But who would be the vanguard of these three factions?
The "Evil Beings" refer to the malevolent creatures, while the "Nether River" represents the "Havoc."
As for the vanguard of the Heavenly Dao... the most likely candidate...
Qin Luo's eyes sharpened—the Heavenly Dao... the Void!
In other words, this world was likely about to witness the arrival of members from all three factions!
But what was their purpose?
This was something Qin Luo couldn't figure out. Could it really just be a simple fight?
But even a fight needed a reason.
What were they fighting for? What were they after?
Qin Luo kept deducing but couldn't uncover the hidden motive behind it all.
Perhaps the answer was beyond the level of his current deduction skills.
If he could unravel this mystery, he might find a way to prevent the impending catastrophe.
However... even if he couldn't directly deduce why these three factions were clashing...
He could still...
Qin Luo performed a quick divination.
At the very least, he could calculate how many players would enter the fray.
A moment later,
Qin Luo lowered his hand, his brow quirking slightly.
Though the specifics were unclear,
the results aligned closely with his suspicions.
The Nether River, the Heavenly Dao's Void, and the Evil Beings.
Tch, what a mess.
But if they wanted to play...
A cold glint flashed in Qin Luo's eyes—then he'd play along.
He was about to turn and check on Su Muwan,
when suddenly—
A realization exploded in his mind.
Wait!!
I... get it now!!
He turned to Su Muwan, who was blinking at him innocently.
Tell me, who is the greatest villain right now?
The Evil Beings? The Heavenly Dao? The Nether River? Or some other miscellaneous force?
No! None of them.
The biggest villain was right in front of him!
And that was... Su Muwan!
So, while not 100% certain,
the simultaneous appearance of these three factions had to be related to her!
No need to ask why—it was simply Su Muwan's innate villainous aura at work again!
Thus, making a bold assumption...
Qin Luo took a deep breath and looked at Su Muwan.
"Miss."
"Hmm?"
"You... might already be at the eye of the storm."
"??"
The goal of these three factions was most likely Su Muwan herself!
No, even if it wasn't her directly, it had to be connected to her!
So... what could it be? An event? A person? An object?
Su Muwan's mind buzzed in confusion.
Huh?
Shaking his head, Qin Luo grabbed her hand. "Never mind, Miss. Come with me to the next spot."
"Where to??"
"To scavenge."
...
...
At the edge of the Great Cosmos.
Boom!!
The guardian beast of the Central Heaven Sacred Realm, the Mystic Turtle, slowly awakened.
Its body was as vast as a star, its shell engraved with ancient runes.
Now, it raised its head toward the sacred domains, its murky eyes widening in shock.
"An Evil Tide... how could it erupt so suddenly?!"
The Mystic Turtle growled, "And this aura... a 'Gluttony-class' Evil Being?! Impossible!"
"They should still be sealed beyond the heavens!!"
Just as it prepared to take flight and suppress the threat, a hoarse voice chuckled behind it—
"Old turtle, don’t be so quick to meddle."
"Who?!"
The Mystic Turtle whirled around to see a skeletal spider perched on its shell.
Since when?!
And this presence...
Its eyes filled with horror.
"You... the Bone Shepherd?!"
The Mystic Turtle roared, divine light erupting from its body. "You broke free from your seal?!"
"No... your true form isn’t here. This is just a fragment of your consciousness?!"
Before it could react—
Boom—!
The Mystic Turtle and the skeletal spider clashed, shockwaves shattering clouds for miles!
After three exchanges, the spider dissipated into mist, leaving behind only eerie laughter.
"Keh keh keh!!"
"Heavenly Dao’s watchdog, I’ve left you a little gift. Enjoy it~~"
"Next, our Evil Legion will surely retrieve 'that existence'!!!"
Panting heavily, the Mystic Turtle suddenly noticed something wrong.
Looking down, it saw black spots spreading across its front limb, flesh rotting at a visible rate.
"No…"
"Corrupted by Evil Qi..."
Its pupils contracted as it urgently reached out to the other guardian beasts:
[Mystic Dragon! Mystic Phoenix! Mystic Tiger! Reinforcements needed! The Evil Tide has mutated!]
Yet, the responses it received plunged it into despair—
Not just the Central Heaven Sacred Realm, but the Western Nether Realm, Northern Profound Realm, and Southern Blaze Realm were all under siege!
"All of them... infected?!"
In a final act of desperation, the Mystic Turtle locked onto the one untouched domain—the Netherfrost Divine Realm—and sent a last message:
[Xiaobai… I beg you!]
[The Great Cosmos... is in peril!!]
The moment the message left, black mist consumed its vision.
Crack—!
Petrification spread from its limbs, encasing its entire body.
All four guardian beasts had fallen into slumber!
But the next instant—
Gurgle~~
A shadowy vortex surged, swallowing the petrified Mystic Turtle into the abyss.
Then—
Whoosh!
Qin Luo and Su Muwan reappeared.
The former nodded. "Just as I thought. The Bone Shepherd can’t manifest physically yet, so it’s relying on possession."
"The Black Crow Squad must’ve encountered it on the Great Cosmos battlefield."
Su Muwan frowned. "But why are we collecting this weird stone?"
"Simple."
Qin Luo smirked. "My system can synthesize shadow creatures from materials."
"While it was alive, this guardian beast was beyond my reach. But now that it’s petrified... it’s just free loot, isn’t it?"
"Wait, seriously?? But won’t fusing a guardian beast cause problems? Shouldn’t we be trying to reverse the petrification? Aren’t they key to fighting the Evil Beings?"
Su Muwan was stunned.
In the anime she watched, guardian beasts were pivotal in defeating the villains.
Surely, they had to find a way to restore them!
Qin Luo shrugged. "Miss, hearing such a normal line from you is... refreshing."
"Hey! What’s that supposed to mean?!"
...
...
The Tree of Fate.
A golden silhouette sat on a branch, swinging its legs while Doctor Ya gazed into the distance.
The former chuckled. "As expected of the main body, foreseeing that multiple factions would intervene simultaneously."
"That’s why the memory fragments were unlocked now."
Ever since the Nether River’s arrival,
the golden silhouette had received a directive from the Heavenly Dao.
So far, everything was proceeding according to the script.
"Pathetic Bone Shepherd, thinking sealing the guardian beasts would secure its victory."
"Little does it know, this was part of the Heavenly Dao’s plan all along."
Doctor Ya remained silent, though a frown flickered across his face.
The golden silhouette continued, "The four guardian beasts were corrupted and petrified as scripted."
"But the true purpose was to awaken Qin Luo—the most crucial piece on the board."
"He will gather his companions and, through successive battles, break the seals on the divine beasts."
"Then, by merging the divine beasts, they will defeat this incarnation of the Bone Shepherd."
"And Xiaobai is the key to guiding Qin Luo to find the remaining divine beasts."
"What do you think, Doctor Ya?"
Doctor Ya fell silent for a moment.
Then, with a distant tone, she murmured, "I can't shake the feeling... things aren't this straightforward..."
"Don't overthink it. So far, everything has followed the Heavenly Script. Even if something goes awry,"
"these divine beasts are destined to help Qin Luo and his group vanquish the evil."
"That may be true, but something still feels... off."
"What's happened to you? Where's the person you used to be?"
"......"
Doctor Ya said nothing more. Perhaps she really was overcomplicating things.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
