[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio":3,"chapter-i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-chapter-660":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I, the System Protagonist, Joined a Cross-Dimensional Chat Group",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2293320,4485,"Chapter 660: The Invitation (Please Refresh)","i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-chapter-660",660,"\u003Cp>The countless realms harbor numerous dangers, and the famously unspeakable entities are the root of despair for many beautiful otherworlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a disciple of a major sect, you will eventually have to travel alone beyond the cosmos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, confronting mythic beings from the early Qi Condensation stage to enhance your Sanity attribute helps you cope with weird emergencies and increases survival rates in Cthulhu-style worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This class, taught by Survival Instructor ‘Klein Moretti,’ will show you the forms of mythic beings—you simply need to adapt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin held the course schedule, studied it for a moment, then asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it a mistake to make us stare directly at Azathoth from the Qi Condensation stage?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yan covered Xiao Xiao’s eyes, watching warily as Klein, clad in a vest and holding a cane, stood calm and composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, I am not the God of Blind Folly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, if you accidentally end up in places like ‘the simple, hospitable streets of Aynan Town,’ you should at least have resistance to beings beyond your comprehension.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third, you eat rice one grain at a time—you’ll face lower-tier Sequences first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein tapped his cane on the ground, summoning historical projections of semi-gods:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And most importantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a student ever accidentally encounters a wild, unseeable god on campus, there might still be a chance to save them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yan glanced at his obedient daughter in his arms and suddenly found Klein’s logic undeniable—he began to feel conflicted inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin: “Do you think you’re funny?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein: “Every school has its own ten unsolved mysteries—this is just one of them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a good story. Who else wants to tell one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no help for it—when the sect was founded, Klein’s teaching duty was specifically wilderness survival training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Tian Shen Sect students brought by Yan Sen originally lived in a universe with complex components but no concept of cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that cultivation exists, offering unspeakable horrors to beautiful otherworlds isn’t too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consider it an added element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, students, hold onto your resurrection artifacts just in case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein still had restraint—he only let the semi-gods reveal partial mythic forms to avoid physical and spiritual distortions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would leave psychological trauma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, not long after, the training ground erupted with mutterings and mad screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Li turned his gaze away and asked: “Yan Sen, is this alright?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anything beneficial to the disciples, I won’t oppose,” Yan Sen said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Likewise, all fellow Daoists, teach your knowledge and skills in your own way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Sen recalled the past—when he had secluded himself in meditation, the Tian Shen Sect, deprived of its core, was besieged by all factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he broke through to the Emperor Immortal realm and emerged, the Tian Shen Sect was already annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For cultivators, a long life always involves countless trials,” Yan Sen shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If enduring hardship now strengthens the disciples’ ability to stand alone, he had no objection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is also to give the students another skill,” Su Lin said with the tone of a seasoned veteran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must know that employment competition in the cultivation world is now extremely fierce and stressful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the Hehuan Sect, which can barely skirt the rules to livestream on the Universal Communication Tablet, traditional cultivation professions like Talisman Dao, Pill Dao, and Artifact Forging have all become saturated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking this course could later help you develop toward the path of a Legendary Investigator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin pushed his wheelchair away—he estimated that if the Tian Shen Sect disciples were unlucky, they’d only get through one class today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the disciples’ limit, not the elders’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yan also chose to take Xiao Xiao back, citing her too young age, to attend preschool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Brother, if you like it, sign up,” he said to Fang Zheng, who was watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zheng shook his head as if suffering a toothache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d only come along with Yang Jian to spectate—after all, such a luxurious, starship-level lineup sounded incredibly alluring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after seeing it firsthand, he felt he’d long passed the age for enrolling in school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Yi Yi, he now wished only for the child to live happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve come to retrieve Yi Yi’s body—we should be heading back. You all carry on,” Fang Zheng bid farewell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he’d merely been slacking off, his gains over this period were far from insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the dungeon ended, he bought materials and asked Elder Yao Chen to forge a body perfectly suited for Yi Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His martial arts had also progressed greatly—using the collected soul qi to refine the Skin Scripture, with Meng Qi’s help, he successfully upgraded it to the “Yin-Yang Marvel Art: Emperor Contemplation Method.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to return and thoroughly digest it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s that you’re holding?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Fang Zheng was about to leave, Su Lin pointed at the plastic bag in his hand, filled with incense and candles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A gift for Gao Shuhua.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin recalled—Gao Shuhua was still a high school student, wasn’t she?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, for your sister-in-law then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t say that—I don’t want to end up in jail!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zheng felt a cold draft at the back of his neck, as if a woman were dragging her fingernails across his nape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since changing locations, he hadn’t seen the ghost bride in a long time—he assumed it was because this place had too much yang energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that oppressive feeling was returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, is my current strength still being suppressed?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, then you can sit with Song Shuhang, Emiya Shirou, and Xiao Yan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin caught sight of a woman in phoenix robes and cloud-patterened veil, elegant as a noble bride just married—he paused, then wrote Fang Zheng’s name on his schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, work still intruded on life—otherwise…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin’s gaze casually swept over the people around him, then over the list of names in the group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zheng felt a chill run down his spine, his scalp prickling with dread—he pointed to the path down from Shuijing Peak: “Big Brother, I’ll go first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go ahead—the Gu Yue bloodline must continue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m surnamed Fang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zheng had no energy to retort—he sensed the coldness behind him intensify and hurriedly fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wondered if it was because Big Brother’s current state was weak that the ghost bride’s curse had resurfaced in this immortal cave realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t matter—his blood qi was now vigorous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chirp-chirp~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin beckoned to the Qilin Divine Herb hidden nearby; it leapt onto his shoulder in a few bounds and nuzzled his head affectionately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go help that big sister,” Su Lin pointed behind Fang Zheng:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll feed you Golden Kela later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple Qilin Divine Herb did a backflip in delight, then trotted off on cloud-walking hooves, vanishing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He calls me ‘brother’—I can’t stand by and let his sister-in-law suffer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the skeptical glances around him, Su Lin said with a clear conscience: “Everyone’s happiness is true happiness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there’s a Xiao Xuxian in the group, why not a Fang Caichen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t look so great yourself,” Xiao Yan warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let Yan Sen take a look at you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human energy is limited—when Xiao Yan focused on cultivation, his Pill Dao skills declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yao Chen, knowing he could no longer aid Xiao Yan’s cultivation, devoted all his energy to the pharmacology of the myriad realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, Yao Chen, after seeing Su Lin’s condition, was helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this guy, despite everything, still ran around lively and carefree—no matter how you look at it, he was truly absurdly overpowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin smiled: “The situation is a bit special.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Su Daoist still owes me a duel—don’t forget,” Yan Sen changed the subject. “But I came today also to examine the injuries of several fellow Daoists.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Sen had broken through to another level, but Su Lin knew the obstacle to his recovery wasn’t anyone else—it was Su Tuoni.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To preserve the bound Azure Celestial Form and the inverted Kabbalistic Tree of Life emblem, while also repairing a body that shattered at the slightest touch—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doing both at once was extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But it was also a friend’s kind intention.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin nodded to him and said: “Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold moon hung high; the river’s surface shimmered like scattered silver scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Palace lanterns glowed brightly as night-blooming Tanhua  reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Qi set down the Universal Communication Tablet and stood at the prow, admiring the scenery on both banks—aristocratic families and high officials toasted each other on luxurious riverboats, making the night unusually noisy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike war-torn regions elsewhere, this place remained prosperous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his gaze away and looked toward the misty, hazy water, where a figure emerged as if parting willows and flowers—a woman in white robes, ethereal and exquisite, with a transcendent beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What were you just looking at, my husband?” Gu Xiaosang asked, eyeing the Universal Communication Tablet in Meng Qi’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trivial matters from the heavenly court of another realm,” Meng Qi sighed, then added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But calling them trivial isn’t right—they concern the myriad beings of the cosmos. Logically, they should handle them themselves, yet the stakes run too deep for gods and immortals to decide alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My husband, though a Heavenly Immortal, already carries the dignity of a Beyond-Realm being,” Gu Xiaosang blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop teasing me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Qi smiled awkwardly, reached out, took Gu Xiaosang’s hand, and gently drew her into his arms, saying with a hint of complaint:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All these are Su Lin’s affairs, but seeing how hard he worked to get a day off—and now he’s injured—I didn’t expose him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, how could I have wasted such a rare chance coming here to watch this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My husband looks weary, so I went to buy a flask of wine and some snacks,” Gu Xiaosang said, lifting a bamboo tube and an oil-paper bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My wife is so good to me,” Meng Qi murmured, a faint smile touching his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two embraced tenderly, the pleasure boat swaying gently as its oars stirred the clear lake water, sending out concentric ripples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, music from a grand vessel echoed, mingling with the clinking of cups and goblets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ceaseless storms of the martial world, grudges and passions, right and wrong—all became mere backdrop at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene naturally fell into the eyes of those lurking in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Gu Xiaosang’s arrival, to her purchasing wine and meat, then returning to this small boat to embrace Meng Qi, clad in white robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These pieces of intelligence were compiled into text and presented in various forms to different parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Yi Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Located at the garden’s center, nestled among towering trees, its surroundings serene and half-hidden—it was the office of the Chief Inspector of the Six Gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mad Knife Su Meng?! The Luo Sect’s Holy Maiden, Gu Xiaosang?!” Zhao Wuyan stared at the report brought by the constable, frozen as if turned to stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just him—now awakened were the Emperor, Prince Jin Zhao Yi, the Fifth Prince Zhao Heng, Chief Inspector Sima Shi, and every single inspector of the Six Gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All present wore expressions of shock or bewilderment, yet none could hide the turmoil in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Knife Su Meng and the Luo Sect’s Holy Maiden Gu Xiaosang were meeting secretly within the Divine Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No! This wasn’t a secret meeting at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an open, unashamed display before everyone’s eyes—no concealment whatsoever—as if daring the world to know, their affection displayed openly on the garden lake of the Divine Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only one person had reported this, he’d have dismissed it as some martial world gossip and ordered the informant dismissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Heng felt an absurd sensation—he had once been a teammate of Meng Qi on the Six Realms’ Cycle mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered Meng Qi had once fought and clashed with Gu Xiaosang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about Jiang Niang and Ruan Niang?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Meng Qi been bewitched by this demoness?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this Mad Knife trying to do?” the Emperor frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Luo Sect’s demoness is a colossal trouble. He didn’t care what was between them, but this act would inevitably drag the Divine Capital into the vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in the martial world didn’t know what Gu Xiaosang meant to the Luo Sect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty,” Zhao Wuyan began to speak, when another message arrived—he paled: “Mad Knife Su Meng has taken Gu Xiaosang to the Su Clan of the Divine Capital.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuyan’s throat bobbed; he stood stunned for a long while, as if struck by lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He sent them a wedding invitation?!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifth Prince Zhao Heng shrank back, eyes wide, head tilting sharply backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did he get word so fast?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple lightning spread, shaking the void; a light laugh echoed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two royal half-Body Formation experts immediately shielded the Emperor, yet when they saw the two figures materialize at the center of the lightning, they both froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though far apart, they felt as if standing Zhichitianya —close yet impossibly distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Meng Qi, wielding the Tyrant’s Absolute Blade, stepped forward slowly beside Gu Xiaosang, then released his aura, his presence became calm and serene at the center of Zhu Yi Tower’s garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Fifth,” Meng Qi grinned, pulling out a red wedding invitation and handing it to him: “Don’t forget to show up on my wedding day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Heng’s expression stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he swung the Absolute Blade, slicing open the Divine Capital’s grand array—a hidden activation—and his aura enveloped the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Body Formation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forgive the late intrusion,” Meng Qi said. “My wife and I must pay a visit to the Ruan Clan of Langya.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xiaosang nodded slightly; the two walked side by side out through the broken array, leaving behind only white jade used as a medium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, messages poured in from the Six Gates—even Gao Lan, in his capacity as Emperor of Zhou, sent congratulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the Tyrant’s Absolute Blade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuyan’s expression turned grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene, this aura—it stirred a memory of a legend from the ancient Middle Ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another Middle Age Tyrant has emerged?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Capital erupted in uproar; by the next day, the news spread across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the third day of the twelfth month, in the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, Mad Knife Su Meng and the Luo Sect’s Holy Maiden Gu Xiaosang celebrated their wedding.\u003C\u002Fp>",2397,"2026-06-20T04:17:33.470Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a61cf9e4b58a5e15deac4acbb8b92366ce04195dc027a6153196dd447b71af7c","i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-chapter-661","i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-chapter-659",720,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-cover.jpg"]