He was quite interested in the [Martial Soul Hall Pope], who had sent a red envelope as soon as she joined the group. He suspected she might be a modern person, just like him.
Thinking this, Gao Yao sent his first message since joining the group.
I Want to be Zhao Gao: "Friend, are you from 2010 too? @Martial Soul Hall Pope."
Sunrise in the East, Invincible: "2010? What's that?"
Sunrise in the East, Invincible: "By the way, newcomer, what exactly was in that red envelope you sent just now? @Martial Soul Hall Pope."
Sunrise in the East, Invincible: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just curious and asking. It's fine if you don't want to answer!"
After saying this, as if afraid Qian Xunji might misunderstand her intentions, she even sent him a private red envelope.
Her manner of asking was undeniably sincere. Under normal circumstances, nobody would blame her for it, let alone refuse to answer her question. Qian Xunji was no exception.
Only, his mind was nowhere near the private red envelope sent by [Sunrise in the East, Invincible], one of the old group members. Instead, it was fixed on the announcement that had just rung out across the entire group.
What's going on? Omniscient and Almighty Li Daxian is dead? That fellow, who might've been another transmigrator, is gone just like that?
Is this for real? It was just a bowl of medicinal soup! That was enough to kill him? What a wimp!
And why the hell would you drink something so suspicious? Don't you know you shouldn't touch things of unknown origin?
Wait, could that guy have thought the medicinal soup was some kind of miracle cure when he saw it? And maybe, since he trusted the Chat Group, he figured it wouldn't send him anything poisonous, so he just...
At the thought of that possibility, and then of the unappetizing bowl of medicine his "beloved disciple" had prepared for him, Qian Xunji felt he might have found the answer to why the group owner had suddenly died.
For a moment, Qian Xunji was overcome with the urge to complain.
Unfortunately, [Omniscient and Almighty Li Daxian] was already dead. Even if he wanted to vent, he had no one to vent to.
Fortunately, he still had a whole group of new friends he could talk to.
But before he did, he had to figure out who these new friends were. Otherwise, if there was some unsavory character among them, his life as a transmigrator could be in danger.
"Hmm..." Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar usernames before him, Qian Xunji narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Gentleman Sword. No need to say more—that guy! That very man who appears in more than 90 percent of all 'Myriad Heavens' novels, whether they're about chat groups, main-god spaces, shops, or anything else. The 'man' known as 'the chat groups come and go, but Teacher Yue is forever'!
"Incidentally, that 'man' is known as one of the 'Three Great Newbie Mentors' in Myriad Heavens novels. The other three are Ip Man, Wong Fei-hung, and Uncle Nine.
"Huh? You're asking why there are four people among the Three Great Mentors? Isn't it normal for the Three Great Mentors to have four people? It's common knowledge, just like how the Four Great Demon Kings have five!"
"As for [Sunrise in the East, Invincible], there's no doubt that this should be Leader Dongfang from Smiling Proud Wanderer. I just don't know which version, or whether she's a woman or a... well, something else. I'll sound her out later."
"Undead Knight. Could this be the sworn brother Ning Caichen, who ranked first alongside the 'Rough-and-Ready Hero' Xu Hanwen, the 'Heaven-and-Man-One' Han Dong Yong, the 'Insect-Controlling Sword Immortal' Luo Shiyi, and the 'Man Who Seizes Every Opportunity' Lu Xiaoqian on the 'Most Admired Men' list?"
"I Want to be Zhao Gao. Judging from his message tagging me and mentioning 2010, I can more or less guess who he is. It's almost certainly Gao Yao from The Myth, the guy who was betrayed from beginning to end by his sanctimonious, hypocritical best friend, until he'd even lost his manhood."
"As for Poison Girl of Chuyun, could she be Xiao Yi Xian from Battle Through the Heavens, the one with the Woeful Poison Body who cultivates by consuming poison and is immune to all toxins, her whole body steeped in poison? Hmm? Very possible. If I get the chance, I'll chat with her and see if it's really her."
"'Not to become an immortal, but only to wait for you to return in this mortal world'? No way. Did this big shot join too?"
Qian Xunji was slightly stunned when he saw the last name.
He hadn't expected this Chat Group to bring in that big shot too.
The reason her arrival surprised him was simple.
Because she was the most astonishing Great Emperor in the history of the human race in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, the most talented woman throughout the ages—and the Ruthless Empress, unmatched across all eternity.
She had been an ordinary mortal with no talent, unable to cultivate. Yet, driven by her obsession, she defied the heavens. With her own strength, she slew countless kings and stood alone above the Nine Heavens; even gods could not block her path. With a body inferior even to an ordinary mortal's, she had ultimately reached the pinnacle and become an unparalleled Great Emperor, her radiance shining across the ages. She became one of the most powerful figures of all time.
She had created the Heaven Swallowing Devil Art, devouring the essence of cultivators to attain the Dao.
She had not cultivated the Nine Secret Techniques, but created nine immortal arts to counter them, standing alone against the Nine Heavenly Venerables and suppressing the ages.
She had fought her way across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, making the supreme beings of the myriad realms tremble and all living things bow in worship.
She had swept across the six directions and eight wildernesses, her splendor standing alone above the Nine Heavens as she looked down upon the cycles of eternity.
She had lived through countless ages, becoming the strongest of each era, overpowering her contemporaries and turning into a legend of her time.
She had created countless sacred arts and immortal techniques, each one powerful enough to suppress an entire world.
She had fought her way across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, making the supreme beings of the myriad realms tremble and all living things bow in worship, leaving the past and present in awe.
She had swept across the six directions and eight wildernesses, her splendor standing alone above the Nine Heavens. She had reached the pinnacle of the human path and looked down upon the cycles of eternity.
This was the powerful Empress who had once swallowed mountains and rivers, striking such terror into the countless races of the universe that they trembled in fear!
It was she who had slain the Imperial Dao Fire Spirit.
It was she who had sliced away the Skybreak Mountains with a single sword, reducing the ancestral lands of the Saint Spirit Imperial Clan to ruins and sweeping away a Life Forbidden Zone with one strike.
It was she who had stood alone against the Nine Heavenly Venerables' hidden reserves, and even fought their surviving members. She had waged war across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands by herself, creating nine ultimate principles comparable to the Nine Secret Techniques.
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