(PS: All characters in this book are over 18 years old. Please imagine the art style as anime/manga-style when reading.)
"Sigh... I've been reincarnated here for eighteen years. And only now they tell me I'm the villain."
Chang'an City.
Several tall guards followed a luxuriously dressed handsome youth as he strolled casually through the streets.
The youth's name was Ye Wangchuan, and today marked his eighteenth year since reincarnating into this Xuanhuan World.
For the past eighteen years, Ye Wangchuan had thought he'd simply transmigrated into a wealthy family, nothing more than that.
Although he didn't have any system or special abilities, his life had been quite comfortable and carefree.
However, during his eighteenth birthday celebration a few days ago.
Upon reaching adulthood, he finally learned that the Ye family had completely annihilated dozens of other families!
This included the Su family, Lin family, Qin family, Xiao family, and many others...
And apparently, when exterminating these families, the Ye family had spared all children shorter than a wagon wheel.
This worried Ye Wangchuan tremendously.
I mean, if you're going to eliminate a family, why not do it thoroughly?
Why leave behind a bunch of kids? Are you waiting for them to come back for revenge?
And when they do seek revenge, their first target will definitely be him!
After all, he was the Ye family's sole heir, making him a lightning rod for all their hatred.
"You old fool, leaving me with such a mess to deal with!"
Ye Wangchuan muttered to himself.
Just then, a young woman bumped into him as she passed by.
They both stumbled from the collision.
Ye Wangchuan quickly adjusted his stance and remained standing.
The young woman wasn't so lucky, falling straight onto her bottom.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Young Master, I'm in a hurry. I truly apologize."
The young woman named Bai Piao grimaced as she stood up, bowing repeatedly to Ye Wangchuan in apology.
She then turned to leave quickly.
But just as Bai Piao turned around.
Snap!
Ye Wangchuan suddenly spun around and firmly grabbed Bai Piao's wrist.
"What are you doing?! Taking advantage of me?!"
With her wrist caught, Bai Piao turned back to Ye Wangchuan in panic.
Her outburst drew the attention of nearby pedestrians.
Despite this, the strong hand gripping her wrist showed no signs of letting go.
"Hey hey, bumping into me is one thing, but now you're stealing my money and trying to frame me?"
Ye Wangchuan looked at Bai Piao with an exasperated expression.
He then forcefully raised her arm, revealing what she was holding to the public.
In Bai Piao's hand was an elegant, bulging money pouch.
Upon seeing this, the onlookers quickly understood the situation.
One was a luxuriously dressed youth, Young Master Ye Wangchuan of the Ye family.
The other was a plainly dressed young woman with no notable background.
Who did the money pouch belong to? Did it even need saying?
Immediately, people began pointing fingers at Bai Piao.
Seeing she had no defense, Bai Piao bit her lip and bowed to Ye Wangchuan.
"I... I'm sorry. My grandmother is gravely ill, and I desperately need this money to buy medicine to save her."
"I'm sorry, I... I..."
As she spoke, tears began rolling down her cheeks.
She was already quite pretty, and with her dirty little face now wearing such a pitiful expression.
It made for quite a touching, sympathetic sight.
"How is that my problem?"
Ye Wangchuan said dismissively.
He then used his other hand to grab his money pouch, tugging several times to try and retrieve it.
But Bai Piao's fingers were tightly clutched around the pouch, like a baby monkey clinging to its mother, refusing to let go.
"Young Master Ye, please! I beg you! I know your Ye family is the largest clan in Chang'an City!"
"Your family is so wealthy, just a tiny bit of money from between your fingers would be enough to save my grandmother's life!"
"After saving my grandmother, I'm willing to give myself to you completely, to use as you please!"
Bai Piao spoke while tears streamed down her face.
Even her small face showed two clean tracks where the tears had washed away the dirt.
The surrounding onlookers couldn't bring themselves to criticize her anymore.
Indeed, she just wanted her family member to survive, what wrong had she done...
Bang!
Seeing that she wouldn't let go, Ye Wangchuan decisively raised his right leg and kicked her hard in the stomach!
This kick sent Bai Piao flying several meters!
She flew back and crashed heavily into an empty wooden rack, causing it to collapse.
Although Ye Wangchuan was only eighteen, he stood a solid 1.8 meters tall and regularly exercised to maintain his martial arts training.
In terms of pure strength, a frail young woman naturally couldn't compare.
Ye Wangchuan patted his money pouch, dusting it off.
Then he took out five copper coins from the pouch and tossed them toward Bai Piao, who was lying on the ground.
"If you want to beg, go to the market street. Don't get in the way here."
After coldly delivering these words, Ye Wangchuan tucked the money pouch into his clothes and prepared to leave.
By the wooden rack.
Bai Piao was stunned.
What?
She was a girl, and a pretty one at that, who had cried so pitifully.
After all, she had practiced fake crying in front of a bronze mirror for so long.
Theoretically, rich young masters should all fall for her pure and innocent type!
No! I can't let this big fish get away, I won't accept it!
I still need money to drink at the tavern!
Bai Piao grumbled in her heart.
Then, under everyone's gaze, she shouted loudly.
"Young Master Ye, you heartless beast! You clearly promised to save my grandmother if I played along with you!"
"Now that you've had your way with me, you suddenly change your mind and abandon me! You beast! Wuu wuu wuu!"
Upon hearing this, the departing onlookers all gathered around again.
Although it seemed unlikely that a young master would take advantage of a poor woman like that.
But they loved watching drama.
Wasn't this more entertaining than watching theater?
Ye Wangchuan, who had been about to leave, stopped in his tracks.
He really hadn't expected this.
In this Xuanhuan World where strength was supreme and the weak were prey to the strong.
There would actually be such a top-tier schemer?
Very well, so this is how you want to play it.
Ye Wangchuan smiled and turned to look at Bai Piao.
Then he raised his hand, holding up the previous money pouch.
Seeing him take out the money pouch, Bai Piao's face lit up with joy.
Sure enough, this young master was going to pay to protect his reputation.
Tsk tsk tsk, if only he had done this earlier, now he finally knows to pay up.
Even if he pays now, his reputation will definitely be worse than before.
Haha, this is the price for crossing me...
While Bai Piao was feeling smug.
"Whoever beats this woman the hardest, this money is yours."
Ye Wangchuan announced to the surrounding crowd.
"Eh?"
Bai Piao, still lying on the ground, froze, her expression instantly turning to horror.
She hurriedly looked around at her surroundings.
Only to see circles of people surging toward her.
All wearing expressions of greed mixed with a hint of madness.
Originally, Bai Piao had shouted loudly to draw these onlookers in, intending to use them to pressure Ye Wangchuan.
Who knew that with just one sentence, Ye Wangchuan would turn these onlookers into arrows aimed at her instead.
Speaking of which, why would this young master rather give money to random people than to her?!
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
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."
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.
