The Harmony of Five soared through the skies above the Heavenly Spirit Continent, its phoenix prow cutting through clouds as it headed toward the vast desert that dominated the southern reaches of the landmass.
The ship moved with purpose, its destination clear.
Inside the main hall, Tian lounged on his throne, his expression thoughtful as he recalled the events of an hour ago.
— Flashback — One Hour Earlier He had been about to pull Ya Fei onto his lap for another round of pleasure when the system’s voice had cut through his thoughts.
[Host, you should head to the desert of this Heavenly Spirit Continent immediately.
Queen Medusa’s sister will soon be captured.
She will die if you do not intervene.] Tian’s hands had paused mid-reach.
‘Queen Medusa’s sister?
But isn’t she a heroine’s sister?
Why would she die?
Shouldn’t she have the protection of the protagonist’s future plot?’ [The Snake People are hated by humans on this continent, Host.
Especially the powerful humans who covet their Snake Cores.
They live in the desert and resource-depleted areas because they have been driven there by persecution.
Queen Medusa’s younger sister has sneaked out of the snake tribe against her sister’s orders.
She will be captured by a cultivator known as the Ice Emperor—an Emperor Realm cultivator.] The system paused, then continued.
[She will be sold to one of the human powerhouses of this continent, who will kill her and extract her Snake Core to make a pill.
The Ice Emperor will later be hunted down by Queen Medusa after her sister’s death.
In the original script, the Ice Emperor would become the protagonist Xiao Ye’s helper in the future—guiding him to acquire a Heavenly Flame.] Tian’s eyes narrowed.
‘So if I save the sister, I not only gain her loyalty but also kill a future ally of the protagonist.
Two benefits for one action.’ [Correct, Host.]The system said to qin tian .
Tian nodded and rose from his throne.
Ya Fei looked up at him with curious eyes.
“Husband?
Is something wrong?” “I need to head out for a while,” Tian said, leaning down to press a kiss to her lips.
“Stay here and wait for me.” Ya Fei kissed him back softly.
“Be careful, Husband.” Tian slapped her plump ass, making her moan.
“Who on this continent could possibly harm me?” Flashback Ends — Now, as the ship sped toward the desert, Tian stood at the observation deck, his grey-gold dragon wings spread behind him, his dragon horns gleaming in the afternoon light.
He had decided to fly personally—partly for the thrill, partly because he wanted to test his new Nascent Soul cultivation in actual combat.
“Young Master!” Long Jin’s voice called out.
“Up ahead!
There’s a snake woman being chased by a human!” Tian’s eyes sharpened.
There she was she was beautiful snake woman .
A woman with a blue snake tail instead of legs was flying desperately through the air.
Her black hair streamed behind her.
Her deep blue eyes were wide with fear.
Behind her, a middle-aged man with cold blue eyes pursued her with the casual confidence of a predator who knew his prey could not escape.
“Let’s go,” Tian said, a smile spreading across his face.
“Time to play the hero saving the beauty .” His maids bowed.
“Yes, Young Master!” — POV: Cai Lin’s Sister Cai Meirou flew through the air as fast as her King Realm cultivation would allow, but she knew it was futile.
The man behind her was an Emperor Realm cultivator—a full major realm above her.
He could have caught her at any time.
He was simply toying with her, enjoying the chase.
‘Why didn’t I listen to Sister?’ she thought desperately.
‘Why did I sneak out of the tribe?
She told me it was dangerous.
She told me the humans would hunt me.
And now…’ She glanced back.
The middle-aged man’s cold blue eyes met hers, and he smiled—a cruel, predatory smile that made her blood run cold.
“Why are you running, snake woman?” he called out, his voice dripping with amusement.
“Wouldn’t it be better to just surrender?
It’s futile to resist.
You’re only prolonging the inevitable.” Despair filled Cai Meirou’s heart.
She knew what would happen if she was captured.
She had heard the stories.
The humans of this continent coveted the Snake Cores that resided within every snake person’s body.
They would kill her, extract her core, and use it to refine pills.
She would die screaming, and her core would become some human’s cultivation resource.
Tears began to form in her eyes.
‘Sister…
I’m sorry…
I’m so sorry…’ And then a ship appeared before her the most magnificent ship she had ever seen in her life .
It was massive—the size of a small city—and it blotted out the sun.
Its hull was carved from materials she couldn’t even identify, materials that radiated power beyond anything she had ever felt.
Formations pulsed along its edges, arrays so complex they made her head spin.
It was beautiful.
It was terrifying.
It was the most magnificent vessel she had ever seen.
She stopped flying, her mouth falling open in shock.
The Ice Emperor also stopped, his eyes widening.
“What…
what is this?!” And then they both saw him they saw qin tian.
A man rose from the deck of the ship, his massive dragon wings spreading behind him like the wings of a divine being.
His grey-gold horns caught the light.
His body was sculpted like a god’s.
And his face—his face was so handsome that Cai Meirou felt her heart stop beating for a moment.
She had never seen such a beautiful and handsome man in her entire life.
Her cheeks flushed.
Her mind went blank.
She forgot she was being chased.
She forgot she was about to die.
She could only stare at this dragon-winged god who had appeared before her like a savior from heaven.
— POV: Qin Tian ‘So that’s the Ice Emperor,’ Tian thought, looking at the middle-aged man with cold blue eyes.
‘Emperor Realm.
Probably low-level.
Nothing special.
But still—he’s three major realms above me.
This will be a good test.’ He reached into the system space and withdrew a bow.
It was a Saint Rank weapon—beautiful and powerful, its limbs carved from the bones of a fallen supreme rank wild beast , its string woven from the hair of a saint rank spider .
He had acquired it from one of his many treasure given by his family’s.
‘Let’s see if I can kill him in one shot,’ Tian thought with a grin.
‘I’ve never killed a person before.
This should be fun.’ He drew back the string.
Spiritual energy flowed from his dantian, condensing into an arrow of grey-gold light—Chaos Creation Qi, the strongest form of Qi in existence.
The bow amplified its power, and the arrow began to glow with an intensity that made the air around it tremble.
He aimed at the Ice Emperor to shoot and kill him .
And then he released the bow so he will be killed in one shot .
The arrow shot forth with a sound like thunder.
It moved so fast that the air itself screamed in protest.
The Ice Emperor’s eyes widened in shock, and he threw himself to the side at the last possible moment.
The arrow grazed his shoulder—tearing through his robes and searing his flesh—and continued on to strike a small mountain behind him.
The mountain exploded with a bang .
Chunks of rock the size of houses rained down across the desert.
A cloud of dust rose into the sky, blotting out the sun.
When it cleared, the mountain was gone.
Only a crater remained.
Tian clicked his tongue in regret.
That would have been nice if I could have killed him in one shot.” Behind him, Long Jin and Long Rui appeared on the deck.
The Ice Emperor, who had been about to snarl in anger, looked at them—and felt his blood run cold.
These two women radiated pressure that could crush him like an ant.
They were Supreme Realm cultivators.
Both of them.
“Your Excellency!” the Ice Emperor called out, his voice trembling with fear.
“Why are you attacking me?!
I have done nothing to offend you!” Tian ignored him.
He used his spiritual energy to gently pull Cai Meirou to his side.
The snake woman stumbled as she landed on the deck, snapping out of her daze.
“Th-Thank you, Young Master,” she stammered, her cheeks still flushed.
“Thank you for saving me.” ‘She’s not wary of me at all,’ Tian thought, slightly amused.
‘Most people would be suspicious of a stranger who just blew up a mountain.
But she’s looking at me like I’m her knight in shining armor.’ note: The reason Cai Meirou wasn’t wary was simple.
Tian was too handsome.
In her mind, someone this beautiful couldn’t possibly be a bad person.
If Tian knew what she was thinking, he would say, “Miss, you’re such a nymphomaniac—judging a man’s character by his face.” But he didn’t know, so he simply smiled.
“You’re safe now, beautiful,” Tian said, his deep voice warm that one feel safe .
Cai Meirou’s blush deepened seeing him up close and his words and beautiful voice.
Tian took a moment to study her.
She was beautiful—strikingly so.
Her black hair cascaded over her shoulders.
Her eyes were a deep, mesmerizing blue.
Her skin was pale and smooth, with a faint shimmer that marked her snake heritage.
Pink cloth wrapped around her large breasts, leaving her flat abdomen bare.
And instead of legs, she had a magnificent blue snake tail that coiled beneath her, the scales gleaming like sapphires.
She was sexy.
There was no other word for it.
Tian forced himself to look away and turned his attention back to the Ice Emperor.
“You,” he said, his voice cold.
“An Emperor Realm cultivator, hunting a King Realm woman who is an entire major realm below you.
Don’t you have any shame?” The Ice Emperor’s face twisted.
He wanted to snarl.
He wanted to attack.
But he could feel the two Supreme Realm women behind this young man staring at him with murderous eyes.
If he made one wrong move, they would kill him instantly.
“Your Excellency,” he said through gritted teeth, “this is none of your—” “I’ll make you a deal,” Tian interrupted.
“If you can block my arrow, I’ll spare your life.” The Ice Emperor’s eyes flickered with hope.
“You swear it?” “I swear it.” Qin tian said calmly.
“Then I accept.” The Ice Emperor was helpless he regretted hunting that snake woman .
Tian smiled.
It was not a kind smile .
This smile was an very evil smile .
He raised the bow again.
But this time, he activated a technique.
Four clones materialized beside him—perfect copies of himself, each one holding an identical Saint Rank bow.
They were the clones created by his Immortal God Bones’ supernatural power.
Each one possessed one hundred percent of his strength.
Each one was indistinguishable from the original.
The Ice Emperor’s face went pale.
“W-What—?!” All five Tians drew back their bowstrings simultaneously.
Five arrows of grey-gold Chaos Creation Qi condensed, each one aimed directly at the Ice Emperor.
The air around them warped and screamed.
“Try to dodge this,” Qin Tian said with a smile.
And he released the bow and the arrows shot towards the ice emperor.
The Ice Emperor screamed and threw up every defense he had.
A massive wall of ice rose before him—ten meters thick, reinforced with his Emperor Realm cultivation.
Behind it, an ice dragon materialized, roaring as it charged toward the arrows.
The arrows pierced through everything.
The ice dragon shattered.
The wall crumbled.
The Ice Emperor tried to dodge, but the arrows tracked his movements, curving through the air with unerring accuracy.
The first arrow pierced his right leg.
He screamed.
The second arrow pierced his left arm.
His scream grew louder.
The third arrow pierced his stomach.
Blood gushed from his mouth.
The fourth arrow pierced his heart.
His eyes went wide.
And the fifth arrow—the fifth arrow pierced directly between his legs, destroying his manhood completely.
The Ice Emperor let out one final, agonized scream.
Then his body went limp, and he fell from the sky, crashing into the desert sand below.
He was dead before he hit the ground.
Cai Meirou stared at the corpse with wide eyes.
A Nascent Soul cultivator had just killed an Emperor Realm cultivator—three entire major realms above him.
With a single volley of arrows.
‘This young master…’ she thought, her heart pounding.
‘Who is he?!’ Tian lowered his bow and turned to her with a smile.
“Now then.
How will you repay me, Miss?” Cai Meirou’s mind went blank.
“I…
I don’t know…
Would you like spirit stones?
I have some—” Tian laughed.
“No, no.
I don’t need spirit stones.” His smile widened.
“I would like you to be mine.” Cai Meirou’s face turned crimson.
“Y-Young Master, isn’t this…
isn’t this too fast?
We just met—” Tian stepped closer, his grey-gold eyes meeting her deep blue ones.
“Do you think I’m ugly?” “N-No!
Of course not!
You’re the most handsome man I’ve ever seen!” she blurted out, then immediately covered her mouth, mortified.
“Then what’s the problem?” Tian asked, his smile never wavering.
Cai Meirou was at a complete loss.
This young man was clearly countless years younger than her—she was over a hundred years old, even if she looked like a young woman in her early twenties.
And yet here she was, blushing and stammering like a maiden before a suitor.
note: What Cai Meirou didn’t know was that the Maiden Calamity Body was working its magic.
The effect was subtle but irresistible—it didn’t force her to feel anything, but it made Tian appear as the most desirable man she had ever encountered.
Combined with his genuine handsomeness, his heroic rescue, and his gentle smile, she never stood a chance.
Before she could protest further, Tian wrapped his arms around her slender waist and pulled her close.
Her blue snake tail coiled instinctively around his legs.
Her large breasts pressed against his chest. Get faster updates on g.com.
And then he kissed her he beautiful lips .
Her soft pink lips were warm and trembling.
She froze for a moment—her mind completely blank—and then she melted into the kiss like ice before a flame.
Her eyes fluttered closed.
Her arms wrapped around his neck.
Her tail tightened around his legs.
For a full minute, they kissed under the desert sun, the wind whipping around them, the corpse of the Ice Emperor cooling in the sand below.
When Tian finally pulled back, a strand of saliva connected their lips.
Cai Meirou’s face was flushed, her eyes hazy, her breath coming in short gasps.
“From now on,” Tian said, his voice gentle but firm, “you’re mine.
Understand?” Cai Meirou could only nod shyly, burying her face in his chest.
“Yes…
Young Master…” “Call me Husband.” Qin tian said to her .
“H-Husband…” she shyly called him husband.
Long Jin and Long Rui descended to the corpse of the Ice Emperor.
After a moment of searching, Long Rui found a map tucked into his robes.
She brought it back to Tian.
“Young Master,” she said, presenting the map.
“This shows the location of a Heavenly Flame in a distant part of this continent.” Tian took the map and studied it.
‘A Heavenly Flame.
So that’s where Tang Lu will be.
The Blue Silver Grass Spirit Body needs a Heavenly Flame to evolve .
This map would also have led Xiao Ye’s future helper—the Ice Emperor—to guide him to the flame.
Now it’s mine.’ He stored the map in his system space.
‘I’ll go there later.
For now, I have a snake tribe to vist.’ He wrapped his arm around Cai Meirou’s slender waist, his hand resting on the curve of her hip where human skin transitioned to blue scales.
“Can you tell me about yourself, beautiful?” Cai Meirou nodded, still blushing.
“My name is Cai Meirou.
I’m from the Snake Woman Tribe.
My older sister, Cai Lin, is our queen.
She’s very powerful—much more powerful than me.” She said with admiration for her elder sister .
“Tell me more.” Qin tian said to her .
And so, as the Harmony of Five changed course toward the snake tribe’s territory, Cai Meirou told Tian everything.
About her tribe.
About how they had been driven into the desert by the humans of this continent.
About how the powerful humans coveted their Snake Cores and hunted them like animals.
About how her sister, Queen Medusa, protected them all with her strength and her iron will.
“The women of our tribe are always bullied,” Cai Meirou said quietly.
“The humans see us as monsters.
As resources to be harvested.
My sister does everything she can, but…
we’re so few.
And the humans are so many.” Tian listened in silence.
Then he spoke.
“How about I take your entire tribe to my dynasty?” Qin tian asked her .
Cai Meirou looked up at him with wide eyes.
“Young Master…
you’re not from this continent?” As there is not dyansty in this continent.
Tian smiled.
“No.
I’m a prince of a dynasty far beyond this desolate land.
In my dynasty, there are phoenixes, qilins, dragons, celestial foxes, and many other Heavenly Beast races.
Humans and beasts live together in peace.
There’s no persecution.
No hunting for cores.” He paused.
“I can take you there.” He raised his hand and projected an image using his spiritual energy—a vision of the Long Dynasty’s capital city.
Massive towers of gold and jade.
Floating islands connected by bridges of starlight.
Dragons soaring through the sky.
Phoenixes nesting on crystalline peaks.
Spiritual energy so dense it formed visible mist.
Cai Meirou gasped.
She had never seen anything like it.
The spiritual energy alone was thousands of times denser and purer than anything on the Heavenly Spirit Continent.
The cultivators she could see in the vision radiated power that made the Ice Emperor look like an ant.
“Young Master…” she whispered, tears forming in her eyes.
“Will you really take our tribe there?
Will you really save us?” Tian wiped a tear from her cheek with his thumb.
“Yes.
I promise.” He said to her gently.
Cai Meirou threw her arms around his neck and pressed a kiss to his cheek.
“Thank you!
Thank you, Young Master!
Thank you so much!” Tian held her gently, a satisfied smile on his face.
‘Queen Medusa’s sister is now mine.
The snake tribe will soon swear loyalty to me.
And the Ice Emperor—a future ally of Xiao Ye—is dead.
Not a bad day’s work.’ — Later that evening, the Harmony of Five continued its journey toward the snake tribe’s territory.
In the dining hall, Tian sat at the head of the table, enjoying a meal of Supreme Realm fierce beast meat.
The meat was tender and rich, filled with spiritual energy that made every bite a cultivation experience.
Cai Meirou sat beside him, eating happily.
She had never tasted food like this in her life.
The meat was so delicious it made her want to cry.
The spiritual fruits were so sweet they seemed like divine nectar.
“This is…
this is amazing,” she said between bites.
“Eat as much as you want,” Tian said with a smile.
“There’s plenty more.” As she continued to eat, Tian turned his attention inward.
‘System.’ [Yes, Host?] ‘Exchange the Halo of Fighting Genius.’ [The ‘Halo of Fighting Genius’ skill costs 500,000 Destiny Points.
Does the Host wish to proceed?] ‘Yes.’ Qin said to his system .
[DING!
500,000 Destiny Points consumed.] [DING!
‘Fighting Genius Halo’ acquired!] [Current Luck Points: 0.] The Fighting Genius Halo settled into Tian’s soul.
He felt it immediately—a new awareness of combat, a deeper understanding of movement and technique.
This skill would grant him fighting experience far beyond his years.
The more he fought, the more skilled he would become.
Eventually, he would become the most skilled fighter in the world.
‘Zero points,’ Tian thought with a sigh.
‘Back to being poor again.’ [The Host should not worry.
There are many more protagonists to farm.
Xiao Ye alone has over four million points waiting to be harvested.] ‘I know.’ Tian smiled.
‘And I’ll take every last one.’ He looked at Cai Meirou, who was now licking her fingers clean, her blue eyes sparkling with happiness.
Soon, he would meet her sister—Queen Medusa herself.
And then, the entire snake tribe would become his.
Qin tian thought with a happy smile — END OF CHAPTER 24