The air fell silent for a moment.
???
Xu Tun’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the swirling black mist.
His mind was in complete chaos, unable to process what was happening.
“Is this… someone from the Shadow Garden?”
He muttered to himself, a sense of foreboding rising in his chest.
The next second.
The black mist condensed into a slender figure, wielding an ink-black longsword, exuding an icy, bone-chilling aura.
His face was hidden in shadows, revealing only a pair of eerie green eyes—like a demon from the abyss.
“The Sword Ghost of the Shadow Garden?!”
Qin Luo feigned surprise and shouted, “Are you here to save your comrade?”
Li Xuanfeng responded with a sharp, sinister laugh. “No choice. Xu Tun is too much of a fool. The organization has to clean up his mess.”
With that, he strode over to Xu Tun and pulled him up from the crater.
“Come with me.”
His words were brief and commanding, his voice low and oppressive.
Xu Tun froze, his entire body stiff as if struck by lightning.
“Wait…”
He stammered, trying to shake off Li Xuanfeng’s grip. “I don’t even know you! How do you know my name? And what’s this about the Shadow Garden? I have nothing to do with them!”
Li Xuanfeng sneered, his gaze sweeping over the wary members of the Silver Squad before landing back on Xu Tun. “Xu Tun, you’re quite the actor.”
“Enough pretending. Let’s go. Do you really want to be left behind by the Alliance?”
Qin Luo’s expression twisted into a mix of shock and fury.
He whirled around and pointed accusingly at Xu Tun. “Xu Tun! You still dare deny being part of the Shadow Garden?!”
“No… I’m not…”
Xu Tun panicked—genuinely panicked.
“If you’re not with them, why would he come to rescue you? Wasn’t this all premeditated? Xu Tun, how can you claim you’re not connected to the Shadow Garden?”
As the words fell—
[Whispers of the Wind! Activate!!]
???
That… actually made sense.
Xu Tun was utterly dumbfounded.
He opened his mouth but found himself unable to refute Qin Luo’s words.
His eyes darted around the crowd surrounding the crater.
Some bystanders were already snapping photos with their phones.
Tao Tao’s eyes were red with tears, her expression full of disappointment.
Why… why is this happening…
The absurdity of the situation left him drowning in helplessness.
“Enough talking.”
Li Xuanfeng tightened his grip on Xu Tun’s wrist, his voice icy. “Shut up if you want to live.”
The moment he spoke, Li Xuanfeng’s sword erupted with razor-sharp sword energy, transforming into countless black blade shadows that surged outward in all directions.
The Silver Squad members were caught off guard, forced back several steps, and even the drones were shredded into scrap metal by the onslaught.
Seizing the opportunity, Li Xuanfeng flashed through the air, dragging Xu Tun into a rift that had opened midair.
The rift swallowed them whole before sealing shut without a trace.
Qin Luo’s face darkened. He shielded the onlookers with a surge of spiritual energy while cursing under his breath. “Disgraceful! The Shadow Garden would even attack civilians just to escape!!”
“Sir Qin Luo! Are you alright?”
“Sir!”
The Silver Squad quickly regrouped around him.
Qin Luo waved them off, sighing in frustration. “I’m fine. It’s just a shame they got away.”
“Alright, stay here and reassure the crowd. I’ll report this back first.”
His tone turned serious. “We can confirm Xu Tun’s identity—he’s a member of the Shadow Garden.”
“Understood!”
……
……
Whoosh!
Entering the Realm of Fate.
Qin Luo leisurely sorted through Xu Tun’s threads of destiny.
The thread connecting him to [Young Miss Tao Tao of the Tao Family] had already been severed completely.
“As expected of a protagonist with 1.6 million units of fate energy…”
Qin Luo’s fingers danced along the golden threads of Xu Tun’s tangled web—each one representing a bond that shaped his bright future.
Of course, what Qin Luo cared about was the person behind him.
Anyone with over a million units of fate energy met the minimum requirement to become a [Player].
Let alone someone like Xu Tun, who had 1.6 million.
Qin Luo plucked one golden thread, its inscription reading:
[Empress Linglong—Xu Tun’s destined wife. To break his death line, she chose to kill him, forcing his rebirth. Currently residing in the Great Thousand World, she is Xu Tun’s “backer.”]
Heh.
Found you.
A faint smirk curled Qin Luo’s lips.
With a quick calculation, he could already sense the shift in fate among the Sea Clan.
The abominations must have descended.
And these [Players], these so-called Chosen Ones, were still tied to the interests of beings from higher dimensions.
Well then…
Crack!!
Qin Luo clenched his fist, instantly severing the thread binding Xu Tun and Empress Linglong.
His eyes gleamed with amusement.
The lower world is already in chaos. Now it’s time… to drag you lofty higher-dimensional beings down into the mud as well.
Look forward to it, denizens of the Great Thousand World.
By the time my young mistress and I ascend to your realm, the roles will be reversed.
Every sect leader of the Profound Heaven Realm had already been subdued by the [Total Army Command].
For those Chosen Ones with fate energy exceeding a million, Qin Luo had already laid his traps.
Now, only the final step remained.
The step that could overturn the entire game at the critical moment.
……
……
Su Family Villa.
“??”
“From now on, I have to train nonstop?”
“Until I reach the peak of the True Spirit Realm?”
Su Muwan blinked in confusion at Qin Luo, who had vanished all morning and now suddenly reappeared.
Qin Luo smiled and nodded, pulling out a long-dormant artifact.
[The Cauldron of Fate and Dreams]
“Young Mistress, starting today, you’ll train without pause.”
“We’ll use the time dilation inside the bronze cauldron to accelerate your progress.”
“Huh… You’re really serious about this…”
“Of course.”
“First, let’s take a trip to the Profound Heaven Realm in our dreams.”
“Wait, you can control that too?”
“The Cauldron of Fate and Dreams has ‘fate’ in its name. And since I wield the System of Fate, we can give it a try.”
“So you’re finally dropping the act??”
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
mance] After transmigrating for eighteen years, Lin Qi lived as an utterly ordinary herbalist in the countryside. One day, he kindly brought home a sickly, beautiful girl covered in blood. They married in a flash and began their blissful, intimate life together. Right then, his long-delayed system finally activated. [Warning! Host detected in contact with the "Crimson Calamity," the world-ending witch!] Lin Qi looked at the adorable wife currently curled in his arms, who couldn't even open a jar lid and trembled at the sight of a mouse. Lin Qi: "System, are you insane? This is clearly just a weak and delicate sickly girl!" Thus, Lin Qi treated the system as a "Contrast System," where taking care of his wife made him stronger. Combing his wife's hair rewarded him with [Free Attribute Points]. Taking his wife out for sunshine rewarded him with [Forbidden Spell: Arcane Explosion]. Lin Qi: "This soft life tastes so good!" ... Yet, in the eyes of outsiders: The strongest Beastkin Assassin: "That man dissected a Beast King with a common skinning knife! That was a show of force towards the powerful!" The Holy Son of the Radiant Church: "I infiltrated his home as a tutor, but he had me babysit the children... He must have seen through my disguise!" The World-Ending Witch, Felucia: "I hid all the way in the countryside. How is it that the husband I married on a whim is stronger than I was at my peak?"
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
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)
