"No! No, no, no!"
Jiang Che suddenly realized, as if he had understood something.
Either the Heavenly Dao was deceiving him, or the Demon Ancestor was hiding his true abilities!
If according to the Heavenly Dao's claim, the Demon Ancestor only possessed two different Great Dao origins... but his own upper limit was absolutely not confined to the Immortal realm!
Jiang Che glanced at his system shop.
[Chaos Great Dao Origin: Price ???]
[Time Great Dao Origin: Price ???]
[Fate Great Dao Origin: Price ???]
Just the Great Dao origins listed for sale in the system shop numbered several dozen, and these were all among the highest-ranked Great Daos within the Three Thousand Great Daos!
If his past life was truly the Demon Ancestor, with such a high status... how could he possibly have been killed by his own disciple? And the disciple was merely an Immortal Emperor!
The logic didn't hold.
Of course, there was another possibility: the Demon Ancestor had grown tired of living and sought death himself.
"According to what the little system said, I am indeed the reincarnation of the Demon Ancestor, but is it possible... that the Demon Ancestor was also just one of my personas?"
The system said it wasn't the system itself that was powerful, but him!
Jiang Che felt he was on the verge of touching upon some kind of truth!
Both the Demon Lord and the Zhenmo Immortal seemed to have methods to bypass the special abilities of his system. Yet, given the status of his system... something like Great Dao origins could even appear in the system shop. Merely an Immortal Emperor's methods should be utterly unworthy of challenging the system.
Then there was only one possibility: the system's loopholes were deliberately left, specifically as bugs left for these two Immortal Emperors.
"So... was the Demon Ancestor also once a user of the system?"
Jiang Che looked at the system shop again, and indeed, there was no 'Demonic Great Dao Origin' for sale.
Clearly, this seemed to be that former Demon Ancestor showing favoritism.
Afraid that I might exchange for the Demonic Great Dao Origin, thus causing that Shangxie Zhenmo Immortal who controls it to lose his Great Dao origin?
"Damn, could it be that my previous life's Demon Ancestor persona was a massive simp? Possessing immense power and status but ending up as a simp?" Jiang Che inwardly grumbled.
From any angle he looked at it, he couldn't possibly be a simp, could he?
Even if he were a simp, he'd have to be a poodle-level simp.
"No, I need to test the waters with another transcendent Immortal Emperor, to see if the system's status truly surpasses that of an Immortal Emperor!"
Suddenly, Jiang Che thought of the Supreme Forgetfulness Immortal he had encountered before, and that Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal from last time who wanted to be reborn in Shen Yu's womb.
The reincarnated soul of that Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal had already been suppressed and slain by Jiang Che using the system's power.
As for the remaining Supreme Forgetfulness Immortal, Jiang Che began to set his sights on her.
Jiang Che glanced at his system shop: [Forgetfulness Great Dao Origin: Price 30 billion points]
The Forgetfulness Great Dao's ranking among the Three Thousand Great Daos wasn't particularly high, so it was available for purchase now.
However, Jiang Che couldn't afford it!
If he bought the Forgetfulness Great Dao Origin, logically, the Great Dao origin within that Forgetfulness Immortal should immediately disappear!
...
Ninth Heaven, Beyond the Heavens.
Amidst drifting mist and clouds, a circular gate flickered in and out of sight, with a plaque hanging above it.
[Supreme Palace]
This was the domain where the Supreme One resided. Almost all transcendent immortals in the Ninth Heaven were beings detached from worldly affairs. Having lifespans equal to the Dao itself, even the collapse of the Ninth Heaven held no relevance to them.
Truly and utterly devoted to seeking the Dao!
Although there was only a circular gate, stepping through it would reveal that the interior held another world within.
Behind the gate, another great world was actually nurtured!
Within this world, billions upon billions of living beings resided, each possessing their own souls. Even the Heavenly Dao rules operated normally, almost forming a complete world.
Within this great world, countless cultivators also existed, even giving rise to Emperor-level powerhouses.
At the dome of this great world, a figure clad in white robes hovered in the air, gazing down with indifferent eyes upon the operation of the entire world.
The Supreme One - the Forgetfulness Immortal!
And the vast world below was entirely an inner world constructed from her immortal power. Within this inner world... she was the sole deity!
After merging with the Great Dao origin, she, who primarily cultivated the Path of Forgetfulness, had completely severed emotions and desires, her personality becoming supremely rational.
"All is but a fleeting illusion, shattered at a touch!" The Supreme One calmly looked down upon the myriad beings of the world. With a single thought, an Immortal Emperor could perceive all things; the birth and death of all things in an instant were all sensed by her. The seven emotions and six desires of the mortal world had long been thoroughly understood by her.
But just as the Supreme One was sighing with emotion, a sudden, intense palpitation struck her heart!
It was as if she had been targeted by some great terror, and the Forgetfulness Great Dao origin within her trembled violently.
"Is it him?" The Supreme One's gaze gradually deepened. Even with such heart palpitations... she still felt no fear. She had long since completely lost the seven emotions and six desires, fear naturally included.
As an Immortal Emperor who had merged with the Dao, there was no one in the Ninth Heaven she couldn't see through. Throughout countless eons, only two people had remained inscrutable to her: one was the Demon Ancestor from a million years ago, the other was the current Jiang Che!
An ordinary person, yet possessing mysterious abilities that even she, an Immortal Emperor, couldn't see through. One must know that even Immortal Emperors like them who had merged with the Dao couldn't casually forge immortal bodies.
In terms of combat power, she might not match other Immortal Emperors, but Immortal Emperors of the same level wouldn't cause her such heart palpitations. Only that enigmatic and unpredictable Jiang Che!
"Capable of making a Great Dao origin tremble, just who are you?" The Supreme One raised her hand, and a transparent sphere suddenly appeared in her palm, seemingly containing countless profound mysteries of the world.
The woman gently placed her slender hand upon the Forgetfulness Origin. In an instant, her pupils became strangely profound, as if harboring a world within.
Yet, even after soothing the Great Dao origin, the palpitations in her heart remained.
......
The foreign evil spirits had come again. Entrusted by the Heavenly Dao this time, Jiang Che activated the boundary barrier.
However, the Demon Lord did not come again to cause trouble. The mortal realm and the evil spirits seemed to have reached a stalemate.
The Demon Lord certainly had the ability to continue breaking the boundary barrier, but she chose not to!
Yet, news came from the Ninth Heaven!
The foreign evil spirits seemed to have abandoned the mortal realm, choosing instead to directly attack the Ninth Heaven!!!
As the founder of the Path of Evil Spirits, the Demon Lord's goal was naturally to corrupt all realms of the Ninth Heaven.
The last time the foreign evil spirits launched a full-scale invasion of the Ninth Heaven was five hundred thousand years ago. However, the Human Emperor emerged then, leading countless cultivators in a desperate resistance that ultimately repelled the darkness, and even set up a top-tier defensive grand formation at the borders of the Ninth Heaven!
After the Human Emperor alone stepped into the plane of the foreign evil spirits and disappeared, although the evil spirits occasionally harassed the borderlands of the Ninth Heaven, they had never invaded on such a large scale as this time!
Because of this invasion by evil spirits, the Three Realms Bell of the Ninth Heaven was sounded once again!
This turn of events was something even Jiang Che hadn't anticipated.
Looking at the ten storage rings on his finger, Jiang Che awkwardly rubbed his nose.
It seemed... he had inadvertently swindled others out of a hefty sum again.
And it was at this very moment!!!
System prompt sounds began frantically echoing in Jiang Che's ears!
[Ding! The host has scammed the myriad races of the Nine Heavens, obtaining 2 billion points....]
[Ding! The host...]
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
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.
