A red light flashed on the back of Yun Wuji's left hand as a red profound imprint slowly formed, about an inch long. The shape of the mark was a miniature version of the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword.
Throughout the entire process, the spirit guarding her never appeared, it seemed like she had truly faded from existence. Perhaps it was the Light Profound Energy around him that made her feel at ease.
His Light Profound Energy could easily make most people in the God Realm lower their guard around him.
After forming a contract with Hong'er, Yun Wuji easily took control of the Primordial Profound Ark. With it in hand, he returned to the Blue Pole Star.
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A few days later, a grand celebration unfolded in the Demon Imperial City, drawing all the influential figures from both continents. Sacred grounds, guardian families, duke palaces, city lords, and other powerful cultivators gathered to attend it.
The entire city seemed to come alive as influential leaders, renowned experts, and esteemed allies gathered to honor a momentous occasion, the 22nd anniversary of their Lord and Savior Fang Yu...cough I mean Yun Wuji. The streets were adorned with banners and colorful decorations, while the air buzzed with excitement and eager conversations.
Yun Wuji usually spent his anniversary with his women and close friends, like the Yun Clan. But this time, when Chu Yuechan, Huan Caiyi, and the others found out he was planning to leave the Blue Pole Star for a while, they decided to throw him a big celebration.
So that everyone in the world would remember him, even while he was away.
At the same time, a smaller celebration was taking place in the Yun Palace. It was just Yun Wuji, his wives, and Jasmine, who, strangely enough, had taken the initiative to join them. Normally, she wouldn't even spare a glance at any other living being on this planet much less share a seat with them.
In the main hall, Yun Wuji sat at the head of the table, with Chu Yuechan on his right and Huan Caiyi on his left, while the others took their places nearby.
Jasmine sat across from him, with little Hei Xiaolian by her side. Although the two bickered every day, they surprisingly shared a close relationship.
For the larger celebration in the Demon Imperial City, Yun Wuji sent his Heretic God body to attend and entertain the guests, while he remained at the smaller birthday party in the Yun Palace.
"Happy birthday, husband!" Murong Qianxue was the first to congratulate him, a charming smile lighting up her beautiful face.
The other women followed suit, their voices warm and filled with affection. "Happy birthday, husband! May you live for eternity!"
"Happy birthday, honey," Huan Caiyi added from his left. Leaning in, she gave him a deep kiss on the lips and whispered softly.
"Not fair! I wanted to kiss Wuji too," Feng Hanyue said with a pout, crossing her arms in protest.
"Thank you, my beloveds," Yun Wuji said with a warm smile, his eyes filled with affection. Then, glancing around, he chuckled and asked playfully, "So, where are my gifts?"
Chu Yuechan responded with a soft smile, "It's a secret. You'll have to wait a little longer to see it."
"Really? How intriguing!" Yun Wuji said, his curiosity piqued. "Now I'm all hyped up," he added with a hint of excitement.
All their previous "gifts" had been 'unmatched', so he was rather looking forward to this one as well.
Gong Yuxian stood up and said, "You stay here while we finish preparing your gift. We'll call you when it's ready."
"But no peeking!" Mu Lanyi warned.
"Right, right! No peeking, Wuji!" Feng Hanyue added, her expression serious.
"Alright, I won't peek, I won't peek," Yun Wuji laughed and promised.
And like that, all his wives left the main hall, to prepare his 'gift'.
The only ones left in the hall were Yun Wuji, Jasmine, and Hei Xiaolian, who was eagerly devouring the food in front of her.
"Hey you, hiccup! You must be enjoying your life with so many beauties around you, hiccup!" Jasmine suddenly raised her head, her face flushed red as she spoke with some difficulty, holding a cup of wine in her hand.
"Are you drunk?" Yun Wuji stared at her in surprise, then asked, "You're only 15! Who gave you the alcohol?"
"I am not drunk! I am not drunk! I just wanted to try some wine, what's the big deal?!" Jasmine said angrily. "And I'm your master too! It's not your place to tell me what to do!"
'All according to keikaku!' Hei Xiaolian stopped eating and glanced at them both with narrowed eyes. Half an hour ago, it was she who had tricked Jasmine into drinking the alcohol.
'So what if you're a Divine Master, hehehe, compared to me, you're still too green,' Hei Xiaolian sneered to herself as she turned back to her plate.
"Sigh," Yun Wuji let out a helpless sigh, standing up and walking over to her. "Let me take you somewhere to rest."
"Hiccup...Don't treat me like a kid...Hiccup...I'm a grown woman!" Jasmine snapped as Yun Wuji's hand landed on her shoulder. She grabbed his arm and said, "You've always called me flat! Look right at me, I dare you to call me flat again." With that, she boldly placed his hand on her chest.
"WTF?" Yun Wuji's eyes widened, and his body stiffened in shock, but he quickly recovered and growled, "Hey, stop right now! Let go!" He tried to pull his hand away, but Jasmine's grip was far stronger than his, and he couldn't budge.
"No! I won't! Hiccup!" Jasmine refused, pushing him to the side and forcing him against the wall.
'Shit! Maybe I screw up!' Hei Xiaolian's eyes widened, her mouth forming an 'O' as the piece of cake she had just bitten fell from her mouth. She stared in shock at Jasmine's outrageous action.
'I'm actually getting pushed down, by a little girl? I, Yun Wuji, getting pushed down?!!!' Yun Wuji struggled fiercely but to no avail. The gap between him and a Divine Master was just too big. He stopped struggling and, with a fierce glare, shouted, "Fuck! Jasmine, you're drunk! Stop this farce right now!"
"Hiccup... Yun Wuji, let's... Hiccup... play the rape game," Jasmine's face moved closer, her nose brushing his as she spoke with a flushed expression.
"I told you to stop!"
"Hehe, that's the spirit! Hiccup!" she said, leaning in and planting a kiss on his lips.
"...!!!" Yun Wuji's entire body froze. He couldn't believe it, she had actually pinned him down and kissed him!
He had never, ever imagined that Jasmine would do something this brazen! He had never seen her as a potential love interest; to him, she was just a friend or even a little sister. Even after she "grew up," he never thought of her in that way.
A few years ago, when Yun Wuji first came into contact with the characters in the novel, he had appreciated and liked them, but mostly viewed them as targets he could conquer. This mentality lingered in his mind for a while, but as he spent more time with them, that mindset gradually began to change. He started to see them as equals and eventually came to truly love them.
*Chu Yuechan is an exception.*
If there were a gauge to measure love, his wives would undoubtedly score 100/100, and he would score 99/100 for each of them.
Because of that, he never thought of Jasmine as someone he needed to conquer. To him, she was his friend and a portable Divine Master. He didn't have any romantic feelings for her and didn't want to develop them either, because she wasn't his type. No matter how beautiful she was, in the end, she was a tsundere.
Unlike Huan Caiyi, who was a tsundere and a kuudere, Jasmine's tsundere tendencies never really changed over the years. Huan Caiyi, however, eventually changed, moving past her initial tsundere behavior.
He never brought her the 'Smoky Red Fairy Dress' or any other gifts he knew she would love. He also never sweet-talked her like Yun Che or tried to take advantage of her to get closer, because he never entertained the idea of romancing her.
At that moment, he felt her small tongue brushing against his lips, as if trying to gently parry them. When he opened his mouth to speak, her tongue slipped inside, clumsily exploring.
Jasmine's breathing grew rough, and she closed her eyes, greedily savoring the feeling of the kiss. However, at that moment, she suddenly felt a calm and soothing aura spreading through her entire body. The feeling of intoxication and dizziness began to rapidly fade away.
Yun Wuji used his Light Profound Energy to offset her intoxication, gradually sobering her up.
"Ehh? Wh...what did I do, ahhh!" As she regained her senses, Jasmine's eyes shot wide open. The flush on her face quickly turned to paleness. She let go of Yun Wuji and jumped away from him.
"You..." Yun Wuji straightened his clothes, which had become wrinkled. He was about to scold her when suddenly, Jasmine let out a shrill, "AHHHHHH!" and turned into a streak of light, fleeing away.
"How troublesome. I'll talk to her later when she calms down," Yun Wuji muttered, not bothering to chase after her. He knew he wouldn't be able to catch up even if he tried. Shaking his head, he walked back to his seat.
At that moment, he received a transmission from Murong Qianxue, telling him to come to his bedroom to get his 'present.'
"Hehehe, let's see what this present is," Yun Wuji chuckled, pushing the matter with Jasmine out of his mind as he headed to his room to see what birthday surprise awaited him.
"Happy Birthday, Husband!"
As Yun Wuji pushed open the door to his room, he was greeted by 17 stunning beauties dressed in skimpy, revealing dancing outfits that barely covered their chests and lower parts. They all smiled seductively at him, swaying their waists in unison as they greeted him.
*Cang Yue, Chu Yuechan, Chu Yueli, Feng Hanyue, Feng Hanxue, Feng Qianhui, Gong Yuxia, Murong Qianque, Huan Caiyi, Jun Lianqie, Mu Lanyi, Mu Lingxue, Shui Wushuang, Wu Xuexin, Xia Qingyue, Xiao Lingxi, Xuanyuan Yufeng.*
"Do you like your birthday present, honey?" Xuanyuan Yufeng twisted her body, shaking her alluring curves as she asked with a knowing smile.
"Hehehe, very much! I like it very much!" Yun Wuji laughed loudly, closing the door behind him.
*Let me know if you'd like me to write a lemons chapter for this.*
That night, Yun Wuji thoroughly enjoyed his birthday present. However, a month later, he faced a problem that not only disrupted all his future plans but could very well alter his destiny as well...
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In the next chapter, we'll finally step into the God Realm.
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"Fuck!" Standing in the Frozen End Divine Hall within the Frozen Cloud Asgard, Yun Wuji clenched his fists tightly and cursed aloud.
Hei Xiaolian followed him meekly, her head lowered as she looked at him with pitiful, teary eyes. She whispered guiltily, "I'm sorry, Master... it's my fault..."
She was apologizing because, even after an entire month, Jasmine still hadn't returned!
She left!
She just left like that!
Yun Wuji initially thought she was just feeling shy and hiding somewhere for a few days. But days turned into weeks, and even after an entire month, she still hadn't shown up!
He even used his Divine King Realm devil body to search the area around the planet, yet he still couldn't find her.
Without a doubt, she had already left the Blue Pole Star!
Hei Xiaolian originally thought that getting Jasmine drunk would finally make her drop her tsundere attitude and fall into Yun Wuji's arms.
In her mind, she was doing him a huge favor and had even planned to smugly brag about it to him later. But instead, everything spiraled out of control, going from bad to worse!
"I shouldn't have... sniff... I shouldn't have tricked that tsundere into drinking alcohol. I'm sorry!" Hei Xiaolian said between sniffles. She knew just how much Yun Wuji's plans relied on Jasmine.
In Yun Wuji's plan, he intended to take the Untamed Divine Marrow from the Thousand Desolation Divine Sect as a "protection fee" and "borrow" the Divine Fruit of Absolute Beginning from the Dragons of Absolute Beginning to refine two Untamed World Pellets.
With Jasmine's concealment abilities, it was entirely possible for her to steal it from them and escape unnoticed.
By using an Untamed World Pellet, her cultivation would surpass her father's! With a bit of planning, it would be easy for her to ambush him and seize his throne, perhaps even force him to submit to her!
With the power of two God Emperors, scheming against the Moon God Realm using Xia Qingyue would be a simple task. If everything went smoothly, he could even make Xia Qingyue the new Moon God Emperor.
With their combined might, he could finally aime his spear toward the Eternal Heaven God Realm!
As long as he got his hands on the Eternal Heaven Pearl and cultivated inside for a few months, his cultivation would undoubtedly surpass the peak of the current universe! At that point, who in the entire Primal Chaos would be strong enough to challenge him?!
But all of his plans were based on having Jasmine as his starting point! Without her, forget about the Divine Fruit of Absolute Beginning, stealing, cough, I mean 'confiscating' the Untamed Divine Marrow would be nothing more than a pipe dream!
"It's not your fault," Yun Wuji patted Hei Xiaolian's head and said, "What you did only hastened her decision. She probably planned to leave long ago."
With Jasmine's way of thinking, she probably believed that he wouldn't be able to help her against her father and the Star God Realm and that he would only endanger his own life. She had likely decided to leave him long ago, and what happened only hastened her departure.
Even after spending more than two years with him, her self-righteous way of thinking remained unchanged...
"Damn it," he muttered, filled with regret. He regretted not telling her more about his plans. But then again, if he had, she probably would have still left to carry out that plan without him...
He closed his eyes for a long time. After a while, the hand he was clenching loosened, and with a deep sigh, he opened his eyes. "Sigh, why am I even getting worked up? From the very beginning, I shouldn't have thought about relying on others. Only my own strength is the truth."
"Master... I... I will always be your strength," Hei Xiaolian sniffled, floating towards him and wrapping her tiny body around his neck in a tight hug.
"Hmm," Yun Wuji tapped her back, then turned his gaze toward his third body, the Heretic God body. "I can only go with plan B in this case..." he muttered, his focus shifting as he controlled the Heretic God body to activate the spatial formation within the Frozen End Divine Hall.
This spatial formation had been set up by Mu Bingyun before she left the Blue Pole Star to return to the Snow Song Realm. It could teleport to a random location but only accommodate one individual. Once activated, the formation would vanish and wouldn't reappear for an entire hundred years.
Since his unreliable portable Divine Master had abandoned him, Yun Wuji had no choice but to brace himself and head to the God Realm alone.
Waiting several more years for Mu Bingyun's return to the Blue Pole Star would be far too great a waste of time.
However, even if he had to take this step, he wasn't foolish enough to risk his main body. His plan was to send his two secondary bodies first: the Heretic God body would utilize the spatial formation, while the Devil body would head straight to the Northern Divine Region.
The Devil body had inherited everything from the Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign, giving it unparalleled mastery over darkness profound energy. Unlike others in the Northern Divine Region, he possessed perfect control over this power. Even if he traveled through the other three Divine Regions, no one would suspect he cultivated darkness profound energy, unless he foolishly revealed it himself.
*Humans aren't innately compatible with darkness profound energy, only the devil race is.*
Yun Wuji decided that only after seeing the God Realm with his own eyes would he determine whether it was safe enough to go there with his main body.
Without hesitation, the Heretic God body activated the formation. The profound formation flared to life, emitting a brilliant icy blue light that enveloped him entirely. In the next instant, both he and the formation vanished without a trace.
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In the vast God Realm, within a Low-Rank Star Realm...
A group of malicious-looking individuals encircled a lone man. His body was riddled with injuries, blood staining his tattered clothes a deep crimson. Clutching a long sword, his gaze burned with hatred and fury as he stared down the bandits.
Behind him lay four lifeless bodies in a pool of blood. Among them were two women, an elderly man, and a young boy, their faces frozen in pain and fear.
They were his family. He had been traveling with them from White Bamboo City to Azure Grove City when they were suddenly ambushed by a group of wicked bandits.
His father was severely wounded in the sneak attack and later succumbed to their combined assault.
His mother was killed instantly by the initial strike.
His wife died shielding their son from a sword, but the blade pierced through her body and into the boy as well. His son died in her arms.
He was the only one left standing, but with his body battered and covered in grievous wounds, it was only a matter of time before death claimed him too. Each breath was a struggle, each movement sent searing pain through his body.
The world around him blurred as his vision dimmed, yet the hatred burning in his chest kept him on his feet, unwilling to let these monsters see him fall without a fight.
"Hehe, stop struggling, no one's coming to save you!" one of the bandits taunted, licking his blade with a twisted grin.
"What a waste! That woman died. We could've enjoyed her for a while," another sighed in regret, eyeing the lifeless body of the woman.
"Who cares? As long as her body's still warm, we can still enjoy her. AHAHAHA!" one of them said, his eyes filled with lust as he stared at the woman's body, letting out a sickening laugh.
"You're right, boss! AHAHAHA!"
"Boss, you're truly the boss. Your methods are unparalleled!"
The other bandits joined in, laughing wretchedly and praising their leader for his 'resourcefulness' and 'efficiency.'
At that moment, a sudden blue light flashed, and Yun Wuji appeared beside the man.
"What?!" The bandits' laughter abruptly halted at the sudden appearance of Yun Wuji, their leader's eyes widening in shock.
"Where am I?" Yun Wuji scanned the surroundings, his eyes narrowing as he spoke, a hint of confusion in his voice.
"Who are you?!" The man, surrounded by the bandits, took a few steps back, pointing his sword at Yun Wuji, his voice filled with suspicion.
"Brat, who are you? How did you appear so suddenly?!" The bandit boss quickly reacted, his voice sharp with suspicion as he questioned Yun Wuji.
"Boss, why bother with his identity? He's only at the Sovereign Profound Realm. We can capture him and interrogate him slowly." One of the other bandits sneered, nudging the leader as he spoke in a mocking tone.
"Sovereign Profound Realm?" The boss was taken aback for a moment, realizing he had overlooked Yun Wuji's 8th-level Sovereign Profound Realm cultivation. He quickly regained his composure, letting out a laugh and saying, "Brat, I don't know how you suddenly appeared, but it's your bad luck, to meet me! Ahahaha."
He was at the 8th level Divine Origin Realm, and all his subordinates were also between the 3rd and 5th levels of the Divine Origin Realm.
"..." Even the man surrounded by them was at the 7th level of the Divine Origin Realm. He looked at Yun Wuji with a pitying expression.
"Boss, look at his handsome look and smooth and tender skin," a short, bald man with small eyes sneered, his gaze lecherous as he eyed Yun Wuji. "Hehe, I bet he would taste much better than a dead body. Hahahaha!"
"..." Yun Wuji.
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