"Tsk, a woman's heart is as deep as the ocean!"
Jiang Che sighed with feeling; even he couldn't fathom a woman's thoughts.
Gu Wantang had been so contrary before, generously sending all kinds of revealing photos whenever asked, but now she had suddenly turned hostile.
Just as Jiang Che was about to give up, a picture suddenly came through from the other side!
It was... a selfie!
The girl in the photo was sitting upright and proper, dressed in a white robe at a table. Her exquisitely beautiful face showed no expression, yet a faint, almost imperceptible blush colored her pale, cool complexion.
Although it was the same person, she was worlds apart from the one Jiang Che had seen last time!
The last time, the Taiyin Mystic Maiden had been very open, full of allure, but now she was dressed like a good girl. It was hard to connect the girl before him with the succubus from last time.
"Wait! This isn't the same person!"
Jiang Che narrowed his eyes sharply, scrutinizing Gu Wantang in the photo. He compared it with the picture she had sent him last time and quickly spotted the clue.
This time, her pupils weren't crimson red. Last time, the pictures the woman sent were not only revealing, but that enchanting, captivating aura seemed to radiate even through the photo.
This time, however, her eyes completely lacked that previous seductive quality, and she was dressed very conservatively.
Jiang Che's experience told him this absolutely could not be the same person!
"A dual soul in one body? Tsk tsk tsk... I never expected marrying one would come with an extra one, heh heh heh~~~"
Jiang Che lightly licked the corner of his lips. What man wouldn't want to marry home someone who offered this kind of 'fire and ice' dual experience?
Of course, if it weren't for the Haotian Immortal Physique... even if he married her home, he might only end up dying beneath the peony flower.
But to be involved with a peerless beauty like Gu Wantang, ranked third on the Beauty List, well, one would naturally be a romantic ghost.
"So that means... the one chatting with me last time was probably Gu Wantang's alternate personality, right? But this time it should be her cold, aloof main personality. Why would she still send a picture?" Jiang Che reasoned, but he couldn't make head or tail of it.
[Beautiful! Truly worthy of a famous beauty on the Beauty List. But why were you last time...]
Jiang Che didn't finish his question, while on the other side, Gu Wantang fell into a slight silence.
How should she explain the issue of the evil soul? But if she explained it... then what would sending a picture now even mean? Wouldn't her aloof persona completely collapse?
Besides, she was a Quasi-Emperor. Her fiancé, it was said, had just stepped into the Martial God stage. She could crush him to death with a single finger.
[How fares the Mortal Realm? The Three Realms Bell of the Nine Heavens has tolled again... According to immortal divinations, it's an invasion of otherworldly evil spirits into the Mortal Realm.]
Gu Wantang directly tried to change the subject.
But once the mask of aloofness is taken off, putting it back on is difficult.
[Tangtang, are you worried about me?]
On the other side, upon seeing Jiang Che's address of 'Tangtang', Gu Wantang's face instantly flushed crimson.
As the young mistress of the Taiyin Ice Palace, blessed with an immortal physique, her talent was extraordinary. She built her foundation naturally at birth, entered the Martial God stage at fourteen, completed nine nirvanas and advanced to the Creation Realm by fifty, condensing a True Immortal Mark. She stepped into the Quasi-Emperor Realm at one hundred, and now, over three hundred years old, she had already reached the tenth level of Quasi-Emperor!
Such talent was an extremely terrifying existence throughout the entire Nine Heavens. And in these three hundred plus years... she had cultivated every moment. Her emotional intelligence could be considered zero, and as for romantic feelings, that was a complete blank. The little knowledge she did have was forcibly instilled in her by her inner demon, the Taiyin Mystic Maiden.
Seeing Gu Wantang fall silent, Jiang Che pressed on. Although he hadn't met this fiancée in person, relying on his powerful intuition for picking up girls, he had already guessed her character pretty well.
A dual soul in one body. The evil soul was quite the flirt, while this original soul was a standard 'dumb, pure, and powerful' type!
[The otherworldly evil spirits are the source of calamity that can annihilate all realms. If not handled properly, it could very well spread to the Nine Heavens and all realms. As the daughter of an immortal, it is only natural for me to inquire...]
Jiang Che expressed regret, [Oh? So it seems... Tangtang, you have quite a strong sense of responsibility?]
[My Taiyin Ice Palace guards the Extreme Cold Northern Domain. For generations, immortals have been stationed at the borders of the Nine Heavens to prevent the invasion of aberrant beings. Naturally, after I achieve immortality in the future, I must also go there...]
Jiang Che raised an eyebrow. Did the Taiyin Ice Palace have such a tradition?
Although the Nine Heavens were vast and boundless, they were also plagued by otherworldly evil spirits. However, the barrier of the Nine Heavens was powerful enough to protect its millions of provinces. Moreover, the immortals had heavy responsibilities; powerful immortals with vigorous vitality and energy had to guard the borders to resist the invasion of aberrant beings.
The Mortal Realm had just undergone spiritual energy revival. The Heavenly Dao was weak, and the situation was already precarious. In the future, evil spirits would certainly use the Mortal Realm as a springboard to invade the entire Nine Heavens and all realms.
It was just that Jiang Che, by fusing with the Demon Ancestor's Heartbone, had accelerated this process.
[Tangtang, with me here... I won't let the evil spirits invade the Nine Heavens.]
Jiang Che's words directly left Gu Wantang on the other side stunned for a moment. She had grown accustomed to his frivolous way of speaking. How could such words possibly come from his mouth?
[Resist the evil demons? By yourself, it's simply impossible... You have no idea how terrifying the otherworldly evil demons truly are... Even the Human Emperor failed back then!]
[The Human Emperor?] Jiang Che asked.
[Five hundred thousand years ago, the otherworldly evil demons appeared once. No one expected... the dozens of immortals guarding the borders were all corrupted and fell by the power of the evil spirits. Then the evil spirit legions quickly invaded the Nine Heavens. The casualties were devastating... Finally, the Human Emperor arose in response to the calamity. Born with a dual immortal physique, she rose rapidly, broke through in the midst of adversity, and finally knocked on the gate of immortality. She led the cultivators of the Nine Heavens to drive out the evil spirits and set up the Ten Absolute Demon-Sealing Array to block the armies of the otherworldly evil spirits. But in the end, she disappeared... most likely... she perished.]
From Gu Wantang's tone, Jiang Che could hear her reverence for this Human Emperor, as if she had turned into a little fangirl.
This girl's heart was filled with concern for all living beings under heaven.
Well then, in that case, this young master will just give you the persona of one who stands alone against eternity.
[Gu Wantang, because of our engagement... many people in the Nine Heavens think I, Jiang Che, am not worthy of you. Of course... sometimes I think so too. How can someone as worldly and dust-covered as me be worthy of someone as noble as you?]
[But since your heart holds all living beings under heaven, then I will... strive to become a hero. A hero worthy enough to be a match for you.]
To tell the truth, Jiang Che himself was almost moved to shed a few little pearls.
[You...]
[Tangtang, I am the unprecedented possessor of four immortal physiques. The Mandate of Heaven is upon me. I will definitely do better than the Human Emperor.]
Jiang Che's words gave Gu Wantang a start. That's right... Only then did she remember that her little fiancé possessed four immortal physiques. In terms of cultivation talent, he wouldn't be weaker than the Human Emperor!
But... he... is he really going to walk that path?
[If I ultimately eradicate the source of the corruption and enter the Nine Heavens, I will come to marry you openly and with honor!]
But if... we fail, the engagement is off!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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.”
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!"
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!
