“What? Hai Jie is dead?”
Hatred also appeared in Shui Zheng’s eyes. Hai Jie had been a renowned genius among the Purebloods.
“Stop making baseless accusations. I never told Zidian to kill you.”
Shui Shu glared at Xu Mu and snarled.
“You’re doing a fine job washing your hands of it. You were the one who invited him here. Don’t tell me you had no idea what he was planning?”
Shui Yuanyao pointed at Shui Shu. “I’m telling you, this matter isn’t over!”
“All right. Since the final trial is over, let’s head back. Elder, I assume you have no objections?”
Shui Zheng smiled at Shui Yong.
Shui Yong shook his head helplessly. “I have no objections. Rules are rules.”
After seeing what had happened, Zilan Yin asked Xu Mu curiously, “Where’s Zidian? Why hasn’t he come out? You didn’t really kill him, did you?”
“He still hasn’t come out?”
Xu Mu shook his head slightly. Zidian was rather clever. Instead of fleeing immediately, he had chosen to hide, successfully deceiving Xu Mu.
If Xu Mu had been capable of pursuing him, his first instinct would certainly have been to chase him outside.
“I’m not capable of killing him. He’s still alive and well.”
Xu Mu answered Zilan Yin.
Shui Shu’s expression became utterly grim. What exactly was that bastard Zidian up to?
Not only had he failed to kill Xu Mu, he had also caused her to lose her position as clan leader. He must have done it deliberately!
Although Shui Yuanyao was older than her, he was nowhere near old. Once he became clan leader, who knew how many years would pass before he stepped down?
“Virtuous nephew! Let’s head back!”
Shui Yuanyao grabbed Xu Mu’s hand, his face full of gratitude. “I must thank you properly.”
“There’s no need, Senior. I only came this time to meet a friend. Since your business is settled, I’ll be on my way.”
Xu Mu shook his head slightly. He still had two locations of the Battlefield of the Gods in his possession. There was no need to waste time in the Water Spirit Clan.
“All right, then.”
As he spoke, Shui Yuanyao removed one of the rings from his hand and gave it to Xu Mu.
Xu Mu accepted it and inspected its contents. Inside were three divine medicines, along with several ninth-grade heavenly treasures.
“Senior, this is too much.”
“No, it’s nowhere near enough. I still owe you a favor.”
Shui Yuanyao knew very well that without Xu Mu, he would never have won this time.
It could be said that Xu Mu was the one who had put him in the position of clan leader.
“Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”
Xu Mu accepted the ring.
“Return!”
Shui Zheng called out to the people around him.
They all returned to the Water Spirit Clan. The members of the other races who had been watching were filled with curiosity as well.
They had no idea what had happened inside or why Zidian hadn’t won despite being there.
Even so, they followed the Water Spirit Clan and departed.
“Xu Mu, thank you for what you did this time.”
Zilan Yin lowered her head to him. “I’ll remember this favor and repay you someday. I’m going back now to have them lift the wanted order on you.”
Xu Mu gave a helpless shrug. After he had beaten Zidian so badly, how could the Black Moon Clan possibly let him off?
Still, Zilan Yin’s filial-piety score had turned positive, so Xu Mu was sure to thank her.
“Thank you.”
【Favorability +20】
“This is only right,”
Zilan Yin said with a smile.
“I’m leaving.”
As Xu Mu spoke, he vanished into the depths of the forest.
“Ninth Princess, what exactly happened?”
“Are you willing to help me kill Zidian?”
“What? Ninth Princess, you mustn’t say such things. He is the pride of our Black Moon Clan and its future heir. How could I dare commit such treason?”
The old man’s face immediately filled with panic.
“Since you don’t dare act, then let’s go back. I’ll tell Father everything myself.”
With an icy expression, Zilan Yin flew toward the sky.
……
Xu Mu contacted Chen Xuan through telepathy and soon found him.
Chen Xuan was sitting on a tree branch. When he saw Xu Mu approaching, he asked with a smile, “Is it over?”
“Mm. I even obtained several divine medicines. I have to say, the Inner World is truly vast and resource-rich. There are so many good things here.”
Xu Mu smiled and shook the spatial ring on his finger. “When we have time, I’ll refine them into pills. The overall strength of our side should rise another level.”
Chen Xuan nodded. “Where are we going next? Straight to the Battlefield of the Gods?”
Xu Mu took out his phone and checked the pictures he had taken earlier. Because the map left traces on the skin when handled, it had to be washed after use, making the phone much more convenient.
“We’re very close to one of the locations. Take a picture of it too.”
“All right.”
Chen Xuan pulled out his phone and photographed the map. He couldn’t help laughing. “It looks quite close on the map, but with just the two of us, it’ll take at least two days of nonstop travel to get there.”
Xu Mu nodded. “That’s true. Let’s get moving. I’ve already been away from home for several days.”
He planned to explore this nearby Battlefield of the Gods first, then return home for a while.
With Chen Xuan joining him, it probably wouldn’t take too long to get through the place.
“The main problem is that our cultivation realms are too low. Forget about shrinking the earth to an inch—even reaching supersonic speed at the fourth rank would save us a great deal of time,”
Chen Xuan said with a smile.
“The Inner World is simply too vast. Let’s go.”
Xu Mu studied the map. “There’s a city ahead. Let’s take a look and see if they have any flying cars. At the very least, they’ll be faster than traveling under our own power.”
“Sure.”
Chen Xuan agreed.
……
By the time Xu Mu and Chen Xuan reached the city, night had already fallen completely.
Even so, the streets inside the city were still filled with people.
The solar-powered streetlights on both sides of the road were shining brightly.
“According to the map, this is the territory of the Nine Nether Clan,”
Chen Xuan said as he examined it. “Brother Mu, do you want to disguise yourself?”
“Let’s disguise ourselves.”
Xu Mu activated an illusion array, transforming himself into a man with a large, round face.
After entering the city, they searched the streets for a flying-carriage shop.
They soon found one, and it was still operating despite the late hour.
Xu Mu and Chen Xuan examined the routes. One of them happened to pass through their destination. They only needed to jump off midway.
“Gentlemen, where are you headed? We’ll depart as soon as the vehicle is full,”
a burly man in a leather jacket asked with a smile.
“Black Ram City,”
Xu Mu replied. “We’re in a hurry. How many spirit stones would it cost to charter the entire vehicle?”
“Ha ha ha! Sir, your timing couldn’t be better.”
The burly man pointed to one of the flying carriages. “There are already six passengers from Black Sheep City aboard. You only need to charter the remaining fourteen seats. Flat price: two hundred jin of spirit stones.”
“Fine.”
Xu Mu did not bargain. He needed to get there as quickly as possible; at worst, he could rest once they reached their destination.
After paying the spirit stones, Xu Mu boarded the flying carriage with Chen Xuan.
There were six people inside: four men and two women.
Xu Mu’s gaze suddenly sharpened. There were actually members of the Nine Nether Clan here.
One of the women and two of the men wore earrings adorned with violet flames.
The other woman and two men were dressed in black robes. The woman had her hood up, concealing her face; only her slender fingers were visible. Two elderly men stood beside her.
“What a lavish display. Two hundred jin of spirit stones, paid without so much as a blink.”
The moment Xu Mu and Chen Xuan sat down, the woman from the Nine Nether Clan across from them spoke with a smile.
Using the Eye of God, Xu Mu checked their identities.
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!
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.
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.
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
