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.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
. 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!"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
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.
