Three days later, a major incident spread across the entire Sun Moon Island.
The one who had recently caused a sensation across the entire Star Sea Domain—the so-called Divine Son Di Feng—was actually just a lazy sleeper, a fraud.
Everyone had been fooled.
More and more people learned of this, and within a single day, the news had already reached the Star Sea Domain, becoming the talk of countless people during their tea breaks.
Boom!
Huang Chengning’s prized armchair was smashed to pieces by his hand.
"Who was it?! Who leaked this?!"
At this moment, Huang Chengning’s face was twisted in rage, his eyes bloodshot, nearly insane.
His deputy Hong Sheng, also the commander of the Black Crow Soldiers, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Island Master, should I order a news blackout?"
"Do everything possible! Spare no effort to suppress it!"
Huang Chengning roared like a madman, "When I find out who’s leaking secrets, I’ll kill them!"
Hong Sheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, a faint smirk curling at the corner of his mouth.
A full news blackout?
He hadn’t expected that Huang Chengning would dare to continue with the original plan despite the risk.
"Has that kid woken up yet?" Huang Chengning asked coldly.
Hong Sheng shook his head. "No. He’s been asleep for three days and three nights."
"Damn it, how can one person sleep so much?" Huang Chengning’s face darkened.
He had intended for Bai Xiu to impersonate the Divine Son, executing a scheme to deceive the Spirit God Sect.
To let such a golden opportunity slip away—he simply couldn’t bear it.
Even if it cost him his life, he wanted to take the gamble. After all, this might be one of the few chances in his life to turn things around.
And now, the rumor that the Divine Son was a fake had spread across the entire Sun Moon Island in just a few days!
Huang Chengning took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
He was gambling—gambling on the Spirit God Sect’s reaction!
Just then, Hong Sheng spoke slowly, "Island Master, I have news. Cardinal Hua Shi of the Spirit God Sect has arrived at Sun Moon Island."
"What?!"
Hearing this, Huang Chengning’s face turned purple with anger. "You bastard! Why didn’t you tell me sooner?!"
Meanwhile, in the town area of Sun Moon Island.
A luxurious carriage pulled by a fierce, lion-like leopard beast was slowly moving through the streets.
Countless eyes in the alleys secretly watched the carriage.
"What’s going on? Didn’t they say the Divine Son is a fake? Why is he still putting on such airs?"
"Who knows. Maybe even a fake can act impressive?"
"Hahaha, why don’t you pretend to be one then?"
"Damn it, who’d dare? What if I end up dead?"
The onlookers gossiped and pointed, full of speculation.
They couldn’t understand why this man was still receiving such a grand welcome from the city lord.
Inside the carriage.
Yue Ling, in a white silk dress, her snow-white waist exposed, with Bai Xiu’s head resting on her slender, fair thighs, had a face full of worry.
Everyone already knew Bai Xiu wasn’t the Divine Son. So why were they still bringing him out?
Bai Xiu still showed no signs of waking, lying unconscious in her lap.
If not for his faint breathing, one might wonder if he was even still alive.
"Cardinal Hua Shi has arrived!" a voice announced.
Suddenly, the onlooking crowd froze in shock.
A Cardinal of the Spirit God Sect—what was someone of that caliber doing in a place like this?
Snapping back to their senses, they panicked and fell to their knees one by one.
A troop of golden-armored cavalry, riding fierce wolves, charged through the crowd and cleared a wide path.
Bystanders scrambled out of the way.
These were the Wolf Cavalry, each soldier a master of the Soul-Gathering stage—the elite of the Spirit God Sect’s forces.
There was no doubt the man was indeed a Cardinal.
Huang Chengning and Hong Sheng arrived belatedly.
When Huang Chengning saw the scene, his face turned deathly pale.
A real Cardinal—this wasn’t about rising to power; more likely, he’d lose his head!
At the rear of the Wolf Cavalry, a barefoot, burly old man in a red robe slowly walked forward.
His immense spiritual pressure forced everyone to keep their heads lowered.
The Cardinal stepped before the carriage, fixed his eyes on it, and knelt.
"Cardinal Hua Shi pays respects to Divine Son Di Feng!"
Instantly, the onlookers were stunned.
A Cardinal was kneeling—could the person in the carriage truly be the Divine Son?
Just then, the carriage curtain was pulled open.
Bai Xiu, looking at the crowd kneeling before him, yawned and asked with vacant eyes, "Where is this?"
Cardinal Hua Shi smiled faintly and said slowly, "Divine Son, this is Sun Moon Island, the land of your descent."
Bai Xiu furrowed his brow.
What was this old man up to?
Divine Son? Was he talking about him?
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At the East Profound Academy.
In the most luxurious room within the instructor’s private building.
Such accommodations were reserved for silver-ranked instructors, mostly the academy’s leadership or veteran teachers who had made outstanding contributions.
But An Yi lived in this top-tier room for one reason alone:
His uncle, the dean!
An Yi sat cross-legged on a cushion, holding a chess piece, his eyes darting back and forth, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"Your turn!" Long Aoxue said seriously, staring at him. "All your engineers are gone."
On the board, Long Aoxue had nearly wiped out An Yi’s pieces.
How was he supposed to play now?
An Yi frowned and made a random move.
"Checkmate!"
Long Aoxue said softly, moving her elephant piece to seal the win.
An Yi stared at his trapped general, his heart aching with frustration.
"Time to take something off," Long Aoxue said expectantly.
An Yi shot her a glare. "Take what off! What kind of girl are you, acting like some old pervert all day? No more chess for you!"
Long Aoxue hesitated, then said, "But you said the loser of the chess match has to strip."
"You kid, rules are dead, but people are alive. You’ve got to look at things with a developing perspective. Is yesterday’s me the same as today’s me?" An Yi rolled his eyes at her.
He missed Mu Xuan—at least she was slow-witted and never talked back.
Then, noticing something, he asked, "Did you just break through?"
Long Aoxue nodded. "Yeah."
In this world, with abundant spiritual energy, her strength had already advanced from the peak of Soul-Gathering to the early stage of Heavenly Vessel.
An Yi sighed.
With his eight spiritual veins, it would still take him a few months to reach the peak of Heavenly Vessel.
"Can you sense where your nephew is?" An Yi asked.
If he could find Long Aoyun, he could finish the guy’s main mission and obtain the complete form of the Chaos Body.
Then, even with weaker strength, he could dominate this place.
Long Aoxue shook her head. "He should be far away. I can barely sense him."
"Where the hell did those guys go?" An Yi sighed helplessly.
For now, he was mainly focused on Ye Tian’s main quest.
Defying fate to change his destiny... Easy to say, but that wasn’t something solved by shouting "Don’t bully the young and poor!"
God knows how long it would take.
Moreover, there’s still Xiao Ye’s main quest, which hasn’t been triggered yet. I have no idea what it’s supposed to be about either.
Assembling the Asura Divine Spark—it’s a long and arduous road ahead.
An Yi flipped through the information he had gathered, scanning each page one by one.
The biggest advantage of East Xuan Academy was how easily information could be collected here.
His gaze fell on the entry about the divine descent in the Star Luo Sea Region, and he fell into deep thought, staring at it for a long time.
Knock, knock, knock!
A soft knock sounded at the door.
“An Yi, may I come in?” Zi Yun’s gentle voice came through.
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
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!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
