First came the Eastern Celestial Realm, then the Western Nether Realm, followed by the Northern Profound Frost Realm, then the Southern Blazing Fire Realm, and finally...
It's your turn, the Central Sacred Realm.
Get ready and wait for this young lady's arrival!
As the live broadcast cut off,
the entire vast universe erupted in chaos.
Unbelievable! An outrage to both gods and mortals!
At this point, it wasn’t just the Eastern Celestial Realm—every other realm was trembling with fury.
Arrogant! Insolent!
This newly ascended Domain Lord, Su Muwan, clearly had no regard for them!
How dare she act so high and mighty, looking down on everyone!
Linglong Heavenly Domain.
Linglong narrowed her eyes, replaying the scenes from the earlier broadcast in her mind.
Even though it was already deep into the night, she was too furious to sleep.
A mere upstart from a tiny domain,
how dare she act so brazen?
If it weren’t for the fact that your Netherfrost Sacred Domain might hold clues to Xu Tun’s whereabouts, this empress would have already launched a Sacred Domain War and crushed you to dust!
With a cold expression, Linglong spoke, "Have you found Xu Tun yet?"
Hearing this,
the silver-robed elder beside her immediately bowed, replying nervously, "Your Majesty, not yet."
Linglong frowned, her gaze sharpening with killing intent as she glared at him. "Not yet? You can’t even find a single chess piece? What are you all doing?"
The elder lowered his head in fear, stammering, "It’s just that the Great Thousand War is imminent..."
"We absolutely cannot afford any mistakes at this critical moment... which is why we can’t deploy large forces to search the minor worlds for this chess piece."
He cautiously advised, "Your Majesty, though Xu Tun is a chess piece, he is not the only one. Once we survive the Great Thousand War, we can mobilize our forces to scour the minor worlds for him."
In the elder’s view, the empress was merely worried that losing one chess piece would weaken their chances in the Great Thousand War.
But the Linglong Heavenly Domain had countless chess pieces—why fret over just one?
Linglong closed her eyes.
She, too, understood the importance of the Great Thousand War.
But who knew that her desire to find Xu Tun wasn’t for the sake of the war?
Xu Tun... was someone she had wronged in the past.
She had personally killed him, forcing him to reincarnate.
He must despise her now, but...
Xu Tun, how could you know that I did this for your own good?
Never mind.
For now, let’s focus on surviving the Great Thousand War. Afterward, we’ll search the Netherfrost Sacred Domain and other minor worlds for Xu Tun!
However...
Linglong smirked coldly—that is, if this Netherfrost Sacred Domain can even survive the Great Thousand War.
A newly established sacred domain—how many Chosen Ones could they possibly have?
...
...
Due to the differing flow of time within the Bronze Cauldron’s dreamscape,
Qin Luo and Su Muwan still woke up as usual the next morning.
"Yawn~"
Su Muwan stretched lazily as she and Qin Luo descended from the floating island of the sacred palace.
"Don’t be sleepy, young lady. You’ll have plenty of action soon."
While tidying Su Muwan’s messy hair, Qin Luo rattled off a list of reminders.
Su Muwan nodded drowsily, catching only a few key points:
First, according to Qin Luo’s calculations, the Eastern Celestial Realm would unite today to attack them.
Second, he needed to visit the Ghost Domain later to retrieve something the Ghost Nether King had left unfinished.
Su Muwan was starting to feel like an overworked war machine.
Sure, she loved fighting, but did she really have to handle every single battle herself?
Qin Luo noticed her frustration, but...
Right now, she was the only one strong enough to stand against the warriors of the vast universe!
Well, not the only one.
Inside the crystal skyscraper—
a building Qin Luo had specifically designed as an administrative hub,
modeled after modern corporate structures from the minor worlds—
they arrived at the third-floor cafeteria.
"Ugh... I’m starving... I can’t walk anymore..."
Su Muwan clung to Qin Luo’s arm like a sloth, whining for him to drag her along.
Qin Luo didn’t mind—this was just how the young lady was. She had been working hard lately, so he indulged her.
At the serving counter,
Qin Luo blinked in surprise at the server. "What are you doing here?"
It was none other than Teng Ao.
Teng Ao grinned. "Morning, Brother Luo! Just covering for Wen Yu—she took Doudou to the cultivation academy earlier."
Indeed,
to ensure systematic training for everyone,
Qin Luo had merged modern education with cultivation practices.
Children now began their training from an early age.
Thanks to the richer spiritual energy of the vast universe,
everyone received ten Blood Qi Pills each month, courtesy of the Imperial Foundation.
Notably, the academy’s curriculum had also evolved beyond that of the minor worlds.
New majors included Spirit Beast Rearing, Spiritual Plant Grafting, and more...
Back to the present,
Qin Luo handed over his internal black card. "Twenty baskets of soup dumplings, please."
"You got it, Brother Luo!"
[Beep~ Internal card~]
After choosing a table, Qin Luo took one basket for himself and gave the remaining nineteen to Su Muwan.
As Su Muwan’s cultivation advanced, she didn’t transcend mortal needs like food—contrary to typical cultivation tropes.
In fact, her appetite had only grown.
These dumplings were just an appetizer.
Qin Luo suspected it might be tied to her initial martial arts foundation.
After all, she had started as a physical cultivator before stepping into the path of immortality.
Hmm?
Qin Luo blinked.
That was odd... Something had always felt off to him.
Cultivation was supposed to elevate one beyond mortal limits, yet most cultivators relied solely on spiritual energy for defense.
But Su Muwan was different—her fists packed a terrifying punch even without spiritual power!
Did that mean...
She was cultivating both body and spirit simultaneously?
No matter. For now, food came first.
With a light tap,
the bamboo steamer opened, releasing a cloud of fragrant steam carrying the sweetness of wheat and crab roe.
The dumpling skins were translucent, revealing pink shrimp and golden crab roe within.
These soup dumplings were bursting with rich, savory broth.
"Young lady..."
Qin Luo poked the top of a dumpling with his chopstick, releasing a stream of golden broth.
He glanced at Su Muwan, who was already staring with eager, sparkling eyes.
"Want me to feed you?"
"Yes!"
Su Muwan huffed, happily waiting to be served.
"Open up."
"Ah~"
As Qin Luo delivered the dumpling, Su Muwan’s lips parted, and she took a bite.
Instantly, the explosion of rich broth and tender filling overwhelmed her senses.
Her pupils dilated. "This! This is—!"
Qin Luo paused. "What’s wrong? Not good?"
"It’s too good!! Being alive is amazing! I’ll thank the creators of food ten thousand times!"
"Glad you like it, young lady."
"Humph! Keep going—don’t stop! I’m starving!"
"Alright, alright."
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!
n Our Village Many years later, Xiushui Village had transformed from a remote, impoverished hamlet into the renowned and flourishing Xiushui City of the Shifang Continent. All of this, solely because it was the birthplace of the Shifang Continent's number one sect—the Lingxian Sect. This is the story of a group of village youths, family, and friends, building a sect and growing together. Lin Xiao: As the sect master, my days are filled with countless tasks. Cultivating really gets in the way of building the sect. System: Received. Understood. Arranging it immediately. [Ding—Congratulations, Host, on successfully activating the Auto-Cultivation Function] Lin Xiao: Oh no, we're out of spirit stones. System: Received. Understood. Arranging it immediately. [Ding—Sect Mission issued. Mission Reward: Spirit Stones xN] No one loves their host more profoundly than this System!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
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)
