“You insolent bastard!”
Zilan Yin stood on the ground, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth with one hand while straightening her hair with the other. “I’ll kill you!”
“Ninth Princess, he has a point.”
The Seventh Elder stepped forward and stopped Zilan Yin.
“What? Are you out of your mind? Are you saying it would be better for me to marry him?”
Zilan Yin stared at the Seventh Elder in disbelief.
“I also think Xu Mu is right. The Black Moon Clan is being far too petty by placing him on their wanted list.”
Shui Yuanyao looked toward Zilan Yin. “He went out of his way to help you escape danger, yet you hold a grudge against him. Your Eighth-Rank expert was killed by Redemption. What does that have to do with Xu Mu?”
“Shui Yuanyao! You’re not qualified to judge me!”
Zilan Yin’s voice was low and cold.
“I’m only stating the facts. In terms of breadth of mind, the Holy Light Clan is far superior to yours. I don’t see them placing Xu Mu on a wanted list.”
Shui Yuanyao had never been fond of drawing attention to himself, but this time, he had no choice. If he wanted Xu Mu’s help, he had to speak up.
Zilan Yin clenched her fists in fury as she carefully recalled everything that had happened.
Xu Mu’s words did make some sense.
It was understandable that the Nine Nether Clan wanted him.
Youhuo had provoked Xu Mu and ended up being humiliated by him in front of everyone.
But from beginning to end, Xu Mu had never insulted her. She had only been sent flying when she attacked him.
Even so, the incident had caused her status to plummet, turning her into a laughingstock within the clan.
She had spent a fortune applying for access to this Gods’ Battlefield, yet she had not obtained a single treasure. On top of that, the Fifth Elder, an Eighth-Rank expert, had died, and Redemption had humiliated her as well.
After returning, she had been blinded by rage and had ultimately chosen Xu Mu—the easiest target—to vent her anger on.
Thinking of this, she turned to the Seventh Elder and said, “We’re leaving!”
She had no face left to stay there. If word of what had happened spread, people would only look down on her even more.
Furthermore, the gentle image she had carefully cultivated would be ruined.
Whoosh!
Zilan Yin transformed into a streak of light and vanished into the horizon.
The other members of the Black Moon Clan followed suit, disappearing from the area.
“Thank you for speaking up for me, Senior.”
Xu Mu cupped his hands toward Shui Yuanyao.
“Hehe, there’s no need to thank me. I was only voicing my own thoughts.”
Shui Yuanyao invited him again. “Do you have time to come to my residence for some tea?”
“Little brother, I didn’t expect you to be even stronger than the rumors suggest.”
Shui Shu walked toward Xu Mu with a smile. “I’m very curious about you. Why don’t you come back with me and tell your sister your story?”
“Sorry, I already have plans with a friend today.”
Xu Mu shook his head at both of them. “Let’s meet another time.”
With that, he headed down the mountain as well.
“Second Elder, aren’t you being a little too impatient? You already have the Black Moon Clan’s support, yet you still want to win Xu Mu over. Aren’t you afraid of angering the Black Moon Clan?”
Shui Yuanyao asked indifferently, “They’re our enemies, after all.”
“My young lord, you’re always saying such naïve things. What tests one’s leadership ability? Isn’t it the ability to make as many friends as possible? That way, when our clan encounters danger in the future, more people will come to our aid.”
A faint smile appeared on Shui Shu’s face. “The fact that I can get Xu Mu to help me doesn’t that prove that I’m more capable than you?”
“Hmph!”
Shui Yuanyao snorted coldly. There were some things he disliked saying too bluntly.
This Shui Shu… wasn’t she relying on her looks, plain and simple?
He transformed into a streak of light and left, out of sight and out of mind.
Once everyone had dispersed, Shui Shu took a black robe from her storage ring.
She had just put it on when a black-robed figure emerged from the distance and walked straight up behind her.
“I’ve only just left, and you’re already missing me? You even sent me a message telling me to come over.”
The person speaking was none other than Zidian.
“You’re quite skilled at hiding yourself. I didn’t even notice when you arrived.”
Shui Shu turned around, her tone cold.
“Hehe, you sound like you’re still angry with me.”
Zidian smiled and reached out to place a hand on her shoulder. “Didn’t I already apologize?”
Shui Shu slapped his hand away. “Your phone has already been found. Just now, someone threatened me with the video!”
“What?”
Zidian’s voice was filled with surprise. “Could it be someone working for Hao Yang?”
“I don’t know. He only gave me one day. By this time tomorrow, I have to provide him with the locations of two Gods’ Battlefields. Otherwise, he’ll release the video.”
Shui Shu stared at Zidian, her voice icy. “This all happened because of you! You have to solve it!”
“What do you want me to do?”
Zidian smiled. “Let me make one thing clear first: I don’t have the locations of any new Gods’ Battlefields either.”
He wasn’t afraid of the threat at all. Everyone knew that Zidian was a womanizer.
He had been with countless women. If this video were released, it wouldn’t ruin his reputation. In fact, plenty of men would probably envy him for having obtained Shui Shu so easily.
There was nothing he could do about it. Men and women had fundamentally different advantages.
For women, appearance came first, with every other virtue ranked below it.
For men, the most important thing was ability—or the power of their family.
Among ordinary people in the outside world, any man with money would have women throwing themselves at him, even if they knew exactly what kind of person he was.
As for Zidian, he possessed top-tier talent and was the heir to one of the four great clans in the Inner World.
He had no respect for women whatsoever. He fell in love with one woman after another, then discarded them the moment he lost interest. Yet the reputation he received was that of a dashing playboy.
That was the advantage of being a supreme genius.
“Don’t worry. Didn’t you tell me the locations of two Gods’ Battlefields before? Aside from your Black Moon Clan, I should be the only one who knows them, right?”
Shui Shu asked coldly.
“That’s right.”
Zidian nodded.
“Once I give him those locations, the people backing him will definitely show up and explore the battlefields. I want you to send several experts to wipe them out.”
Shui Shu looked at Zidian.
“What if the person backing him is Hao Yang? In that case, I’m afraid we’ll need at least two Ninth-Rank experts. With my current authority, I can’t mobilize two of them.”
“What do you mean? You’re not going to help me?”
Shui Shu grabbed Zidian’s black robe, her voice trembling. “This is all because of your video! It could ruin my reputation, and you still won’t help me?”
“How could I not? Of course I’ll help.”
Zidian was somewhat displeased, but Shui Shu was different from his other women.
She was an Eighth-Rank expert and had a good chance of becoming the next clan leader of the Water Spirit Clan. With her support, she could help him accomplish many things in the future.
“Come on. We’ll discuss this in detail.”
As he spoke, Zidian led Shui Shu away.
…
At that moment, Xu Mu, who had been hiding at the foot of the mountain, couldn’t help but curse under his breath. They had left just when the conversation reached the crucial information.
He had hidden there originally because he wanted to use his perception to eavesdrop on Shui Shu and Shui Yuanyao’s conversation. He had never expected to overhear her conversation with Zidian instead.
Still, when soldiers come, the general will block them; when water comes, the earth will contain it.
As long as he obtained the locations, he would definitely venture into the trap—even if he knew it was one.
Xu Mu returned to the royal city and checked into an inn.
As dusk fell, he didn’t go anywhere else and simply rested there for the night.
…
The next day.
Xu Mu waited in his room the entire time. When the appointed hour drew near, he used an illusion formation to transform himself into the bearded man from the previous day before heading back to the restaurant where they were supposed to meet.
This time, he made no attempt to conceal himself and sat in the lobby on the first floor. He had not been waiting long when a black-robed figure approached him and took a seat across from him.
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 the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
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.
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
