we get to know each other?]
Before Jiang Che could even speak, the other party took the lead.
To be honest, Jiang Che was momentarily dazed. Why did this feel like adding someone after a blind date?
[Of course, of course. May I ask, what is your surname, miss? I've only ever heard your title, but never your beautiful name.]
Honestly, Jiang Che was a bit excited. This brand-new online dating playstyle was a first for him.
[Gu Wantang]
This Young Mistress of the Lunar Ice Palace was far too mysterious, so much so that even her legion of admirers didn't know her real name, only her revered title, the Lunar Ice Maiden.
[To learn Miss Gu's name is an honor for me.]
On the other side, within the Lunar Ice Palace.
A faint smile slowly curled on Gu Wantang's lips. She crossed her legs, propped her chin with one hand, a playful glint flashing in her crimson eyes.
[What are your thoughts on the marriage pact? I listen to my elders and have no objections. If you agree... we can complete the marriage after you enter the Nine Heavens.]
Ahem... Isn't this moving a bit too fast???
Jiang Che was usually very aggressive and proactive when pursuing girls, but even he, a proactive type, felt this was overly aggressive.
He was planning to slowly cultivate feelings through this online romance with the Maiden, yet the moment he opened his mouth, the other side directly asked when to get married???
Wait, could this be a marriage scam? To swindle a large dowry from the Jiang Family and then vanish?
Ahem, obviously overthinking it. We're both from immortal clans... we wouldn't stoop to such lowly tricks.
[Um... complete the marriage?]
[I possess an Immortal Physique, and you are the rare, peerless Four Immortal Physiques. Although my natural talent is inferior to yours, I hold some status within the Nine Heavens. An alliance marriage with you... wouldn't be too much of an imposition, would it?]
???
Wait! Jiang Che's head was spinning a bit!
This Maiden seems off!
She's not just a little off, she's twelve parts off out of ten!
From what Jiang Che knew, this Lunar Ice Maiden was famous for her cold pride and mystery, a top-tier genius ranked second on the Heavenly Leaderboard, blessed with an Immortal Physique... she shouldn't possibly be this proactive, right???
Could it be that my talent is so strong it scared her?
[Of course it's okay! But Miss Gu... let me state my flaws first. I have quite a few close female companions...]
[That's not really a flaw. You possess the Four Immortal Physiques, a constitution unparalleled in all ages. Having more dao companions allows for leaving behind more offspring with excellent bloodlines. That's perfectly normal and understandable. On our wedding day... the 12 personal maids who accompany me will naturally marry over with me...]
???
Jiang Che was utterly stunned!
This... is this really the Lunar Ice Maiden?
Could it be Bai Jie logging in from a different location?
Although Jiang Che was somewhat confident, he wasn't arrogant enough to think he could make a holy maiden of an immortal imperishable sect turn into a fawning, obsessed girl, especially when the other party was a powerhouse at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm.
[Miss Gu, I understand you might resent the arrangements made by the family elders. If you don't like me or object to this marriage, I can help you escape it... Forcing two people who don't like each other together is destined to be a disaster!]
Jiang Che understood!
Gu Wantang must be speaking sarcastically!!!
She's being forced into marriage by the family elders, hence these angry words. After all, he and this Gu Wantang have never even met. How could this woman possibly have any favorable impression of him?
So she's been speaking in anger. In such situations, one should generally act pure-hearted, guiding things slowly and progressively!
[Hmm? I don't know if I like you, but I'm certain you like me!]
After saying this, Gu Wantang directly sent a picture!
Jiang Che's eyes instantly widened!
In the photo, a stunningly beautiful figure with silver-white hair sat with legs crossed atop an ice coffin. A cascade of silver hair flowed down, yet not disheveled. A thin layer of gauze lightly veiled her alluring form. The shot seemed taken from a low angle, the woman lifting a bare, jade-like foot as if stepping towards the lens.
Her crimson pupils held a bewitching, proud smile, like a legendary succubus.
"Gulp~~~" Jiang Che swallowed hard.
This... this Lunar Ice Palace Maiden seems quite different from the rumors.
Could she be a... ahem, a character with a hidden side!
To be honest, Jiang Che felt a bit intimidated. After all, girls with a hidden side usually play very wild games. Such women, no matter how beautiful, aren't easy to handle.
But this Gu Wantang was indeed the most beautiful woman Jiang Che had ever seen, bar none!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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!
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
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.”
