Chapter 348: Tianlong Mountain

Silence.

Chen Mo looked genuinely offended.

Shen Tian laughed.

. . .

Xu Ning raised her hand.

The Fate fragments began changing.

Her system authority activated.

Villain Treasury function detected

Automatic Fate Item Classification active

Automatic inheritance purification active

Historical Fate residue eligible for purification

Shen Tian’s eyes sharpened.

"Do it."

Xu Ning smiled.

[Gladly.]

Golden Fate began spinning.

Black contamination burned away.

Twenty three different signatures separated.

Memories.

Techniques.

Bloodlines.

Luck.

Destiny residue.

Everything useless or dangerous...

Burned.

Everything valuable...

Condensed.

Qin Hao stared.

His system went silent.

Adrian’s system went silent.

Chen Mo felt his inheritance become still.

Then...

All 412,000 Fate condensed into a single golden sphere.

Xu Ning smiled.

Purification complete

Recoverable Fate after purification: 351,000

Supreme Villain Authority bonus applicable

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"Twenty percent."

[Correct.]

The calculation appeared.

Base Fate: 351,000

Villainous Plunder Bonus: 70,200

Total Fate Harvest: 421,200

Qin Hao’s eyes widened.

He couldn’t see Shen Tian’s panel.

But...

His system detected the shift.

WARNING

Unknown Destiny Anomaly strengthening

Qin Hao’s face changed.

He got it.

Han Yuer heard.

Adrian’s system confirmed the same.

Chen Mo’s instincts screamed.

Then...

The golden sphere entered Shen Tian.

BOOOOOOM.

Nothing physically changed.

No breakthrough.

No explosion.

No dragon.

Yet somehow...

Every protagonist felt it.

Something around Shen Tian became heavier.

Qin Hao stared.

Then...

His system displayed a new message.

WARNING

Host Fate protection weakened by proximity to Unknown Destiny Anomaly

Qin Hao froze.

Fifteen percent.

Supreme Villain Authority.

For the first time...

Qin Hao felt it directly.

His Fate wasn’t merely threatened.

It was suppressed.

Shen Tian looked toward him.

Their eyes met.

Qin Hao’s heart tightened.

Then...

Shen Tian smiled.

Qin Hao immediately thought...

Fuck.

Han Yuer laughed.

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

She looked at Qin Hao.

Then...

At Shen Tian.

"Nothing."

Qin Hao pointed at her.

"Thank you."

She smiled sweetly.

"You’re welcome."

. . .

The cavern began collapsing.

Xu Ning looked upward.

[Host.]

"I know."

Cracks spread across the ceiling.

The Dragon Vein had lost its Heart.

Its Pearl.

Its sealed prisoner.

Its purpose was finished.

Shen Tian turned.

"Everyone out."

No jokes.

No hesitation.

Rose immediately moved.

"Zijin, with me."

Chu Zijin nodded.

Lin Yue grabbed Luo Xiaoyu.

Gu Qingya moved beside Ji Xuan.

Tang Meilin stayed near Mu Qingqing.

Chi Lingxi’s new Dragon Meridian power activated.

Golden light surrounded her.

Shen Tian looked toward her.

She smiled.

"I can help."

He nodded.

"Then help."

Her expression brightened.

No argument.

No telling her to hide.

Trust.

She raised both hands.

Golden dragon Qi spread.

Falling rocks slowed.

"GO!"

Everyone ran.

Qin Hao grabbed Han Yuer’s hand.

Adrian moved with Elena.

Chen Mo followed.

Then...

A massive section of ceiling collapsed.

BOOOOOOM!

It blocked the passage.

Chen Mo stopped.

"Shit."

Qin Hao looked around.

Adrian’s system searched.

No route.

Then...

Shen Tian walked forward.

He looked at the mountain of stone.

Raised one hand.

Qin Hao stared.

"No."

Shen Tian punched.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The entire blockage vanished.

Not broke.

Vanished.

Pulverized into dust.

Everyone stared.

Shen Tian looked back.

"What?"

Qin Hao slowly shook his head.

"Nothing."

Adrian muttered...

"Show off."

Elena heard.

So did Rose.

Rose smiled.

"Adrian called you a show off."

Adrian stared at her.

"WHY?"

Shen Tian laughed.

"He’s right."

Adrian froze.

Then...

"Stop being reasonable!"

. . .

They reached the outer tunnel.

The mountain shook harder.

Shen Tian’s Domain expanded.

It wrapped around everyone.

Even the protagonists.

Qin Hao noticed.

His expression changed.

Shen Tian was protecting them too.

Not because they were friends.

Not because they were allies.

Because killing them through a collapsing mountain...

Wasn’t how Shen Tian wanted this to end.

Qin Hao understood immediately.

He wants our Fate.

Han Yuer heard.

Her expression became serious.

Qin Hao continued.

He could let us die here.

He won’t.

Not until he takes everything first.

Rose heard.

Her eyes moved toward Shen Tian.

Then...

Qin Hao’s next thought came.

That’s somehow worse.

Rose almost laughed.

. . .

They emerged from Tianlong Mountain seconds before the eastern ridge

collapsed.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Dust exploded into the sky.

Cultivators screamed.

Elders moved.

Barriers activated.

Shen Tian stepped outside.

His Domain expanded.

A golden barrier covered everyone nearby.

Debris crashed against it.

Nothing passed.

Thousands of people stared.

Then...

The dust slowly settled.

Silence.

Shen Tian lowered his hand.

His Domain vanished.

Immediately...

Voices erupted.

"What happened?!"

"The Dragon Vein collapsed!"

"Who was inside?!"

"Young Master Qin!"

"Young Master Shen!"

"Miss Chi!"

"Doctor Lin!"

"Miss Gu!"

"Chu Zijin?!"

Family representatives rushed forward.

Then...

Everyone noticed Shen Tian.

Something about him had changed.

The old masters noticed first.

Their expressions transformed.

One elderly cultivator dropped his tea cup.

It shattered.

"Heaven..."

Another elder stared.

"No."

"Impossible."

A third whispered...

"Heaven Manifestation."

Silence spread.

Then...

More people sensed it.

Dozens.

Hundreds.

Every major cultivator present turned toward Shen Tian.

Twenty three years old.

Mid Heaven Manifestation.

Impossible.

Qin Hao stood several meters away.

His expression was complicated.

Then...

His system displayed a mission.

SPECIAL DESTINY EVENT

Public Reputation Conflict

Opportunity: Challenge Shen Tian’s newly established prestige

Potential Reward: 45,000 Villain Points

Qin Hao stared.

Then...

His thought reached every nearby heroine.

Absolutely fucking not.

Han Yuer burst out laughing.

Rose heard.

Tang Meilin.

Gu Qingya.

Chi Lingxi.

Chu Zijin.

Lin Yue.

Mu Qingqing.

Ji Xuan.

Luo Xiaoyu.

Elena.

All of them.

Qin Hao mentally continued.

I’m not challenging a mid Heaven Manifestation dragon monster in public

because my system wants points.

Han Yuer laughed harder.

Qin Hao’s system displayed...

Host may decline.

Qin Hao stared.

Good.

Mission declined.

Shen Tian noticed everyone laughing.

He looked toward Rose.

"What?"

Rose smiled.

"Qin Hao’s system apparently tried getting him killed."

Qin Hao’s eyes widened.

"How did you know it was my system?"

Rose froze.

Silence.

Qin Hao stared.

Rose stared back.

Then...

She smiled.

"Guess."

Qin Hao narrowed his eyes.

Shen Tian laughed.

Qin Hao looked toward him.

"You knew."

"About what?"

Qin Hao pointed.

"Stop."

The women burst out laughing.

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