Wang Qi once wondered whether he had clicked something that sped up the process, or simply skipped the tutorial stage altogether.
He had originally assumed that, following the usual script, there should have been a scene where "a Heavenly Palace emissary looked down on an independent cultivator, who then angrily slapped him in the face."
But strangely, there was nothing of the sort.
The God's Emissary from the Heavenly Palace in the Clouds arrived the next day. In that instant, Wang Qi sensed the fellow's true nature. That "God's Emissary," who looked like a person, contained no data entity like a "player" within him. Though layer upon layer of functions wrapped around him, beneath that maze formed by functions upon functions, there was no external data embedded into this world.
In other words, this fellow was the legendary NPC.
Of course, NPCs could not be called weak either. There were many non-player-controlled characters whom even game administrators, after unlocking permissions, might not be able to defeat.
In many cases, an administrator's permissions might not even be enough to destroy such a non-player-controlled character—if it had been made impossible to select as an attack target from the very beginning.
Administrators could only obtain things that already existed within the game and launch attacks permitted by the game itself.
Therefore, Wang Qi did not look down on him merely because he was an NPC.
On the contrary, because of the title "God's Emissary," his expression was more solemn than ever before.
The "God Lord" was very likely a powerhouse whose past and future had merged into one.
It was not unimaginable for an NPC directly controlled by a powerhouse of that level to possess limited precognitive permissions.
Therefore, when the God's Emissary, who looked no different from a eunuch, turned his gaze