Chapter 338: Nine Beautiful Women Surrounding The Villain

Tang Meilin was arguing with Gu Qingya about something.

Lin Yue was checking a small cut on Shen Tian’s hand that absolutely did

not need medical attention.

Chu Zijin was trying to get him to choose which song she should sing.

Mu Qingqing, Ji Xuan and Luo Xiaoyu were talking with the group.

Chen Mo stared.

Then...

His mind betrayed him.

How the fuck does he manage all of them?

Silence.

Every woman looked toward Chen Mo.

Then...

Back at Shen Tian.

Chi Lingxi smiled proudly.

Rose’s lips curved.

Tang Meilin blushed.

Gu Qingya looked away.

Lin Yue’s cheeks warmed.

Chu Zijin smiled.

Mu Qingqing became thoughtful.

Ji Xuan laughed.

Luo Xiaoyu covered her mouth.

Shen Tian looked around.

"What?"

Chi Lingxi hugged his arm.

"Nothing."

Rose moved closer.

"Nothing."

Tang Meilin smiled.

"Nothing."

Gu Qingya crossed one leg over the other.

"Nothing."

Lin Yue still held Shen Tian’s hand while inspecting the tiny cut.

"Nothing."

Chu Zijin leaned closer.

"Pick a song."

Shen Tian stared.

Then...

At all of them.

"You’re acting strange."

Nine women smiled.

Shen Tian’s eyes narrowed.

Xu Ning appeared.

[Host.]

"What?"

[I’m beginning to feel bad for the protagonists.]

"Why?"

Xu Ning looked across the pavilion.

Qin Hao was desperately trying not to think.

Adrian was doing breathing exercises.

Chen Mo was meditating.

All three looked miserable.

Then...

She looked at Shen Tian.

Surrounded by women.

Fed fruit.

Hand being held.

Rose leaning against him.

Chu Zijin asking for attention.

Tang Meilin occasionally touching his shoe under the table.

Gu Qingya pretending she wasn’t watching.

Mu Qingqing increasingly interested.

Ji Xuan amused.

Luo Xiaoyu curious.

Xu Ning sighed.

[Because their inner thoughts are accidentally helping your harem.]

Shen Tian paused.

Then...

His smile slowly widened.

Xu Ning immediately pointed.

[No.]

"What?"

[Don’t smile like that.]

"Like what?"

[Like you just discovered another villain technique.]

Shen Tian laughed.

. . .

Three hours later.

BOOOOOOM.

The mountain shook.

Every cultivator inside the pavilion stood.

Tea cups rattled.

Windows trembled.

Outside...

Birds exploded from the forest canopy.

Then...

A deep sound emerged beneath Tianlong Mountain.

THUMP.

Like a heartbeat.

Every cultivator froze.

THUMP.

Again.

Ancient Qi spread through the mountain.

Dense.

Powerful.

Dragon shaped clouds began forming above the eastern ridge.

Shen Tian stood.

Xu Ning appeared instantly.

[Host.]

A golden panel opened.

Dragon Vein awakened.

Major Fate Event active.

Then...

Three red markers appeared.

Chen Mo Fate Value: 162,000

Qin Hao Fate Value: 698,200

Adrian Vale Fate Value: 93,000

Then...

A fourth.

Golden.

Supreme Villain Authority active.

Multiple protagonist confrontation detected.

Fate suppression increased due simultaneous targets.

Shen Tian’s green eyes gleamed.

Across the pavilion...

Qin Hao stood.

Here we go.

Han Yuer heard.

She grabbed his sleeve.

Qin Hao looked toward her.

"Stay here."

Her expression changed.

"No."

"Yuer."

"No."

He sighed.

"This could be dangerous."

She stared.

"And you’re going."

"I have to."

"Then I’m coming."

Qin Hao froze.

His thoughts softened.

Stubborn woman.

Han Yuer’s eyes narrowed.

Then...

Beautiful stubborn woman.

Her cheeks immediately turned red.

Qin Hao realized too late.

Han Yuer looked away.

"Fine."

He smiled.

. . .

Adrian stood.

Elena stood with him.

"Don’t."

She stared.

"What?"

"Don’t come."

"No."

Adrian sighed.

Why are all beautiful women stubborn?

Elena’s eyebrow twitched.

Adrian froze.

Then...

She smiled coldly.

"Beautiful?"

His face went pale.

"I..."

Elena stepped closer.

"Continue."

Adrian backed up.

"No."

Her smile widened.

Adrian looked toward Shen Tian.

Shen Tian was surrounded by women again.

How does he survive this?

Rose heard.

She laughed.

Shen Tian looked toward her.

"What?"

Rose smiled.

"Adrian wants advice."

Adrian pointed.

"No, I don’t."

Shen Tian smiled.

"Be handsome."

Adrian stared.

Qin Hao laughed.

Then...

His thought escaped.

Asshole isn’t wrong.

Han Yuer laughed.

. . .

Chen Mo stood.

Mu Qingqing looked toward him.

He immediately controlled his thoughts.

Nothing.

Good.

Then...

He looked toward Shen Tian.

And saw Mu Qingqing standing near him.

His concentration broke.

Why is she still with Shen Tian?

Mu Qingqing’s expression cooled.

Chen Mo immediately regretted existing.

Shen Tian looked toward her.

"What?"

She smiled.

"Nothing."

Then...

She stepped closer to Shen Tian.

Deliberately.

Chen Mo’s eyebrow twitched.

Seriously?

Mu Qingqing smiled wider.

Shen Tian stared.

Then...

Xu Ning laughed.

[They’re weaponizing it.]

"Apparently."

. . .

The eastern ridge erupted.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Golden Qi shot into the sky.

A dragon roar echoed.

Every cultivator stared.

Then...

Chaos.

People rushed outside.

Elders shouted.

Disciples moved.

Families mobilized.

Shen Tian stepped toward the exit.

Then...

Stopped.

He turned.

Nine women were behind him.

His eyebrow rose.

"No."

Silence.

Chi Lingxi crossed her arms.

Rose stared.

Gu Qingya raised an eyebrow.

Tang Meilin frowned.

Chu Zijin blinked.

Lin Yue looked unimpressed.

Mu Qingqing stared.

Ji Xuan tilted her head.

Luo Xiaoyu smiled.

Shen Tian pointed toward the pavilion.

"Stay."

Nine expressions changed.

Rose spoke first.

"No."

Chi Lingxi nodded.

"No."

Tang Meilin crossed her arms.

"No."

Gu Qingya sighed.

"You really thought that would work?"

Lin Yue shook her head.

Chu Zijin smiled.

"I’m coming."

Mu Qingqing stared.

"I know formations."

Ji Xuan spoke.

"My family specializes in spirit veins."

Luo Xiaoyu smiled.

"I know ancient mechanisms."

Shen Tian looked around.

Then...

At Xu Ning.

"Help."

Xu Ning laughed.

[Absolutely not.]

Shen Tian sighed.

Then...

He looked at the women.

"Fine."

Several smiled.

"But stay behind me if it gets dangerous."

Rose raised an eyebrow.

"I have more combat experience than half the men here."

"Beside me."

Her expression softened.

"Better."

Chi Lingxi squeezed his hand.

"I’m not weak anymore."

"I know."

Gu Qingya looked toward the ridge.

"Then let’s go."

Shen Tian smiled.

"Let’s."

And so...

The crowd watched something absurd.

Chen Mo rushed toward the eastern ridge.

Alone.

Qin Hao moved with Han Yuer.

Adrian moved with Elena.

And Shen Tian...

Walked toward a major protagonist Fate event...

With nine beautiful women surrounding him.

Xu Ning floated above them.

Then...

A panel appeared.

Unusual Fate Phenomenon Detected

Shen Tian looked.

"What?"

Xu Ning stared.

Then...

Her expression became strange.

Multiple heroine Fate routes reacting to Host.

Current active affection resonance: 9

Harem authority formation probability: 31%

Shen Tian stopped.

"What?"

Xu Ning’s mouth slowly opened.

[Host.]

"What is harem authority?"

[I...]

She stared at the panel.

[I genuinely don’t know.]

Shen Tian smiled.

Xu Ning immediately pointed at him.

[Don’t.]

"Didn’t say anything."

[Your face did.]

Then...

Another notification appeared.

Special Fate Condition

When multiple heroines willingly establish romantic Fate bonds with a

single high authority Fate entity, a unique collective destiny may form.

Shen Tian’s eyebrow rose.

Possible Destiny Classification: Sovereign’s Court

Effects unknown.

Formation incomplete.

Xu Ning stared.

Then...

Slowly looked at the women.

Chi Lingxi already loved Shen Tian.

Rose’s affection was rapidly approaching confession territory.

Tang Meilin’s crush was obvious.

Gu Qingya’s was almost as obvious.

Lin Yue was losing the battle.

Chu Zijin had already lost it.

Mu Qingqing was curious.

Ji Xuan interested.

Luo Xiaoyu curious.

And this wasn’t even counting...

Bai Xue.

Ling Shuangxue.

Qin Ruobing.

Li Lian.

Ruan Yizhen.

Chu Mei.

Chu Chuchu.

Chu Luoshen.

Su Yue.

MoonPetal.

And the others.

Xu Ning slowly looked toward Shen Tian.

[Host.]

"What?"

[Your harem might become an actual supernatural power structure.]

Shen Tian stared.

Then...

His smile widened.

"Good."

Xu Ning covered her face.

[Of course that’s your answer.]

. . .

Deep beneath Tianlong Mountain.

Something awakened.

A pearl.

Golden.

Cracked.

Ancient.

Dragon Qi wrapped around it.

Then...

Four Fate signatures approached.

Chen Mo.

The original protagonist.

Qin Hao.

The villain counterattack protagonist.

Adrian Vale.

The replacement protagonist.

And...

Shen Tian.

The villain who hunted all three.

The Dragon Meridian Pearl trembled.

Fate twisted.

The mountain shook.

Then...

A system notification appeared before Qin Hao.

WARNING

Multiple heroine routes have deviated toward Shen Tian.

Qin Hao froze.

Again?

Han Yuer heard.

She looked ahead.

Shen Tian walked with nine women.

She smiled.

"Are you really surprised?"

Qin Hao stared.

Then...

His system displayed something worse.

Dragon Meridian Pearl ownership probability altered.

Chen Mo: 34%

Qin Hao: 29%

Adrian Vale: 17%

Unknown Destiny Anomaly: 20%

Qin Hao’s eyes narrowed.

Twenty percent.

Shen Tian wasn’t even supposed to be part of the event.

Yet already...

Twenty percent.

Qin Hao looked toward Shen Tian.

Then...

His thought escaped.

Not this time.

Every heroine heard.

Rose looked back.

Gu Qingya looked back.

Tang Meilin looked back.

Chi Lingxi looked back.

Chu Zijin looked back.

Lin Yue looked back.

Mu Qingqing looked back.

Ji Xuan looked back.

Luo Xiaoyu looked back.

Nine women.

All staring at Qin Hao.

He froze.

Then...

Rose smiled.

"Shen Tian."

He looked toward her.

"What?"

She tightened her grip around his arm.

"Qin Hao says not this time."

Shen Tian slowly looked back.

Qin Hao stared.

Shen Tian smiled.

Then...

He raised one hand.

Waved.

Qin Hao’s eye twitched.

Shen Tian turned forward again.

His green eyes gleamed.

"Then he’d better hurry."

Qin Hao heard him.

His expression hardened.

Chen Mo heard.

Adrian heard.

All three protagonists accelerated.

Shen Tian didn’t.

He kept walking.

Calm.

Surrounded by the women who had chosen to walk beside him.

Xu Ning floated at his shoulder.

[They’re getting ahead.]

"Let them."

[The Dragon Meridian Pearl could choose one of them.]

"Let it."

[You’re not worried?]

"No."

Shen Tian smiled.

Because Qin Hao was thinking about the pearl.

Chen Mo was thinking about the pearl.

Adrian was thinking about the pearl.

All three believed the prize was waiting beneath Tianlong Mountain.

But Shen Tian...

Had noticed something else.

The Dragon Meridian Pearl wasn’t the real opportunity.

The damaged Dragon Vein was.

Xu Ning froze.

She followed his gaze.

Then...

Her eyes widened.

[Host.]

Shen Tian smiled.

"Found it?"

[The Pearl is only the key.]

"Yes."

Deep beneath them...

Beyond the chamber all three protagonists were rushing toward...

An enormous ancient dragon skeleton rested inside the mountain.

Its bones surrounded the true Dragon Vein.

And inside its chest...

Something beat.

Once.

THUMP.

Xu Ning’s panel exploded with golden light.

Hidden Supreme Opportunity Detected

Primordial Dragon Heart Essence reacting.

Imperial Heart reacting.

Heaven Manifestation Realm reacting.

Unknown Sovereign Dragon inheritance detected.

Then...

A final line.

Compatibility with Shen Tian: 100%

Xu Ning stared.

[Host.]

Shen Tian’s green eyes glowed faintly.

"What?"

[The three protagonists are fighting over the key.]

He smiled.

"And?"

Xu Ning slowly smiled too.

[They don’t know the door is already opening for you.]

Shen Tian looked toward the women around him.

Then...

Toward the mountain.

Three protagonists.

Nine heroines beside him.

A Dragon Vein.

A hidden Sovereign inheritance.

And...

Three protagonists whose private thoughts were now being broadcast

directly to the women Fate had originally intended for them.

Shen Tian smiled.

"Now this is interesting."

Far ahead...

Qin Hao suddenly shivered.

Adrian looked behind himself.

Chen Mo’s instincts screamed.

And all three had the exact same thought.

Why do I suddenly feel like we’re fucked?

Nine women heard them.

Silence.

Then...

Rose laughed.

Chi Lingxi smiled.

Tang Meilin covered her mouth.

Gu Qingya shook her head.

Chu Zijin giggled.

Lin Yue sighed.

Mu Qingqing smiled.

Ji Xuan laughed.

Luo Xiaoyu looked back toward the three protagonists.

Then...

All nine looked toward Shen Tian.

Walking calmly in the center.

Not rushing.

Not worried.

Not competing.

And somehow...

That made him look even more terrifying.

Rose squeezed his arm.

"Apparently..."

Shen Tian looked toward her.

She smiled.

"...all three of them think they’re fucked."

Shen Tian’s smile widened.

"Smart."

Then...

With his harem surrounding him...

Shen Tian entered the Dragon Vein.

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