[{"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-720":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I, the System Protagonist, Joined a Cross-Dimensional Chat Group",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"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},2293380,4485,"Chapter 720: The Most Devious One Has Arrived (5000 words, please refresh)","i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-chapter-720",720,"\u003Cp>The group was arguing over whether Xiao Huowang was real or fake, and Song Shuhang had somehow acquired a pile of important news—but to Su Lin, who had left the dumpling shop and stepped onto the street, it was irrelevant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up at the birds flying across the sky, suppressed his urge to ask, then turned toward the silent street and said hesitantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, uh, without me voting, you guys aren’t planning to swallow this universe, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never found being a devourer enjoyable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if submerged by the sediment of endless time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man with a single red ponytail and a white-cloud-patterned brocade robe walked slowly forward, cradling a barefoot white-haired girl on his left arm; she clung affectionately to his neck, their breaths mingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s be reasonable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the other contestants around him, whose fear was slowly surfacing as if they’d witnessed something impossible, Su Lin, after observing for a moment, began discussing the plot and shipping rigor of the “Forbidden Zone” series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s the Sole Sovereign of All Eras, Yi Tian Di; your brother is Houshig Lang; your sister should be the Holy Maiden of the Light Church—you two aren’t siblings from the same timeline.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin earnestly advised: “Diet fiction hasn’t been popular for two years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the two over there paid no heed, their eyes filled with unresolvable sorrow and joy, standing close in embrace, silently savoring the stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With limited conditions, you still can ship it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are the Supreme Sword Sect and Yi Tian Di real?!” asked a resurrected contestant from the National Destiny Game, his expression grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing images of the Celestial Golden List reflected on the faces of these resurrection contestants—whether former extraterrestrial psychics, reincarnated beings, or transmigrants with one or two cheat abilities—all fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So was the plot I watched before fake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was just a ritual held on one planet—how could it be ‘sole sovereign of all eras’?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That guy looks a bit like Gu Yue Fangyuan… no, Gu Yue Fangyuan has already been…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the “Emiya Shirou” and “Illya” over there, then noticing Su Lin’s face and recalling the previously exposed content, their spines chilled and every hair stood on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entity that absorbed Gu Yue Fangyuan was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. God.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing top hats and waistcoats, with single eyepieces carved from crystal embedded in their right eye sockets, the “Fool” figures who had appeared just recently stepped out of the air and gave a slight nod toward Su Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could you kindly move aside?” asked the “Fool” resembling Merlin Hermes, smiling faintly. “The Emperor and we all require the Yin Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he knew the Fortune Teller possessed both recklessness and timidity, he hadn’t expected such boldness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin watched the “Fools” before him and muttered inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Azathoth?!” someone recoiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though all of them had died once, some still rolled their eyes back and fainted outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m competing in a resurrection match against these entities?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest were mentally numb; despite the \"Spell Card\" game rules protecting them, a wave of despair surged uncontrollably, unimaginable and inescapable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the “Circle God,” who had burned through countless multiversal histories, descended with finality—dreams collided with dreams, and the last flicker of struggle surfaced in the drowning consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the organizers’ rules hold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, zzzt—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brilliant, pure light—the utmost light—rippled within the blazing holy flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell me that’s Tony Su’s thing,” Su Lin squinted—but in an instant, the light contracted sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Golden List’s image didn’t vanish; it was shrouded in a veil of pure white, hazy mist, with the rhythmic sound of tides rising and falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Fantasy Realm’s Top 1 Anomaly: “Catastrophe of Annihilation,” Protagonist: Hao Tian Shangdi (Reversed）】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen revealed a figure clad in imperial robes, countless illusory wings layered behind him, his face obscured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His long hair flowed backward, his imperial robe draped over him, eyes half-closed, suspended upside-down and bound by thorns upon a pure white inverted cross; divine blood dripped from his wounds, pooling into an ocean reflecting countless worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder it’s you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the truth now clear, Su Lin couldn’t help but applaud the commotion First Heaven had stirred up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unexpected yet logical—he winning first place wasn’t surprising, but still…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did he feel zero causal connection to this? And why didn’t he recognize this image? Had any movies ever filmed this scene?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did he just come back to life on his own?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin slowly stopped clapping, frowning into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world fell utterly silent, forgotten, isolated beyond the flow of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half void, half darkness—the two figures facing each other remained wordless, merely waiting for changes within the Fantasy Realm and their ultimate consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yokai Sage, holding an umbrella, lowered her eyes slightly as she sat upon a crescent-shaped rift, voice filled with confusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May I ask… what are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t addressing the Dragon-Eyed Witch beside her, but the guest who absolutely shouldn’t be here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sakura-colored magical light spiraled around an arrow, piercing through time and the surface of reality to land here; the “Circle God,” with gentle yet hollow eyes, stood quietly nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-and-white witch, bearing sword wounds and resembling a copy, merged with the Dragon-Eyed Witch, while the black-haired, black-eyed Tian Di stepped out from the Celestial Golden List, the “Father Amon” maintaining the fusion of time and space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Need I ask?” Su Cangqiong’s voice rose like a whisper from the abyss, radiating undeniable authority:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To witness a Creator God being greedily drained of power, stripped of authority, unable to control his own life, his own existence, his own death…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It reminds me of the past—like those trash creations always clad in spandex, those arrogant beings above all things with terrible taste—so…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I felt pity for her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Ba Yun Zi’s dark expression, a pill emitting dark-purple mystical fire flew into Su Cangqiong’s hand under his guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Compared to the Bao Li Witch, the Penglai people with eternal power—or even your own bloodline—are the best vessels to carry the Dragon God’s power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Cangqiong raised his hands, stepped before the witch, tilted her chin up to meet his gaze, and smiled lightly: “You’ve tried already—those memory-based lives can’t take them away from me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me help you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon-Eyed Witch offered no resistance, gazing at Su Cangqiong as he pried open her lips and slipped the pill inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul from the Fantasy Realm—even merely a phantom residue overlapping across time—strengthened her aura slightly, causing the surrounding dark rifts to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve enclosed the Fantasy Realm within the rifts, preventing His return and His departure—waiting until this resurrection match ends.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Cangqiong wrapped his arm around the witch’s shoulder and pushed her toward Ba Yun Zi: “Not a bad idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The void symbolizing destruction surged again; the Dragon God’s power, previously suppressed by Ba Yun Zi, now stirred faintly under the nourishment of soul energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One more pill~ Good girl. When I return to the abyss to complete the ritual, you and this world will join the Abyssal Heavenly Court—I’ll form a mythological ultimate squad with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Su Cangqiong fed all the pills out, he couldn’t help asking: “Where’s Yan Di? He hasn’t returned yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Father Amon” spread his hands and shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does His Majesty prefer witches over the Moon Princess?” Ba Yun Zi opened her fan to hide her expression. “I anticipated some surprises, but not you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah~” Su Cangqiong sneered. “You still think I’m that guy? Fine. As soon as this resurrection match ends, I’ll be free.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone unconsciously rose slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what sins he’d committed, how many Marvel universes he’d destroyed, since meeting the idiot Su Lin who achieved ultimate transcendence, and the madman Su Lin who fused all laws into an eternal divine race, he’d already repaid his debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept over the Dragon-Eyed Witch; when she reclaimed the world’s authority, the eternal and the fleeting, both possessing indestructible traits, would serve as his reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect for maintaining his own wholeness—and leaving the madman trapped in the abyssal throne, elevated to godhood by the idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His reverie broke. Su Cangqiong turned his head toward the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pitch-black cloak stirred without wind, countless wailing souls trapped within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This eerie style almost made him think Yan Di had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This review is quite interesting—it nearly made me forget my main task.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newcomer’s face was shrouded in shadow, only two flickering blue flames burning in his eye sockets—those were the eternal hellfire of the deepest netherworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The review is nearly complete. But have you decided how you’ll pay for disrupting the match?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chilling, mocking laugh echoed—any living being who heard it would instantly succumb to their destined end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As you see, I’m not the only one breaking the rules.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ba Yun Zi smiled faintly, closed her fan, and said sincerely: “If you punish everyone equally, I have no objection to you taking my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You reversed the direction of history, causing temporal chaos in the resurrection match—to lure me here? Clever little yokai.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the gaze beneath the cloak passed, all life withered; from above, even the universe itself would face annihilation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you—you used clever tricks, violating the resurrection match’s rules. After the match, the souls of the defeated are absorbed into the Hunyuan Netherworld. How dare you interfere?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord of the Hunyuan Netherworld\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opposite him, Su Cangqiong pulled the witch down to sit, and a dragon throne formed from solidified darkness appeared beneath them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His appearance flickered between his primordial cosmic form and his human form with black hair and black eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was composed of boundless nebulae, each speck of dust a universe on the verge of annihilation—those universes flickered within the nebulae like the final breaths of dying men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Cangqiong tilted his head slightly toward the Lord of the Hunyuan Netherworld and asked, puzzled: “Who allowed you to speak to me like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black rune coalesced; the laws formed solely by voice, gaze, and will crashed like a mighty river against a dam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of countless universes collapsing simultaneously deafened the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh… so you’re something from the abyss,” the Lord of the Hunyuan Netherworld spoke, his voice like thousands of dead souls speaking at once, trembling with dread. “Life and death have boundaries; reincarnation follows order. You’ve crossed the line.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bullshit. If it’s ordered, why are you holding a resurrection match?” Su Cangqiong sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stunned by this sudden outburst, the Lord of the Hunyuan Netherworld paused—then as if flipping a switch inside himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fuck you! You say I crossed the line? All these idiots are dead and came to join the resurrection match—what right do they have to sit and talk to me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blocked divine light of law exploded violently, transforming into countless black chains, each wrapped in infinite netherworld energy, surging directly into the abyssal dimension surrounding Su Cangqiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level imperceptible to others, two forces brewed and clashed, until they began to draw all things inward, curling them into a single point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Cangqiong’s expression began to change—if he were still the Abyss God, he would not fear, but the Origin had already been altered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s it? I haven’t even exerted myself yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re just a rusted scrap hiding in the Abyss, barely clinging to life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the cloak, it seemed as if countless mouths spoke simultaneously, each uttering the essence and greetings of different civilizations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Lord of the Primordial Netherworld spoke with mockery, he too grew puzzled—the opponent’s status and state were exceedingly strange, yet still managed to stall within the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fellow has already broken the rules; we can take him back for study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firmly decided, an even more terrifying will descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding spacetime churned chaotically, like a rusted wheel being dragged, tearing open one invisible fissure after another—each fissure seethed with billions of tormented souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, within the space of the Golden List of All Realms, the inventory display glowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ripples spread outward in concentric circles; within the formless and illusory, an ultimate light erupted—and under Su Cangqiong’s tense gaze, it transformed into a man in imperial robes, hanging upside down upon a cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank heavens it wasn’t that absurd thing that had reached ultimate transcendence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bitten.” Su Cangqiong glanced at Bayun Zi over there, then turned to the noisy Lord of the Primordial Netherworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did you really think I hadn’t calculated this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve been waiting for this exact moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bitten? What did the inventory reveal? The Heaven Emperor? Or the Reversed One? Hahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden List recounted how, during the collapse of all realms, the Heaven Emperor and God suffered grievous wounds; to counter the influence of the Reversed One, they fused into the Fallen God, who henceforth upheld the pre-Reversed precepts, guarding the ruins of Penglai and slaughtering every awakened deity or demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who made this thing must have gone mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two blue flames symbolizing the Lord of the Primordial Netherworld’s eye sockets flickered as he sneered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what if you made another lifeform with nothing but superficial traits?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous crash, a vast gate of Nether opened slowly; from its endless depths, a hand like a skeleton reached out, “The dead, come with me to the Nether Realms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul-body of the National Destiny Game, combined with a fragment of a Reincarnator’s Saint soul, fell upon the trembling Golden List, following the previous method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the screen, the Heaven Emperor upon the cross—his twelve-beaded crown’s curtains glowed with the faint light of primordial chaos—slowly shed tears of divine blood, each drop brimming with boundless radiance; divine blood traced along the thorns, pooling beneath the cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It coalesced into an ocean embracing all colors, and within the ocean’s reflection stood the Heavenly Palace, where twelve colossal dragons devoured the heavens, coiled around its pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the stars of the celestial sphere, I swear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the Word of Creation, I vow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the Beginning was the Dao; the Dao became the Heaven Emperor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if echoing the oath of ages past, the thirty-three heavens and Paradise trembled together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his eyes, gazing beyond the Golden List of All Realms, then stepped forward slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You are One, and You are Ten Thousand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You are the Primordial, not the Eternal Dao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All forms are real; if you see forms as non-forms, you see the Heaven Emperor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paradise and the Heavenly Palace, the eastern morning bell and western evening drum sounded together; waves of sacred chanting surged forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, colossal tentacles emerged from illusory wings of light; countless brass eyes reflected the Reincarnation Seal. In the instant of His appearance, each eye upon the tentacles gazed toward different dimensions, and His authority illuminated all—this was the Beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Netherworld? Something even darker has arrived!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Cangqiong laughed—no one understood Su Lin better than he did!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to his calculations, even if the Lord of the Primordial Netherworld wasn’t directly affected, he would be ensnared by the complex laws of creation; combined with the bond between himself and Su Lin, a conflict was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Lin would spare no effort, wielding the powers of Eternity and Moment; but Su Cangqiong had already altered the Origin, so his position as Abyss God was incomplete. Estimate the odds—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord of the Primordial Netherworld’s strength was decent enough to buy him plenty of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The window of opportunity would be sufficient for him to complete all his plans!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As predicted, the instant the Heaven Emperor—fashioned from Su Cangqiong’s provided base—came to life, the Netherfire in the Lord of the Primordial Netherworld’s eyes exploded violently, then shrank to mere sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, the billions of souls within the fissures erupted with a brilliant, annihilating light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord—!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams merged with sacred hymns; life and death inverted, dross purified, light woven like fabric—transforming into the Twelve-Winged Radiant Heaven Fruit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Storm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the holy storm of light, the fissures expanded, stretching endlessly beyond to the Primordial Netherworld. Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is this?!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the Nether Gate, a torrent of death energy surged forth; wherever it passed, the River of Time became the River of the Dead, even the void began to rot. The Lord of the Primordial Netherworld’s figure flickered within the death energy, his laws interwoven, launching a devastating assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Cangqiong seized the Dragon-Eye Witch’s arm, withdrew the covering Abyss—and was about to flee—when BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space shattered, time dissolved; the Lord of the Primordial Netherworld was flung backward, crashing into the Nether Gate, his Netherfire extinguished instantly. The skeletal hand began growing flesh and feathers, struggling desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand tried to retract, but the newly grown flesh transformed into countless hands, dragging at the bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Cangqiong: “?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He froze, slowly turning his head—only to see the faceless “Heaven Emperor” tilting his head toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A similar yet alien aura rolled forth—just as the Abyss Heavenly Emperor could condense the concept of “Heavenly Emperor” across all dimensions and worlds within the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this one stood in the Void, with no Abyss nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Heavenly Emperor?\u003C\u002Fp>",2862,"2026-06-20T04:17:33.470Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7855ef66986784badd34c3098672d284eded0a58c47c8be2909bb26894aa8341",null,"i-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-chapter-719","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-system-protagonist-joined-a-cross-dimensio-cover.jpg"]