System Mom, Rapid Upgrade

Yu Chuan was trembling with fear; he was genuinely terrified.

"Oh?" Jiang Che raised an eyebrow and glanced at him. "Speak. What is your plan, and why did you send Wan'er to my side?"

Resting his chin on one hand, Jiang Che completely disregarded Yu Chuan, even though the latter's existence level was not low.

Yu Chuan shivered. "Young Master Jiang, it's like this... I once cultivated the Great Dao of Destiny and advanced to Immortal Emperor through it... I was lucky enough to gain the temporary recognition of the Destiny Origin, and I used it to make a deduction... which led me to you!"

"Your existence level is absurdly high. I couldn't step into the Transcendence Realm, so I could only choose to cling to a powerful backer. I had a daughter ahead of time, wanting... wanting to establish a connection with you."

Jiang Che narrowed his eyes. He was honestly speechless... People had started plotting to find him a wife while he was still in his mother's womb.

"Young Master Jiang, please don't be angry. I was truly left with no choice. I know what you are worried about... There is absolutely nothing wrong with Wan'er. It's just that when she was born... I sought out a certain big shot and begged for a 'Universal Charm Blessing.' That might be why Wan'er is so favored by your side..."

The old man didn't dare to tell a single lie, spilling the truth like beans pouring from a tipped jar.

"Oh? Universal Charm Blessing? A certain big shot? Are they from the Traveler organization?" Jiang Che asked calmly.

Travelers!!!

Yu Chuan's heart trembled. As expected... this Jiang Che was truly terrifying. He could casually mention a taboo like the Travelers. With his existence level, he would probably be a core member even among them.

Unlike himself, who was born defective and lacked the required existence level, so the Travelers wouldn't even accept him.

After being tested for hundreds of thousands of years, he actually ended up owing them five Great Dao Origins.

"No wonder. I was wondering why Yu Wan'er had such an inexplicable attraction. So it was you, you old geezer, poisoning me!" Jiang Che sneered.

"No, no, no... absolutely not! Young Master Jiang, that blessing is a conceptual-level ability. It only amplifies her own charm by a lot, reaching a level where everyone loves her. It doesn't cause any harm to the body!"

Jiang Che was speechless. Who said there was no harm? Wasn't being miserable a type of harm?!

Seeing the old geezer's demeanor, Jiang Che pretty much guessed he wasn't lying. Of course, even if he was lying, it didn't matter... Jiang Che didn't care.

"Trying to get close to me? You've miscalculated," Jiang Che shook his head indifferently. "Wan'er doesn't acknowledge you. She even used item cards to fight you to the death. Do you think I'll side with you... or with Wan'er?"

Yu Chuan was instantly left speechless. He felt he had made a terrible move. He thought that by relying on his status as her biological father, he could quickly board Jiang Che's ship, but looking at it now...

"Young Master Jiang, I... I have my difficulties," Yu Chuan sighed, and then recounted his entire experience.

He already owed Dao Origins to that suit-wearing man from the Traveler organization. Every day, he was grinding his life away, desperately cultivating the Dao!

He hadn't stepped into the Transcendence Realm. Someone born defective like him could only grind to death!

He tried cultivating every single Great Dao, cultivating them to the Immortal Emperor realm... to see if he could gain the recognition of the Great Dao Origin. If recognized, he would obtain a Dao Origin.

If he couldn't get recognized, he would sever his Dao and cultivate all over again... repeating this process endlessly.

Where would he find the time to accompany Yu Wan'er!

"Whoa..." Jiang Che looked at Yu Chuan with a hint of praise.

A true Grind King, holy crap!

However, his words also allowed Jiang Che to learn some secrets: Great Dao Origins were not rare items.

This reminded him of the Marvel movies he used to watch. The six Infinity Stones that Thanos painstakingly collected were no different from ordinary rocks at the Time Variance Authority, even being used as paperweights.

"Young Master Jiang... I truly harbor no malicious intentions. I am heavily in debt right now, owing others five Dao Origins. If I can't produce them by the next era, I will really die!"

"What does that have to do with me?" Jiang Che glanced at Yu Chuan. Did this old fool really think he would help him?

"I..." Yu Chuan was at a loss for words. "Can I see Wan'er? I want to say sorry to her!"

"Heh," Jiang Che sneered. "Trying to play the emotional card, huh?"

Yu Chuan was speechless.

He was exposed!

"I advise you to give up on that idea. Based on my understanding of Wan'er's personality, she wouldn't acknowledge you even if she died. If you appeared in front of her right now... she would absolutely pull out countless item cards and slap them right on your forehead."

Righteous extermination of family, a truly "filial" display!

As he spoke, a purple-gold item card appeared in Jiang Che's hand.

One-Hit Kill Card (Purple-Gold): Can deal a lethal blow to an enemy.

"You should be quite familiar with this thing, right?" Jiang Che said plainly.

Yu Chuan's pupils suddenly shrank, and his entire body broke out in goosebumps.

Of course he was familiar with it. His own biological daughter had used several of these cards... and almost killed him.

This kind of card contained terrifying conceptual-level power. He had only felt this kind of power from the suit-wearing man; it was the power of Transcendence, an ability that reigned above the Dao.

If he didn't have many life-saving scapegoat methods, his soul would probably have scattered by now.

Jiang Che suddenly revealed an evil smirk and instantly crushed the item card!!!

A terrifying power instantly buffed Jiang Che, and the entire heaven and earth seemed to freeze.

"Y-Young Master Jiang, what is the meaning of this?!!" Yu Chuan was terrified and instinctively wanted to tear through the void to escape.

However, the one using the item card this time wasn't Yu Wan'er, but Jiang Che!

Even though he was a 60% Transcendent, he was still not enough to look at in the face of the One-Hit Kill item card.

Soon, the light emitted by the One-Hit Kill item card enveloped Yu Chuan.

"Pfft—"

Yu Chuan's body suddenly dimmed as he spat out a mouthful of blood, his life origin suffering a heavy blow.

However, he didn't die. It seemed something had blocked the fatal blow for him.

Jiang Che wasn't surprised. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and began to observe Yu Chuan's body.

The damn system still hadn't made a sound indicating a point drop. It seemed the sub-system couldn't collect points from someone with Yu Chuan's existence level.

To put it bluntly, the sub-system's level was still too low; the gap between it and Jiang Che's main system was too big.

Yu Chuan also seemed to realize something and suddenly looked up!

This feeling of extraction... So it was Young Master Jiang!!!

He had been struggling to resist this bizarre feeling earlier, never expecting it to be Young Master Jiang's doing.

"Young Master Jiang... please spare my life!!!" Yu Chuan was about to cry.

His life-saving methods were almost depleted. After being heavily injured by his own daughter three or four times in a row earlier, his scapegoat Dao puppets were nearly all used up.

However, Jiang Che ignored him and instead communicated with the system.

Was this the upper limit of his existence level?

Facing that group of Travelers with unknown strength, he was actually a little panicked.

Mommy System, upgrade immediately!