The Coiling Dragon Halberd pierced through the white python's body.
Like a tiny toothpick stuck into it, it looked harmless enough, but it successfully drew the white python's attention away.
"Damn! Ye Tian, you're my real father!"
Yan Kui barely escaped with his life, collapsing onto the ground with a thud, gasping for air.
Watching the white python turn around, he swallowed nervously.
A tier-six demonic beast!
How could they possibly fight that?!
"You guys alright?"
Yan Kui looked at Qiansui and the others.
The rest shook their heads one by one.
Qiansui's face was grim: "What about Ye Tian? He can't take on the white python alone!"
The towering ancient trees were crushed one after another by the massive body of the white python, uprooted entirely, carving a wide path through the dense forest.
It charged straight for Ye Tian at the cliff's edge.
"This kid's insane!"
The hidden mercenaries sneered with disdain.
They were top-tier mercenaries from the Imperial Capital Mercenary Guild.
They had been lying in wait for half a year to hunt this white python.
Naturally, they knew exactly how powerful this beast was!
A Qi Gathering realm cultivator might as well be courting death against it.
Even they, a group of Heavenly Dipper realm cultivators, wouldn't dare to act rashly.
"Hey, look—is that dark-skinned kid General Yan's son?"
The bald mercenary squinted at Yan Kui, frowning.
The others shook their heads: "Doesn't look like it. That kid I saw half a year ago was way uglier than this one."
Hearing that, the mercenaries finally relaxed. Their eyes gleamed with bloodlust.
General Yan's son—they wouldn't dare touch him.
But anyone else? They couldn't care less.
To ensure the hunt went smoothly, they had no choice but to slaughter these naive young brats.
"Brothers, we've waited half a year. Whether we succeed depends on today!"
The bald mercenary stared at the distant white python, greed burning in his eyes.
This was a job that would set them up for life—the money alone would last generations!
"Yes!"
The other mercenaries nodded eagerly.
Meanwhile, the white python had already charged at Ye Tian. Its massive body lost none of its agility, smashing through the undergrowth as it raced toward him.
Ye Tian took a deep breath, his gaze sharp and icy.
The white python was faster than he'd expected.
Running seemed difficult... and too late now.
The white serpent opened its maw and exhaled a breath.
In that instant, the world around them felt as if deep winter had arrived.
In moments, vast swaths of grass and trees were coated in frost, withering instantly.
The lake below also began to freeze over with a layer of ice crystals.
Seeing this, Ye Tian reacted swiftly, raising a shield of azure flames to block the impact of the icy spiritual power.
"Ice-type beast!"
Ye Tian's eyes narrowed.
At tier six, the beast's mastery of spiritual energy was utterly terrifying.
This was far more troublesome than an impenetrable body.
If it were tier five, he might have had a fighting chance with all his trump cards.
But tier six was well beyond what his current strength could handle.
Ye Tian raised his hand.
At that moment, the Coiling Dragon Halberd impaled in the white python's head flickered with azure flames.
Centered on the halberd's shaft, a ring of fire expanded outward wildly.
Xuanming Flames, like razor-sharp blades, sliced into the python's thick hide.
The white python screamed in agony, then flung the halberd away.
Its eyes burning with hatred, it turned to Ye Tian and opened its mouth for another breath attack.
Ye Tian's hands swirled with flames as he leaped from the cliff's edge, catching the plummeting halberd cleanly.
Then—
The serpent's tail whipped out! Smashing straight into him!
Ye Tian had no time to dodge. He was struck hard, blasted into the cliff like a cannonball.
Rocks and debris cascaded down.
"Ugh!"
Ye Tian spat out blood, his chest soaked in crimson.
It was only thanks to his toughness that he survived—an ordinary Qi Gathering cultivator would have been pulverized into a bloody paste by that strike.
The white python roared and reared its head.
Ye Tian cursed inwardly.
He knew this was the prelude to another breath attack!
Helpless to dodge, he'd be frozen into an ice statue!
Wood spiritual power flickered!
Vines sprouted from the ground, creeping up the white python's body, coiling around it, forcibly interrupting its breath.
Purple lightning crackled!
Rolling thunderbolts descended!
Then a massive fireball slammed into the white python.
Ye Tian looked up.
Below, the students of the Special Recruitment Class were unleashing their spiritual techniques in a long-range assault.
Qi Gathering realm—merely the Qi Gathering stage.
Their techniques were nothing more than pinpricks to the python.
But countless pinpricks added up, and they actually succeeded in breaking through the beast's attack.
"Like hell we'll let him show off alone!"
Zhang Qi raised his hand, wood spiritual power swirling around his palm.
Xu Qianqian was already condensing her second massive fireball.
Behind them, the other students each unleashed their own abilities.
A chaotic barrage of spiritual techniques from various elemental affinities slammed into the white python.
The python screeched in pain, thrashing wildly. It twisted free of the vines and swept its tail out.
"Watch out!"
Ye Tian shouted instinctively.
The students, quick on their feet, scattered to evade the tail strike.
They were all at Qi Gathering realm, but each used their own tricks to dodge the sweeping attack.
Seeing this, Ye Tian leaped off the rock, halberd in hand, landing directly onto the serpent's body.
Azure flames wreathed his form as he sprinted across the python's back, moving so fast he left a blur behind.
Sensing Ye Tian on its spine, the python writhed furiously, but no matter how it twisted, it couldn't throw him off.
"Holy crap, what is Ye Tian doing?!"
"That's insane—he's on top of it!"
"Be careful!"
The hidden students stared in awe.
A mid-stage Qi Gathering cultivator against a peak tier-six demonic beast...
Was that even possible?
Watching that shadow racing across the serpent's back, the Special Recruitment Class students below widened their eyes, fists clenched tight.
The white python seemed to sense danger, twisting violently.
Dust flew everywhere; rocks and ancient trees were caught in the destruction as the snake's body plowed through them.
But Ye Tian was unfazed. Sprinting, he made a leap and landed on the python's head.
The black Coiling Dragon Halberd spun in both hands.
Azure flames, interwoven with fiery red light, spiraled around the shaft.
"Heh!"
Ye Tian let out a roar!
The halberd plunged straight into the serpent's skull.
"Flame Extinction Array!"
Ye Tian spoke slowly.
Suddenly!
A ring of roaring flames erupted around the python's massive head.
The fire spread instantly, engulfing the entire beast!
The white python thrashed violently, shrieking in desperate agony.
Down below, Zhang Qi and the other Special Recruitment Class students were stunned speechless.
This... this was really the doing of a Qi Gathering cultivator?
They stared at the youth gripping the halberd, knowing this scene would be burned into their memories for the rest of their lives.
The Flame Extinction Array consumed an immense amount of spiritual power.
Ye Tian gripped the halberd, forcing himself to stay upright, watching the white python writhe in flames.
An inexpressible satisfaction welled up inside him.
In that moment, he had reclaimed the pride he once held as War Sovereign Ye!
"You idiot! Get out of the way now!"
A clear, ringing voice came from the sky above.
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!"
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
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.
