Chapter 565

"Pigeon gie lo."

"How can you shout that?! Pay attention to the setting, you Bai Chi!"

Even after using the Eternal Furnace Core to freeze time with the highest-level temporal authority, he still didn't hear the girl whisper those two words with a shy tone.

"What if I come to your house tonight wearing overalls to play basketball—can you hear it then?"

"Sure, if you become the Goddess of Light."

Yi Leina raised an eyebrow.

"Tsk."

So annoying—if affection could display actual numbers, maybe the Goddess of Light's affection. Affection.

Su Lin pulled out a blue cube—the detection device he'd borrowed from Han Li to play with—and aimed it at Yi Leina, who was still smoothing the wrinkles of her mage robe.

"Shitty witch, look this way."

"At least respect my privacy?"

Yi Leina tried to dodge and reached for the device.

Su Lin snapped his fingers, and the two vanished from Water Mirror Peak, arriving at a place where causality, time, space, chaos, order—all laws—did not exist.

"Ugh." Yi Leina shifted to defense, hugging her shoulders and warning, "You're not planning to do something weird, are you? Mom said that kind of thing should wait until after marriage."

Su Lin didn't answer. He merely raised his other hand, pointing the sub-device at the space behind Yi Leina.

A faint glow illuminated, breaking the darkness. The instant Yi Leina involuntarily turned her head, their gazes met.

A pair of divine-infused platinum eyes, clear and ethereal, shimmered with holy radiance, gentle as fireflies caressing the heartstrings; long hair darker than night draped over her shoulders.

Like snow and wind swirling, phantom feathers drifted down softly, dancing to the melody of heavenly harmony.

Yi Leina had never imagined it would happen so suddenly.

She could even say she'd already prepared herself to never see him reveal this form willingly.

After all, you can't force him to do something he dislikes.

But I must reiterate—this was sudden.

"You—"

And thus, she was tempted.

"Marry me."

Yi Leina spoke those words, and the goddess before her dissolved like a mirage—all supernatural phenomena vanished with her.

Current result (some data may fluctuate due to existence variance)

Individual gender comparison: female / Order Divine Projection

Specific value comparison:

Overall evaluation: Suspected passionately involved LGBT couple (if you feel offended, the Legendary Investigator Legal Department will send you a lawyer's letter)

"Ah—it's gone." Yi Leina reached out and grasped nothing, then looked at Su Lin with a faint pout: "Not possible?"

So does that mean my affection is 10 points higher on this side?

"Mind-blowing," Su Lin said.

"It proves my affection for you is doubled," Yi Leina said casually, swaying her hand as she stepped closer and smiled. "I've broken the limits of gender—I like you no matter if you're male or female."

Su Lin sighed: "Doubly mind-blowing."

Why had he, of all people, been bewitched by this witch?

Su Lin restored everything and returned to the library dining hall on Water Mirror Peak, placing the detection device on Han Li's desk, then raised his hand as if to snap his fingers.

Yi Leina tiptoed, pressing her lips to Su Lin's ear, whispering softly those two words.

"Satisfied?"

Retracting my earlier words—the witch's potion-making is professional. I'm hooked on this bewitching broth.

With a soft *pat*, time resumed flowing.

The Young Lady, hands behind her back, hummed a tune and returned to her seat as if in good spirits: "If you ever want to hear it again—"

Su Lin's eyes sharpened; he interrupted the spell: "There will be no next time."

"Tsk." Yi Leina turned her head away. "I meant if you ever want to hear it again, come find me anytime!"

Go ahead and fish. See if I'll bite.

"Onii-chan," Kaguya leaned forward curiously. "You two aren't playing some weird Y, are you?"

The saccharine, cloying voice felt like boiled pork fat coated in sugar and shoved down Su Lin's throat—when he tried to spit it out, he realized it had already slid past his gag reflex into his stomach, raising goosebumps all over him.

"Old woman, tone it down."

"Impolite fellow—I am truly eternally eighteen, nothing like those old hags in the Fantasy Realm."

Kaguya pulled Xing forward and shoved her: "If I can't satisfy you, surely Xing-bao can, right?!"

Please, consider the setting—stop defaming Mr. Su Lin's reputation in public like this.

Su Lin admitted that sometimes—or rather, on rare occasions—he enjoyed a little entertainment, but this woman always wanted to watch *his* entertainment.

Thanks to her, there's no shortage of rumors about Su Lin in the group—though he's just pretended not to notice.

Look over there—at everyone else.

I'm talking to you, Lu Mingfei. Since you're so envious, I'll unlock the entire harem route for you later.

Watching Lu Mingfei avoid his gaze, Su Lin turned his eyes to Xing, who stood motionless before him, and said:

"Option one: Elder Brother. Option two: heybro. Option three: turn and leave."

"Hurry up."

His tone was utterly flat, like a Mo De NPC—even placed 1000 credit points on the table.

"Qiong," Xing said with benevolent pity, arms crossed, head held high: "My foolish younger brother."

Su Lin immediately sat up straight and locked eyes with the Star Core Essence: "I'm your brother."

"No, I'm the older sister," Star shook her head. "You're just a little brother."

Su Lin snorted in disdain. "Your registered age is barely one year old."

"You registered as Qiong on the Star穹 Railway later than I did, so you're the younger brother," Star retorted firmly—but then paused a moment and said:

"If you want to be the older brother, let's swap UIDs. I'll be Qiong, you'll be Star."

Okay, you can stop now.

Dangerous name, dangerous sister traits—do you really want to pay tribute to the legendary sibling duo?

After sending Star away, Su Lin finally had a moment to catch his breath.

In the past, Zuomingfei would sit on his left, Kleine on his right—two dragon-and-phoenix talents who formed an effective deterrent and an insulated energy field, either discussing game strategies or anime.

Now one is sleepwalking, the other is even more timid than before.

Come to think of it, I haven't even settled accounts with Zuomingfei yet.

Su Lin slightly shook his head, then noticed a slender, strikingly handsome man not far across from him, holding a book and a pen, meticulously recording something, occasionally glancing toward Su Lin's direction, his gaze sweeping over the group.

"Sometimes harsh words or a few barbs can dispel awkwardness and dismantle a harem scene before it forms."

"Need some aggression? I see—I've learned something."

Huai Shi slammed his book shut. Since Su Lin had blacklisted the Book of Fate, he could no longer record information about his surroundings or Su Lin—but as the scribe, couldn't Huai Shi simply pick up his pen and write it down himself?

"Thank you, Elder, for your guidance."

Huai Shi bowed deeply.

Su Lin: "?"

Has this kid's brain developed some kind of glitch? Is he referring to the task I gave him?

"No need to thank me."

To prevent the message from being blocked by the chat group and ensure the Crow Lady wouldn't miss it, Su Lin deliberately didn't send it through the group—instead, he chose direct transmission. Truly thoughtful.

In short, Huai Shi now knew the future in advance, Teacher Yan Sen gained a wealth of teaching resources, and the Circle God could remain dormant for now.

This was the… how many times has the chat group done this now?

Forget it.

Everyone seemed satisfied anyway—this welcome gathering had been a complete success.

"Aren't you waiting for the other person?" Li Changshou glanced at the wine already poured by each person's designated flower (courtesy reception model) and said:

"I seem to recall it was from another world."

"Nüwa."

Su Lin picked up his phone, checked it, then passed it around to the others.

"No reply in the group—probably got hospitalized by Taibai Jinxing. Now he's unconscious from the Awakening Ceremony, right?"

Though he knew there was a hidden truth, couldn't they avoid phrasing it like that? Li Changshou wiped sweat from his brow silently.

"Then let's raise our cups."

Ye Fan, as host and sponsor, intended to officially unveil the event—despite the group member who "loves drinking beast milk" having already devoured two ten-thousand-year great demons, a thousand immortal fruits, and a hundred flasks of rare liquor, ranking first in the big-eater competition that had sprung up at some unknown time.

"Mm, cheers! Hmm, bring me two more portions of this," Shi Hao held up a portion of Cosmic Origin Glazed Phoenix Wing.

By the way, Luffy came second in this contest, and the Knight King third.

"I don't have spare cash to support a near-immortal supreme being. Sell me some compressed biscuits made for immortals," Ye Fan sent a private message to Su Lin.

"I don't think I'm Doraemon, and my Dao name isn't 'Everything Available,'" Su Lin replied after a moment: "Do you want milk flavor or peanut flavor?"

Ye Fan froze for two seconds: "I'll take both!"

The immortal qi generated by Shi Hao's cultivation alone could trigger spiritual reawakening in entire worlds—yet with the Cosmic Origin already in hand, he's still frantically stockpiling his guild's inventory.

If this continues for seven days and seven nights, Ye Fan will have to file for bankruptcy.

After having Hua send the food to Shi Hao, who was opening a small heavenly realm to perform siphon refining of food, Su Lin finally exhaled and had time to look around.

Some gathered in groups of three or five, others rested alone. Though relatives were permitted to attend to celebrate the acquisition of Tiancheng,

the chat group's circle had grown larger and larger without anyone noticing.

Ye Fan raised his cup, sipped the wine thick with immortal power, and, using the beginner's method of "Controlling the Uncontrolled," redirected the impending heavenly tribulation and breakthrough toward Tiancheng for suppression.

For years he'd wandered alien worlds, hunted, targeted—yet this was his path: fighting heaven, fighting earth, fighting men—peerless in this age.

In recent years, his guild had grown stronger, beginning to clash with cultivators, holy sites, and the myriad worlds—enemies everywhere.

There was nothing to be done—he was just unlucky.

He kept inexplicably exposing himself, so the risks didn't fade—they only intensified.

He set down his cup, half-closing his eyes, gazing at the lively, harmonious scene before him, his heart slightly eased.

Duan De and Cao Yusheng were fawning over the Moon Jade Rabbit, while Aha, wearing Su Lin's face, stoked the fire nearby, transferring Fate Energy to Duan De, whose realm was slightly lower.

This doesn't count.

"Third brother, do you think the World-Eater could become a Fallen Emperor?" Gao Lan sipped his wine, speaking with majestic bearing: "No, that name sounds bad—what about Nightfall Emperor?"

"Hand over to me the worlds and countless lives you've devoured. I shall gather the power of humanity to forge a sanctuary where civilizations may endure even as worlds perish—giving those people a place to go."

Meng Qi nodded in agreement, then asked the man seated on the bench before him, with golden beard and golden hair: "Doctor Adam, how is my elder brother doing?"

"The calming ritual is complete. He is perfectly normal," Adam maintained his warm smile.

Gao Lan frowned: "Third brother, you don't think I've gone mad again, do you?"

"I actually wish you'd go mad," Meng Qi raised his cup, sighing. "Bottoms up!"

This doesn't count either.

Ye Fan unconsciously ignored the familiar faces lining up around Adam, assuming the god simply had excellent social standing.

"Ji Ziyue, Qin Yao, An Miaoyi, the Jade Pool Holy Maiden… why didn't any of them come?" Su Lin asked.

Ye Fan looked at this guy who wasn't hovering around the beautiful woman but was staring at him, and immediately felt something was wrong.

No one else knows how Yan Di blew up, but as a participant, I saw every single move this "main culprit" made with his "innocent" actions.

"Forgot this time, I'll remember next time."

As Ye Fan finished speaking, he saw a man with brown hair standing before Ye Qianxian—talkative and seemingly humorous.

Ye Fan grabbed Song Shuhang, who was passing by, and threw him as a sacrifice before Su Lin, then suppressed his aura and walked toward the location where Ye Qianxian and Rosel were.

He's just unlucky this time.

Song Shuhang steadied himself: "Senior Su Lin."

"I just remembered you've learned the Secret Art of Appraisal—Ye Si is with you, right? You found a new partner but didn't bring them to meet everyone?"

Su Lin frowned: "A Shi-liu and Yu Rouzi are currently—"

"Senior Su Lin! Don't you drink?!" Song Shuhang quickly changed the subject.

"After all, drinking brings no benefit—it's better to just watch you all, since this is my home; other people's worlds don't matter."

Su Lin yawned: "That's why it's so boring, Shuhang."

Where's Senior Yi Leina?!

If you're bored, go fall in love already!

"Eat the mushroom for me."

"These are lingzhi and silver ear fungus."

"I hate all fungi."

"Then feed me?"

Already talking? Then it's fine.

"." Song Shuhang fell silent; after a while, he spoke:

"Senior Bai Qian just finished reading a manga and became very interested in one of Teacher Yan Sen's cultivation techniques. She asked me to inquire if we could exchange it."

Teacher Yan Sen, helplessly watching Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan—who, in his "great joy," had come to drink with him—asked: "A technique?"

"It's the Qi Sea Dragon Transformation Art," Song Shuhang explained. "Because its principle is uniquely rare, Senior Bai Qian wants to study it."

"There's no need to exchange—it's not an extremely rare technique." Teacher Yan Sen stroked his chin and pulled out a bamboo scroll. "Just don't lose it or let it spread—otherwise, it might cause mass devastation."

A technique that requires no Qi Sea cultivation—only perception of heavenly and earthly Qi—to endlessly release power with zero consumption: The Qi Sea Dragon Transformation Art.

Also written by Teacher Yan Sen at age six—a technique allowing mortals to reverse-cultivate and slay immortals.

Its defiance of heaven lies in this: as long as one's spiritual sense is strong enough, one can directly treat heavenly and earthly Qi as one's own Qi Sea.

Because his own master lost it, the number of lives lost over those centuries exceeded those Teacher Yan Sen destroyed in half of the Heavenly Realm.

"Its power correlates with spiritual sense—those with strong spiritual sense and perception are better suited."

"My spiritual sense isn't bad, Teacher Yan Sen—can I learn it?!"

Slightly tipsy, Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan pointed at himself and grinned.

"Go ahead."

Teacher Yan Sen also pulled out a bamboo scroll.

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan took it and read: "Draw power from heaven and earth, release attachment, stabilize your mind, and harmonize yin and yang."

Black and white energies spontaneously rotated and converged, forming countless shimmering light points around Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan.

"Such comprehension…" Teacher Yan Sen was surprised.

Without any demonstration, Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan, half-drunk, had released his attachment, sensed heaven and earth, and drawn forth Qi.

"Each blast has at least the power of a nuclear bomb, Senior Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan—you must stay calm," Song Shuhang said.

"Nuclear bombs are already outdated here—don't worry," Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan waved his hand, sounding slightly regretful.

"If only there were a way to increase its power or integrate it with combat arts."

"Don't integrate it with combat arts," Song Shuhang chuckled. "It can't be like blending the Strange Fire into the Fire Lotus."

"Strange Fire?" Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan glanced at the light points beside him: "Integrate…"

Shhh—!

Flames erupted abruptly, giving rise to a rising trace.

The Strange Fire ignited the Qi Sea; the color unique to the Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus overlapped within the light points, and the roar of a dragon echoed through heaven and earth!