The moment Tian Yunchu saw Xu Mu, her face filled with astonishment. “Xu Mu? I can’t believe it’s you!”
Xu Mu pulled the hood of his black robe back over his head and said with a smile, “My portrait is posted all over the Inner Realm now. How could you not recognize me?”
“Haha! That’s true. You’re worth a heaven-grade cultivation technique now.”
Tian Yunchu asked with a smile, “What are you doing here?”
“A few of my friends are here. I happened to be passing by, so I wanted to visit them.”
Xu Mu paused before continuing, “It seems we need spirit stones to enter the illusion formation. Could you take us there?”
“Of course.”
Tian Yunchu nodded. Xu Mu had saved her life once before, after all.
She led Xu Mu and the others to the illusion formation where the contestants were staying. When the guards saw Tian Yunchu, they immediately bowed respectfully and did not dare question the people behind her.
“Why are you here? I checked the rankings over there, and it doesn’t seem like your name is on them,” Xu Mu asked after entering.
“Oh, I’m not here to fight. I came this time to deliver a message. The other prodigies from my clan are here.”
Tian Yunchu smiled as she explained.
“I see.”
Xu Mu released his perception and immediately spotted Tong Guoguo and Meng Wanyue in the depths of the formation.
The two of them were currently relaxing and looking at their phones. Dai Xingluo was nowhere to be seen.
“I’ve arrived.”
Xu Mu stopped in front of a villa.
Tian Yunchu glanced at the villa where Xu Mu was staying and nodded lightly. “Then I’ll be leaving first.”
Only after seeing her leave did Fu Jinyu fold her arms and say coldly, “Xu Mu, you know quite a lot of women in the Inner Realm.”
“There’s nothing I can do about it. Brother Mu is just too charming. Even I feel inferior,” Chen Xuan said with a cheeky grin.
“Old Chen is right.”
Xu Mu laughed along with him before entering the villa.
The moment he stepped inside, Xu Mu removed the hood of his black robe. Meng Wanyue, who had been lying on the sofa and looking at her phone, immediately stood up and walked over.
“Brother Mu!”
Tong Guoguo also put down her phone and looked in their direction.
[Affection +20]
Xu Mu took Meng Wanyue’s hand and sat down with her on the sofa. “Wanyue, you’re impressive! You’ve already reached the Transcendent Realm.”
“It’s all thanks to the powerful pills you gave me, Brother Mu. Without them, how could I have advanced so quickly?”
Meng Wanyue lowered her head and spoke shyly.
“What about Xingluo?” Xu Mu asked, leaning back against the sofa.
“She has another battle this afternoon. She should be back soon.”
Meng Wanyue explained.
Xu Mu nodded with a smile, then looked toward Tong Guoguo. “Guoguo, how have you been lately?”
“After reaching the World-Breaking Realm, my progress has clearly slowed down. I’ve already finished all the pills you gave me, but overall, my improvement hasn’t been that great.”
Tong Guoguo walked over as she spoke.
“That’s normal. At this level, pills can only serve as an aid. Your progress mainly depends on yourself.”
As Xu Mu spoke, he pointed toward Fu Jinyu. “Sister Empress was at about the same level as you back then, and she’s already reached the second level. You should be close as well.”
Tong Guoguo nodded slightly.
“By the way, Guoguo…”
As Xu Mu spoke, he suddenly looked outside. “A woman is coming.”
“It should be Mo Xue from the Black Moon Clan.”
Meng Wanyue suddenly stood up. “She’s a good person and very outgoing. You could say she’s one of the friends we’ve made recently. She often shares news from outside with us.”
“That’s right. For example, news about you being wanted,” Tong Guoguo said with a laugh.
“Then I’d better disguise myself.”
Xu Mu pulled the hood of his black robe over his head again.
“Oh my! I didn’t realize you had a guest here! And a man, too? I used to think all of you were lesbians.”
Mo Xue had just entered, but her booming voice had already reached them.
Xu Mu sized her up. She was quite heavy, weighing roughly 160 pounds. She looked to be around thirty and had a round, doll-like face that was very endearing.
A crescent-moon mark, characteristic of the Black Moon Clan, was visible between her brows.
She was also holding an oversized serving of French fries. The bag was nearly as large as Chen Xuan’s woven sack.
Xu Mu used the Eye of God to inspect the woman.
Name: Mo Xue
Identity: Descendant of the Black Ancestor, female lead of Supreme Sovereign
Affection: 0
Destiny Level: 8 (maximum level: 10)
“?”
Xu Mu was completely bewildered. Why did all the male leads who had appeared recently have such bizarre hobbies?
There was no need to mention Xiao Gui’s particular tastes, but even Supreme Bro had some kind of strange fetish?
First of all, the woman before him wasn’t ugly. She was simply rather plump, and she would probably be beautiful if she lost weight.
But with her current figure, Xu Mu really couldn’t imagine her as the female lead.
Could it be that she had already lost weight by the time Supreme Bro met her?
“They’re all friends we made in the outside world.”
Meng Wanyue gestured for Mo Xue to sit down.
Mo Xue munched on her fries while sizing up Fu Jinyu and Chen Xuan. In the end, her gaze settled on Fu Jinyu.
“The Celestial Demon Clan? Things aren’t looking good for them either. I heard they’re connected to the Great Desolate Clan.”
“I’m from the Celestial Demon Clan in the outside world. I don’t know anything about the Great Desolate Clan.”
Fu Jinyu spoke indifferently.
Xu Mu glanced at her. In a sense, he himself was a member of the Great Desolate Clan.
“Those clans in the Inner Realm don’t care whether you’re from the Inner Realm or the outside world. As long as you’re operating outside, it’s best to disguise yourself.”
Mo Xue directed this advice at Fu Jinyu.
Xu Mu stroked his chin thoughtfully. It seemed that the Black Moon Clan had quite a few good people as well.
“Speaking of the Great Desolate Clan, I recently received some news. They’ve started making moves again. They killed a great many experts in the Hetu Continent, and I even have a video.”
As Mo Xue spoke, she took a phone out of her spatial ring and opened a video.
Meng Wanyue leaned over to watch. On the screen, a woman in a long white dress and a white veil over her face was floating in midair. Black characters flashed around her body.
The town below was instantly sliced into chunks the size of tofu cubes.
Chen Xuan also walked over with a smile. “Let me see what these legendary members of the Great Desolate Clan are really like.”
He came over beside Meng Wanyue to watch. But the moment he saw the woman in white on the screen, his pupils shrank to pinpoints and his breathing became labored.
“Who… who is this woman? Is she from the Great Desolate Clan?”
Chen Xuan looked at Mo Xue impatiently.
“Of course. She’s the Divine General’s daughter, and she’s appeared in the public eye quite often over the past few years.”
Mo Xue explained, “She’s incredibly powerful. She’s only at the seventh level of the World-Breaking Realm, but even ordinary experts at the ninth level are no match for her.”
“What… what’s her name?”
Chen Xuan struggled to remain calm.
“I don’t know that,” Mo Xue said, shaking her head lightly. “But I can ask around for you when I get the chance.”
“Sis, then I’ll thank you in advance.”
After saying that, Chen Xuan returned to Xu Mu’s side.
Xu Mu glanced at Chen Xuan’s expression and sent him a voice transmission. The formation Xu Mu had set up could last for about a day, so it had not disappeared yet.
“Old Chen, what’s going on? Did you discover something?”
“Brother Mu, can you believe it? I’ve traveled across countless mountains and rivers searching for my senior sister, and I never found a trace of her. Yet I just happened to see her on someone else’s phone.”
Chen Xuan clenched his fists. “There’s absolutely no mistake. Even if I only saw her in profile, and even if she was wearing a veil, I still couldn’t have mistaken her. She’s my senior sister!”
Xu Mu frowned slightly. If that was the case, then he and Chen Xuan were, in a way, faintly related?
“Brother Mu! I finally understand why my senior sister refused to see me. She’s a member of the Great Wilderness Clan, wanted by every race in the Inner Realm. If I get too close to her, I’ll definitely be dragged into it.”
Chen Xuan continued speaking through voice transmission. “Now, I finally know where I’m going instead of wandering around like a headless fly!”
A faint smile appeared on Xu Mu’s face. Even through the voice transmission, he could sense Chen Xuan’s excitement.
“By the way, I came here to tell you about Xu Mu.”
Mo Xue grabbed another handful of fries and stuffed them into her mouth. “Weren’t you all very interested in Xu Mu? I have some good news for you.”

to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…

grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)