Bzzzz—!!!!
BOOM!!!
The entire venue fell abruptly silent.
Everyone stared dumbfounded at Qin Luo, who had suddenly appeared before Xuan Xingzi and delivered a resounding slap to his face.
Their jaws dropped as if time itself had frozen in that moment.
Wait... what the—?!
In the shadows.
The onlookers from the Great Thousand Worlds were equally stunned.
This...
Holy crap!!!
Xuan Xingzi of the Celestial Star Palace just got slapped?!!
As for Xuan Xingzi himself, his head was tilted to the side, his hand clutching his cheek.
His face was swollen, the searing pain leaving him momentarily dazed.
But...
As the sound of the crowd's shocked gasps echoed in his ears,
his expression shifted from initial confusion to shock, then disbelief, and finally twisted into pure rage.
Xuan Xingzi finally snapped back to reality.
What...
I... I was just hit?!
"You... you dare strike me?!" Xuan Xingzi's voice trembled, edged with a shrill, hysterical tone.
His noble status, his supreme dignity—publicly humiliated by a lowly ant from the lower realm!
"Do you even know who I am?! I am Xuan Xingzi of the Celestial Star Palace!"
"You... you wretched insect!!"
"How dare you... how dare you—"
His voice grew increasingly shrill, nearly piercing everyone's eardrums.
Then.
"Enough noise."
SMACK!
"Guh—!"
Qin Luo delivered another backhanded slap, sending Xuan Xingzi's head whipping to the side.
"This slap—is for your foul mouth and arrogance!!"
SMACK!
Another slap followed.
Xuan Xingzi's head jerked the other way.
"This slap—is for your delusions of grandeur and ignorance of your own limits!!"
SMACK!
Yet another slap!
"This slap—is for bullying the weak and abusing your power!!"
SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK!!!
"And these slaps—are for being so damn ugly!!!"
Wait—!!!
The crowd was stunned.
Since when was being ugly a reason to get slapped?!
But unlike the others,
Su Muwan stood frozen in place, swallowing hard.
"I feel this on a spiritual level, folks! I’ve gotten used to it by now!"
"But you all better get used to it too!!"
Qin Luo, still not satisfied, raised his hand again. "This—"
"Hey, wait!"
"Let me have a turn!"
Su Muwan instantly flew over. Seriously?!
All bark and no bite?!
Scared the hell out of me!
She swung her hand—
SMACK!!!!
"Guh—!"
Xuan Xingzi's head snapped to the left.
"This slap—is for your blind eyes!! How dare you not recognize who I am?!"
SMACK!!
Qin Luo followed up with another slap.
"Guh—!"
Xuan Xingzi's head whipped to the right.
"This slap—is for your lack of respect!! You didn’t even kneel when stepping onto my family’s turf!"
SMACK!!
"Guh—!"
Back to the left.
Su Muwan struck again. "Exactly!! This slap—is for your insolence!! Even I’m not this arrogant!!"
SMACK!!
"You blind old fool! If I don’t teach you a lesson, you’ll never learn who rules these waters!"
SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK!!
The sound of slaps became a relentless symphony.
From then on,
the crowd could only watch in stunned silence as Xuan Xingzi’s head was batted back and forth between Qin Luo and Su Muwan.
One slap from him, one slap from her.
By the end, Xuan Xingzi was twitching uncontrollably, blood foaming at his lips.
In the back,
Chu Yu shivered in fear.
Wait—
I thought you were here to save me! With that overwhelming aura, I assumed you were strong!
But...
This is it?!
The live chat exploded.
[Holy crap!!! Qin Luo’s treating this old geezer like a punching bag!!!]
[Damn! Couple’s combo beatdown, huh?]
[Unbelievable!! The young couple slapping around a century-old bastard!!]
In the shadows,
Yan Lie and the others from the Great Thousand Worlds were utterly dumbfounded.
Their faces twitched, their bodies trembling.
Seriously?!
Dude?!
Why aren’t you fighting back?!
At least move! Dodge! Do something!!
Why are you just standing there letting them take turns slapping you?!
Xuan Xingzi?!
Have you lost your damn mind?!
They began to wonder—had Xuan Xingzi been corrupted by some evil force?!
How else could he do something so absurd?
But contrary to their thoughts,
Xuan Xingzi, now twitching, barely conscious, blood dripping from his mouth, was on the verge of collapsing into a writhing heap.
Yet—
Move!!
Why can’t I move?!
His eyes bulged, his breathing ragged.
Why?! Why can’t I move?!!
Finally,
Qin Luo and Su Muwan seemed to have had their fill.
"One last slap!"
"For good measure!!"
"Consider it a bonus!!"
They spoke in unison, their hands swinging with finality—
SMACK—!!!
The last slap sent Xuan Xingzi flying like a broken kite, crashing into the ground with a thunderous impact.
BOOM!
The force left a spiderweb of cracks in the floor.
Su Muwan’s participation had perfectly compensated for Qin Luo’s "lack of offensive power" in his slaps.
Xuan Xingzi now lay curled in the crater, his violet-gold robes soaked in blood.
His face was so swollen his eyes were nearly buried, broken teeth mixed with blood dribbling from his lips.
Every breath came out as a wheezing rattle.
"Yay! Home run!" Su Muwan cheered, high-fiving Qin Luo.
The latter grinned. "Feeling better, my lady?"
"Much! No wonder you love slapping people, Qin Luo! Hehe..."
While the two celebrated,
below them,
"You... you dare treat me like this..."
Despite his pig-faced state, Xuan Xingzi—being from the Upper Realm—could still speak.
His voice was hoarse, his gaze filled with venomous hatred.
Cultivating for centuries, he had never suffered such humiliation!
He was Xuan Xingzi of the Celestial Star Palace, a being of supreme dignity!
Yet now?!
Publicly shamed, beaten senseless by two ants he had looked down upon!
This was an unforgivable disgrace!
"I... I’ll kill you! I swear I’ll kill you both!"
His scream was hysterical. Just as he tried to form a hand seal—
SQUISH!!
The pulsating heart at the center of the palace, as if seizing the perfect moment,
suddenly shot out two black tendrils, impaling Xuan Xingzi.
"This is—?! Gluttony!!!"
"Help! He—!!"
Before his horrified eyes, the tendrils yanked him into the heart in an instant.
Qin Luo suddenly turned to face the "camera."
"So that’s it!!"
"This old man was in cahoots with the evil entity!!"
"They’ve merged now!!!"
"Then... are there others like him lurking in the shadows?!"
[Whispers of the Wind—Activate!]
The Great Thousand Worlds spectators: ???
th】 【No prior gaming knowledge required】【The First Cultivation + Game Design Novel on the Platform】 In a world where the righteous path dominates and crushes the demonic sects, Lu Ze unlocks the "Son of the Demon Path" system. Killing righteous cultivators now grants him power-ups. Wait—deaths in illusions count too? As a former game designer, Lu Ze decides to give the cultivators of this world a little—no, a massive—shock... Sect Elders: "What is this 'Escape from the Demon Sect' game? Why have all our disciples abandoned cultivation to play it??" Elite Disciples: "You're saying... mastering 'Demon Slayer' can help us counter demonic schemes?" Reclusive Masters: "Why did I leave seclusion? Ask that backstabbing rat who ambushed me in 'Eternal Strife' yesterday!" Rogue Cultivators & Civilians: "'Immortal Abyss Action' is addictive! You can even earn spirit stones by loot-running..." Sect Prodigy: "My Dao heart is unshakable... except for that cursed black hammer." Royal Scions: "Can skins have stat boosts? I’ll pay 10,000 spirit stones for one!!" Sect Leader: "WHO IS CORRUPTING MY DISCIPLES?!!!"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
