Duan Yuan had never expected that the Devouring Heaven Club would dare to make such an open move while he was present.
He immediately rushed out of his office.
He saw the entire group's compound had already descended into a fierce battle.
Su Yan led four newly promoted Martial Venerables of the Devouring Heaven Club into the headquarters of the Duan Family Group.
Meanwhile, the Martial Arts Association was busy evacuating the population of the Holy Capital and had no mind to spare for the affairs of the Duan Family.
After all, the Duan Family still had a Martial Saint standing guard.
Seeing Duan Yuan, the Martial Saint, rush out, Su Yan showed no fear and shouted loudly:
"Duan Yuan!"
"The daughter of Su Yuanshan has come for revenge."
Her words made the eyes of the old subordinates beside her turn red.
"Brother Shan was killed by this guy back then."
"I will use the Duan Family as a sacrifice to honor Brother Shan's spirit in heaven."
"The Yelü Family has been destroyed; the Duan Family should join them in the grave."
...
Hearing the words of Su Yan and the others, Duan Yuan felt a slight shock in his heart.
"Su Yuanshan!"
"Didn't the Yelü family finish off his wife and daughter?"
A memory from decades ago resurfaced in Duan Yuan's mind.
Back then, he was still a Martial Venerable.
He had received a family mission to assist the Yelü family in killing Su Yuanshan of Donghai City.
Originally thinking the opponent was just a Martial Venerable and that the Yelü family's Martial Saint could easily handle it, he instead witnessed Su Yuanshan defeat a Martial Saint while being a rank lower.
Yet, the final outcome still didn't change.
Su Yuanshan was still killed.
The Yelü family's Martial Saint was defeated and nearly died, his vital energy and blood forcibly drained by Su Yuanshan until his realm plummeted.
Several Martial Venerables from various families joined forces.
The already severely wounded Su Yuanshan was no match and was ultimately pierced through the chest by Duan Yuan's own hand using the Six Meridians Divine Sword technique.
At the time, Su Yuanshan's death was almost inevitable.
Too many interests were involved.
Foremost was Donghai City, known as the Immortal Capital, whose wealth made every major family covetous.
Furthermore, the once-every-five-years World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament was about to begin.
If Su Yuanshan didn't die, the championship of the tournament would almost certainly be his.
All the major families would be overshadowed.
And once Su Yuanshan became a Saint, he would monopolize Donghai City.
Given his fierce temperament, the major families would completely lose any chance to get a piece of that huge cake, the Immortal Capital.
It was just a pity.
In the end, things didn't turn out as everyone had imagined.
Without Su Yuanshan, the Immortal Capital immediately became a playground for the scions of the major families.
Chaos ensued for a time, with countless people fleeing Donghai City.
After Su Yuanshan's death, his younger brother disappeared.
Without the Su family, the Immortal Capital gradually declined.
That place once hailed as the most prosperous paradise in Great Xia also passed away with Su Yuanshan.
On the outskirts of the Holy Capital.
Jin Youxi, Liu Weiwei, and Zhao Bing also followed the evacuating crowds, leaving the core area of the Holy Capital.
At that moment, Jin Youxi looked at the overwhelming news alerts on her phone and said in surprise,
"It's a world war!"
"Not only are Martial Saints attacking Great Xia."
"Countless invaders are also launching attacks on Great Xia's borders."
But as she scrolled through the news, she soon saw the latest report from Kunlun City.
Seeing the content of the news, deep worry instantly appeared on her face.
"Zhang Bowen attacks Kunlun City, engages in battle with eleven Martial Saints!"
"Oh no, Master is still in Kunlun City."
Jin Youxi hurriedly called Chen Feng.
She dialed several times in a row.
No one answered.
She immediately became anxious.
After thinking for a moment, she quickly dialed her grandfather's number.
Fortunately, Grandpa Jin's phone went through.
"Grandpa, where is my master?"
Grandpa Jin frowned and said,
"Isn't Chen Feng with you?"
Jin Youxi hurriedly explained,
"Master went back alone."
Grandpa Jin hadn't expected Chen Feng to have returned.
It was Chen Feng himself who had told them to take a break, for everyone to leave the Chosen Martial Hall.
That was how they had avoided this disaster.
Grandpa Jin had already learned that the site of the Martial Saint battle was precisely at the Chosen Martial Hall.
If they hadn't left back then, the result would be unimaginable.
But he knew nothing about Chen Feng's return.
He hadn't seen Chen Feng at all.
His anxious granddaughter on the phone said,
"Grandpa, where are you? We'll go back to find Master right now."
Grandpa Jin urgently stopped her,
"Kunlun City is in chaos right now, everyone is fleeing!"
"Moreover, a large number of invaders have entered, and the Martial Arts Association is already fighting them."
"I've joined the fight too, and I don't have time to look for Chen Feng now."
"Don't come back for now. I'll go find President Yang and ask him to help look for Chen Feng."
"I'll contact you after I find him. I have to go now."
Grandpa Jin hung up the phone and immediately went to find Yang Honghui.
He remembered that this branch president had a decent relationship with Chen Feng.
Meanwhile, Jin Youxi on the other end had no intention of listening to her grandfather.
She immediately said to Liu Weiwei and Zhao Bing,
"Junior Sister, Junior Brother, let's go back to Kunlun City to find Master right now."
Both Liu Weiwei and Zhao Bing nodded.
They were also very worried about not being able to contact Chen Feng.
But with the entire city in chaos and traffic jammed, the three could only walk, heading west.
However, on the journey, they were spotted by a few familiar faces.
It was Duan Changtian and Duan Yan'er, who had fled from the Duan Family.
Duan Changtian was still pulling along the physically weak Xiao Ruohan.
Now that Xiao Ruohan's martial arts were crippled, she had completely become an ordinary person.
Duan Yan'er looked at her cousin, who kept holding onto this useless Xiao Ruohan, and couldn't help complaining,
"You, the number one among the younger generation of the Duan Family."
"It's fine to just have some fun, but how can you be so obsessed with this waste?"
"With your talent and status, you can have any woman you want in the future."
"And at a time like this, you still have to drag along such deadweight."
Duan Changtian said displeased,
"My feelings for Ruohan are true love, different from those other women before."
"Whether Ruohan has martial arts or not, I will always love her."
"Ruohan will be your cousin-in-law in the future, watch your tone."
"Otherwise, don't blame me for turning hostile!"
Duan Yan'er was furious.
But given the extraordinary circumstances, she didn't argue with this simp of a cousin.
Just then, she looked up and happened to see Jin Youxi walking past with two others.
When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with hatred.
"With the Holy Capital in chaos, isn't this the perfect chance to kill in the confusion?"
But Duan Yan'er knew she was no match for Jin Youxi.
She immediately thought of Duan Changtian beside her.
"Cousin, look, isn't that Cousin-in-law's enemy?"
"It's so chaotic now, it's the perfect chance to get revenge for Cousin-in-law."
Duan Changtian hadn't expected Duan Yan'er to be so understanding, immediately calling her 'Cousin-in-law.'
Following where Duan Yan'er pointed, he immediately saw Jin Youxi and the other two.
Xiao Ruohan beside him was also staring fixedly at Jin Youxi and Liu Weiwei.
As for Zhao Bing, she completely ignored him.
Seeing the hatred in Xiao Ruohan's eyes, Duan Changtian offered to curry favor,
"Ruohan, do you want me to kill them to avenge you?"
Xiao Ruohan nodded heavily.
"Help me cripple them. I want to do it myself!"

] [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!"

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)

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.”

lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...