Xie Xingwen shielded Chu Xuan while simultaneously engaging several Beastmen in combat. These Beastmen all possessed Fifth Rank strength, with two even reaching the peak of Fifth Rank.
Trapped within this Male Beast body, Xie Xingwen couldn’t unleash his true power. Gradually, he fell into a disadvantage, sustaining numerous injuries. As the Beastmen launched a coordinated assault, his eyes darkened and he muttered under his breath: “Annoying.”
Just as he prepared to use a life-for-life method to break through the encirclement, tiger roars and wolf howls suddenly echoed from nearby. A white tiger burst forth, pinning one Beastman to the ground. Its sharp claws tore through the Beastman’s chest, splattering internal organs everywhere. The Beastman died almost instantly.
Additionally, a snow leopard and black wolf joined the fray against the other Beastmen. A fiery red fox breathed flames that forced the Beastmen into retreat.
“Trouble – that female’s Beast Husbands have arrived! Find an opportunity to withdraw,” one Beastman exclaimed.
The red fox spoke in human tongue: “Thinking of escaping now? Too late.”
His voice carried boundless rage as he intensified his flames, completely engulfing another Beastman. Within moments, the Beastman turned to ashes and vanished completely.
Chu Xuan had fainted again when the Beastman launched that lethal attack against her, so she remained unaware of this intense battle.
When she awoke again, she found herself lying on a bed.
Opening her eyes to this unfamiliar environment, Chu Xuan struggled to recall what had happened.
Having already transmigrated once before, Chu Xuan quickly realized she must have crossed worlds again. “What kind of Transmigration Physique do I have?” she wondered. Previously, she had died from overwork and been reborn as the Young Palace Master of Hehuan Palace in the Cultivation World. Though physical limitations made cultivation difficult, her parents – renowned figures in the Cultivation World – had used various Natural Treasures to sustain her life. Thus she had happily lived as a carefree underachiever for three hundred years.
Unexpectedly, the Great Demon from Tianmo Palace had attacked Hehuan Palace while her parents were away, falsely accusing Hehuan Palace of kidnapping their so-called Strategist Lord. Heaven knew that in her three hundred years at Hehuan Palace, she had never witnessed any kidnappings. Yet the Great Demon refused to believe her and struck her with a palm strike that sent her to this world.
“I wonder what kind of world this is?” Chu Xuan pondered with some confusion.
During her brief moment of consciousness, she had heard people mentioning Beast Husbands and females… As an avid reader of web novels in her previous life, she had some suspicions, though she didn’t know this world’s specific settings.
[Host, I’m here! Sorry I’m late – I went back for system upgrades. Thank goodness you’re still alive!]
Just as Chu Xuan was deep in thought, a somewhat cute voice sounded in her mind. She immediately became alert: “Who’s speaking?”
[Greetings! Welcome to the Beast World Continent. I am your bound system, serial number 3838438. Complete the tasks I assign to receive generous rewards. I look forward to our cooperation.]
When Chu Xuan heard the system announce its serial number, she barely managed to suppress her urge to laugh.
Complete tasks to receive generous rewards.
“What happens if I fail?” Chu Xuan readily accepted the system’s existence.
System: [If you fail, the host will be eliminated by the system, and the system will automatically search for the next host.]
Chu Xuan: “…”
“Can I unbind from you?”
[No, unless the host dies, the system will automatically search for the next host.]
Chu Xuan felt this system wasn’t cute at all—it even seemed like a villain!!
Failing missions leads to elimination—this wasn’t a system, it was clearly a time bomb strapped to her. Chu Xuan felt a headache coming on.
Sensing her emotional fluctuations, the system comforted her: [Host, don’t worry. The conquest mission is very simple. As long as you follow my instructions, you’ll definitely complete it successfully. There’s no need to worry about being eliminated.]
“Wait, what conquest mission? What do I need to conquer?”
Chu Xuan caught the key point in the system’s words.
System: [Of course, conquering your five Beast Husbands.]
“Five?”
Chu Xuan was bewildered: “First tell me, what’s my current situation?”
System: [Host, this is the Beast World Continent. In this world, females are scarce while males are abundant. Because females can soothe the frenzied spiritual seas of consciousness of males, females are extremely precious in this world. Every female can have multiple Beast Husbands. The host forcibly seized five Beast Husbands, subjecting them to beatings and abuse, always taking out her anger on them. This has caused these five Beast Husbands to hold extreme resentment toward the host. If not for the constraints of the Heavenly Law Rules, the host would have already been dead. What the host needs to do now is eliminate the resentment of these Beast Husbands and conquer them, making them deeply fall in love with you.]
To help Chu Xuan better understand her five Beast Husbands, the system provided their basic personal information while explaining.
Xie Xingwen: Snake Beastman, Fifth Rank water-based ability.
Yu Jinglan: Fox Beastman, Sixth Rank fire-based ability.
Jian Ze: Tiger Beastman, Sixth Rank earth-based ability.
Mo Jingxing: Wolf Beastman, Fifth Rank wind-based ability.
Shen Lingjun: Leopard Beastman, Sixth Rank lightning-based ability.
As the system explained, some unfamiliar memories flooded into Chu Xuan’s mind. After receiving the original host’s memories, she felt completely shattered, even trembling to the core.
The original host’s treatment of her five Beast Husbands wasn’t just limited to beatings and abuse—it had reached a pathological level!
When the Snake Beast Husband was at his most vulnerable during molting, she would tear off his scales, deriving psychological pleasure from watching him bleed profusely.
She often forced the Snake Beast Husband and Fox Beast Husband to fight each other, claiming that water and fire were incompatible, and she wanted to see which was stronger.
Anyone who disobeyed would suffer her brutal beatings.
As for the Tiger, Wolf, and Leopard Beast Husbands, the original host treated them like slaves. If they made even the slightest mistake in daily life, they would endure her curses and physical abuse…
After absorbing these memories, Chu Xuan felt she couldn’t complete this mission.
System: [Host, do your best! Believe in yourself—you can do it.]
In despair, Chu Xuan sat up from the bed but accidentally aggravated her wounds, gasping in pain.
During her kidnapping, she had sustained some injuries. She hadn’t noticed earlier because she had been lying still.
Chu Xuan stared at her wounds, lost in thought. Back in Hehuan Palace, because she struggled with cultivation, her parents had taught her a healing technique—the Returning Spring Art—fearing she might perish accidentally in this ruthless Cultivation World.
With a tentative mindset, Chu Xuan sat cross-legged on the bed, closed her eyes slightly, and began circulating the Returning Spring Heart Sutra.
As the heart sutra flowed, a warm current spread through her limbs and entire body. Her wounds healed at a visible rate, and within moments, the pain from those injuries faded away.
Chu Xuan opened her eyes in pleasant surprise. Wonderful—the Returning Spring Art worked!
But before she could fully rejoice, noisy clamoring erupted from outside the house.