When Xu Mu tapped on the Heavenly Mandate Gift Box, its description appeared before his eyes.
This was a reward that could only be obtained by someone overflowing with righteous merit. Opening the gift box required ten points of Heavenly Mandate Power.
Xu Mu was somewhat surprised. This was the first time he had drawn something like this.
Having an abundance of righteous merit was perfectly normal for him. He had accumulated an enormous amount along the way; otherwise, how could he have advanced so quickly?
It seemed he had reached some threshold recognized by the system, which was why it had rewarded him with this new item.
Ten points of Heavenly Mandate Power were practically nothing to him. Even if it had required one hundred points—or even one thousand—he would still have opened it at least once.
If it turned out to contain nothing but trash, he simply would not open another one in the future.
Xu Mu tapped the gift box again. A prompt appeared, asking whether he wished to open it.
Xu Mu selected Confirm.
The black gift box slowly split open, and a dazzling light burst out.
[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained 1,500 cultivation points.]
“Holy crap!”
Xu Mu’s eyes widened. Was it really that powerful?
It had given him fifteen hundred points in a single go?
If he had obtained such a treasure earlier, how many realms would he have been able to break through at once?
He had truly struck it lucky this time.
He immediately checked his gains. His cultivation value had reached a full 1,800 points, and he had also obtained 160 attribute points.
He added all of them, feeling the qi within his body continuously grow stronger. Then he checked his status panel.
Name: Xu Mu
Identity: Villain Saint Physique, Chairman of the Xu Corporation
Realm: Late Transcendent Stage
Physique: 4,515
Spirit: 4,515
Cultivation Value: 2,710/3,200
Heavenly Mandate Power: 5,382
Xu Mu could not help shaking his head. It was overwhelmingly powerful. A single gift box had nearly allowed him to advance to the next realm.
However, the system’s description had not said that the gift box contained only cultivation points. Perhaps it held other treasures as well.
For the moment, though, what Xu Mu lacked most was cultivation value.
He opened his storage space again and discovered that its capacity had expanded once more.
It could now hold two people at the same time. If he truly encountered danger, he could store both Chen Xuan and Li Hongdou inside.
Next, Xu Mu extended his perception and easily saw Li Hongdou in the room next door.
His perception deepened further. The clothes Li Hongdou was wearing completely vanished from his sight.
His vision was like viewing a three-dimensional model on a computer. He could effortlessly rotate his perspective and see every part of her body, including her back where it pressed against the bed.
Even the small moles on her body were clearly visible.
“Too powerful. What happened to ‘see no evil’?”
Xu Mu gradually withdrew his perception. With this level-eight perception, no one would have any secrets in his eyes. He could see everything from the inside out.
Just then, he suddenly noticed Li Hongdou getting out of bed, opening her door, and walking toward his room.
What the hell?
Xu Mu’s expression stiffened. Had Li Hongdou noticed something?
How was that possible?
While he was pondering this, someone knocked on his door.
It was Li Hongdou.
Xu Mu got out of bed and opened the door.
With an awkward expression, he asked, “What brings you here, Senior?”
“I wanted to have a chat with you.”
Li Hongdou smiled as she entered and closed the door behind her.
From her expression, Xu Mu knew that she had not noticed his earlier perception.
She had restored her youthful appearance, though she had to conceal the four eyes between her brows. There was no denying that she was extremely charming.
However, her eyes were different from those of the other women he had met.
Take Fu Jinyu, Nalan Shisan, and Xu Ningbing, for example. Their eyes were all bright, filled with the vitality of youth. They were ambitious and full of aspirations.
Li Hongdou’s eyes, however, held only calmness. Her appearance had become youthful, but at heart, she was still an old woman.
“What did you want to discuss, Senior?”
Xu Mu sat down on a long bench and asked her.
“About this trip to the God’s Battlefield. If we really find some top-tier treasure, how should we divide it? Especially with outsiders present.”
Li Hongdou explained, “For example, what should we do if we find only one divine artifact or one divine-level cultivation technique?”
“I honestly hadn’t considered that before. However, I possess a spatial technique. If we find something, we can simply place it inside my spatial technique. They won’t be able to detect it.”
As he spoke, Xu Mu took out a Boundary Flame.
“Look. This thing can’t be stored in a ring, but I can put it away.”
With that, the Boundary Flame vanished from Xu Mu’s hand.
Li Hongdou was astonished. She stepped in front of Xu Mu and patted his trouser pockets and clothes, discovering that it really was gone.
“This is excellent. Divine artifacts likewise can’t be stored in rings. If we find one, we can hide it this way.”
Li Hongdou nodded with a smile.
“By the way, Senior, do you want this?”
Xu Mu took out the Acacia Armor.
It looked almost like some kind of suggestive outfit for couples, with an almost entirely openwork design.
The armor resembled flat vines like strips of kelp, wrapped around the Thunder Peach.
Li Hongdou’s eyes gradually narrowed.
“Xu Mu, have you developed an interest in this old woman’s body?”
“Senior, you’re overthinking it. This is Purple Vine.”
Xu Mu handed the armor to Li Hongdou.
“It’s meant to protect you, Senior. If you don’t want it, then forget it.”
“What? A ninth-grade heavenly treasure—the Purple Vine?”
Li Hongdou’s eyes widened. Then she said awkwardly, “I’m sorry, Xu Mu. I misunderstood you.”
[Affection +10]
“It’s fine. After all, this outfit really does make it easy for people to let their imaginations run wild.”
Xu Mu handed the armor to Li Hongdou.
“If you don’t believe me, you can try it.”
Li Hongdou nodded. She gripped the armor with both hands and began exerting her strength.
Flames enveloped her hands as she pulled hard. However, not only did the armor fail to tear, it instead began tightening.
Li Hongdou could clearly feel that the armor was absorbing most of her qi.
“As expected of Purple Vine.”
She restrained her qi and looked at the smaller bundle of vines. She began rubbing them, and the vines slowly loosened.
“Do you need it, Senior? The weakness of this heavenly treasure is quite obvious.”
“I do! Wearing this armor will greatly increase my defenses. Compared with my life, what does a little dignity matter?”
Li Hongdou naturally understood what Xu Mu meant. When the armor was attacked, it would tighten around various parts of the body, and rubbing it was the only way to loosen it.
That would lead to some extremely embarrassing situations, but compared with having her body cut apart, what did being squeezed by the armor matter?
Besides, Purple Vine had its limits. Once it tightened to a certain degree, it would break. There was no chance it would actually squeeze her body apart.
With that thought, Li Hongdou took the armor and left.
Xu Mu lay down again. After struggling with himself for a moment, he ultimately decided to follow his instincts and opened his perception.
What if an enemy suddenly launched an attack?
At that moment, Li Hongdou was wearing only close-fitting clothing as she put on the armor.
Several astonishing features happened to protrude through the openwork sections. The armor had practically become equipment that increased attack speed.
Xu Mu thought to himself that he would have Ye Tong try wearing it after he returned home.
……
Early the next morning.
Xia Jiang appeared at the inn where Xu Mu was staying right on time.
Xu Mu pushed open the door and asked with a smile, “Senior, how did it go?”
“You’re not saying the Battlefield of the Gods is nearby, are you?”
Xia Jiang suddenly asked with a smile.
“What? Do you know where it is, Senior?”
“Not exactly. We’ve received word that people from the Holy Light Clan might be heading there.”
Xia Jiang explained, “According to the information we received, two eighth-tier members of the Holy Light Clan have appeared nearby, bringing two young people with them. One of them seems to be a descendant of Yan and Huang—in other words, one of your own.”
Xu Mu’s expression changed slightly when he heard this. “Ye Chen?”
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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.
