Chapter 2026

【Ding, Su Xiao claimed the red packet.】

【Ding, Jin Yanzi claimed the red packet.】

【Ding, Ding Xiu claimed the red packet.】

【Ding, Hua Zi claimed the red packet.】

【...】

Su Xiao: "What's the real reason? I'm so curious."

Zhang Taixuan: "Can't you be quiet with food in your mouth? 【Silent Bodhisattva】"

Su Xiao: "You know me—I'm naturally curious."

Huang Rong: "If your husband doesn't want to say, it must be something major. Ask later."

Wan Wan: "Yes! Wow, this dragon meat is delicious—no wonder it came from your husband."

Yao Yue: "You say that, but your husband has made plenty of delicious dishes before."

Wan Wan: "How could you ever get enough of this kind of deliciousness? I wish I could eat it all the time."

Yao Yue: "Are you a pig?"

Jin Yanzi: "Is this the meat of a Virtuous Saint realm dragon? Why do I feel nothing after eating it?"

Ding Xiu: "Same here."

Hua Zi: "Hua Zi too. Could it be fake?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Of course the Dao Lord refined away the extraordinary elements. Now, these things lie dormant within your bodies. When you cultivate, you'll understand their wonders."

Wan Wan: "Exactly. Otherwise, even a trace of Virtuous Saint power would have turned you all to ash."

Jin Yanzi: "So that's it! I just cultivated a bit, and my realm shot up dramatically—I feel endless power surging inside me."

Ding Xiu: "The Dao Lord's methods are truly extraordinary."

Hua Zi: "Wow! Hua Zi has escaped my fate—I don't have to stay in the toilet anymore! I'm going to the internet cafe, I'm staying up all night. By the way, anyone who says I'm bad at games—I'm coming to beat you up through the network cable!"

Xiao Mai: "Uh… Didn't you just say you're really good at gaming?"

Su Xiao: "Of course he's bluffing. Do you believe anything that little X says?"

Hua Zi: "No, I just misspoke!"

Hua Zi: "I'm going to beat up those stubborn mouths."

Liu Maoxing: "Master's methods are astonishing—is this the pinnacle of culinary Dao? I've studied for so long, yet I've only grasped the surface."

Kamikiri Erina: "Yes, truly astonishing. So now I don't even feel like cooking anymore—your husband is too demoralizing."

Zhang Taixuan: "The Dao has no end. This is merely the peak of Mythic Great Luo, not necessarily the peak of the Transcended. Strive harder—the farther the culinary Dao's pinnacle, the greater your room for growth."

Su Xiao: "Taixuan brother knows how to comfort people. 【Evil Smile】"

Su Xiao: "By the way, new members got another perk. Taixuan brother hasn't given out any perk in a long time. Future members joining the chat group won't know how long they'll wait for something like this."

Zhang Taixuan: "It depends on fate. Even if I don't give red packets, the various techniques and elixirs in the group make reaching the Hunyuan realm quite easy."

Chihenda Airu: "Aren't the items your husband placed in Shangcheng hidden perks?"

Su Xiao: "True enough."

Jing Shi.

After a period of violent shaking, the entire world finally stabilized.

The scene just now was terrifying.

It felt as if heaven and earth were about to collapse.

The next moment, a golden hand enveloped the entire world, instantly halting its decline—even time reversed, restoring the dead and healing the wounded.

This was merely an ordinary world; who had ever witnessed such a miracle?

The common people stood stunned, kneeling and bowing repeatedly.

Officials and the Emperor were no different—everyone felt their worldview shattered, convinced they had entered a mythic world.

Moments later, three figures appeared, riding dragon-drawn chariots, entering the imperial palace.

Chongzhen was stunned; seeing them, his expression turned fearful.

Though their dragon robes differed slightly from those of this world, their style matched Great Ming's exactly.

When did Great Ming suddenly gain three more emperors?

No—they arrived riding dragons. They must be immortals from a higher realm.

Could it be that my Zhu family has people up there too?

Chongzhen's mind churned with complex thoughts until a minister coughed, snapping him back—he hurried forward to greet them.

"Zhu Youjian bows before the Immortal. From where do you come, Immortal?"

Zhu Youjian looked at the emperor of this world, his expression strange.

This world's Chongzhen had not yet reached his kingdom's collapse; his appearance and spirit were far better than when Li Zicheng's rebels stormed Beijing in my time.

"Hmph!" Zhu Yuanzhang had no interest in small talk.

Honestly, every time he saw a late-Ming emperor, his liver ached.

The more a dynasty neared its end, the more absurd its emperors became.

The carpenter-emperor, the cultivation-emperor…

He simply couldn't find words to complain.

Because of this, he'd been mocked many times in the group.

"Rise." Zhu Youjian stepped forward to clean up the mess. "I am Zhu Youjian from another world. That one is the founding ancestor of Great Ming. We have descended here at the request of someone from this world, to reclaim it."

Chongzhen's expression went blank.

Zhu Youjian said: "Meaning, from now on, you are no longer the emperor of this nation."

Fallen?

Chongzhen was speechless.

He had imagined many ways his empire could fall, but he never expected it would fall at the hands of immortals.

And these immortals were none other than the founding Emperor Taizu of the Great Ming.

"But you need not worry—our Great Ming Immortal Dynasty is mighty. Though you've lost your kingdom, you may now cultivate within the Great Ming Immortal Dynasty, achieving eternal life, plucking stars and seizing the moon—wouldn't that be far better than ruling as emperor for 557 years?"

Chongzhen asked, "Cannot I continue to rule this nation?"

Zhu Youjian stirred his thoughts and pulled out a history of the Ming, tossing it over.

"Read it yourself—we're not cut out for governance. Even in my own world, I only ruled for a while; now I've handed everything over to my subordinates. If you don't improve and keep trying to govern, you'll only bring ruin upon your people."

Chongzhen didn't believe it.

He was a diligent emperor—could he really be so incompetent?

He opened the historical text, read its pages, and his hands trembled involuntarily.

"Because I was too diligent, I accelerated my nation's downfall?!"

For a moment, he felt the world spinning, his entire worldview collapsing.

After a long while, he finally accepted the truth.

"If that's the case, then I look forward to your guidance," Chongzhen bowed, then asked curiously, "Who summoned you immortals to this realm?"

Zhu Wushi smiled. "What? Want revenge? Don't bother. That man was invited into the group by the Dao Lord himself—perhaps he was destined to meet the Dao Lord eons ago. You cannot harm him, nor will you ever be able to."

"Besides, if he hadn't summoned us, you'd have hanged yourself from a noose long ago. Now you can cultivate—shouldn't you be grateful to him?"