Stealing Xiao Xun'er

Dou Qi Continent, Central Plains, Gu Clan, Ancient Realm!

The early spring sunlight was bright but not scorching. The grass and green leaves basked in just the right amount of sunshine, flaunting their vibrant vitality.

Though before long, the increasingly blazing sun would curl their leaves.

Gu Fengchen woke from the darkness, his head splitting with pain.

He still vaguely remembered the immense agony of being hit by a ten-wheeler truck.

He had been walking down the road with a copy of Battle Through the Heavens in his hands, reading it with great enjoyment. Then... there was no then.

"Life really was unpredictable. One disaster after another."

Gu Fengchen tried to feel the various parts of his body. Good, good—his four limbs were all still there.

The only problem was that every bone and muscle in his body still hurt terribly. It seemed that some of the injuries from before his death had followed him into this world.

"This hurts like hell."

Gu Fengchen sighed.

He had already been in this world for a month, yet the nightmare brought by that car accident still refused to fade.

Was transmigration terrifying?

Not really.

In fact, Gu Fengchen had dreamed of transmigrating every day. He had even left a comment under some novel to sign up for a transmigration slot.

But transmigrating to the Dou Qi Continent did not make Gu Fengchen happy in the slightest.

Sure, beauties such as Xiao Xun'er, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei were waiting for him to save them, but this continent was equally dangerous.

Strength reigned supreme here. When the strong became enraged, heaven and earth could collapse.

Under normal circumstances, he should have followed the Protagonist and stolen the opportunities belonging to Xiao Yan.

But the problem was that he had been born in the Gu Clan. Leaving was uncertain enough, and even if he wanted to find Xiao Yan, he had no idea where to begin.

According to the fragments of memory, Xiao Xun'er—no, she should still be called Gu Xun'er—had not yet gone to the Xiao Clan. She was probably around five years old, so Xiao Yan must have still been a little brat.

Besides, the Magic Beast Mountain Range was so vast. Unless he went along with Gu Xun'er, it would be difficult for him to find Xiao Yan.

As for taking Xiao Yan's opportunities, he could take a few of them. It was not that Gu Fengchen wanted to be some great saint; he was mainly worried that if he failed to rise in the later stages of cultivation, and Xiao Yan failed to develop as well, then when Soul Heavenly Emperor became a Dou Emperor, he and Xiao Yan could only stare at each other with tear-filled eyes.

Expecting Soul Heavenly Emperor to let him break through to Dou Emperor after becoming one himself? Forget it.

Of course, none of that was Gu Fengchen's main concern at the moment.

He had been born in the Gu Clan, one of the Eight Ancient Clans.

Actually, Gu Fengchen himself was not a member of the Gu Clan.

It was said that he had arrived in the Gu Clan five years ago.

It had been midsummer. As one of the Gu Clan's convoys passed an abandoned village on its way home, they found a handsome young man lying flat amid thorny ruins.

That was right—extremely handsome.

All the Gu Clan experts had fallen silent. Looking at Gu Fengchen's face, the same line of poetry surfaced in their hearts.

Such beauty belonged only in the heavens; how had it fallen into the mortal world?

His appearance was certainly absurdly immersive, but unfortunately, this world was not one where a pretty face could earn you a living.

Still, over the past five years, the original owner of this body had displayed remarkable cultivation talent. At only eleven years old, he was already a One-Star Dou Practitioner. Though slightly weaker than the Gu Clan's true geniuses, he was not far behind them.

If placed in the northwest, he would absolutely be a top-tier genius.

Naturally, transmigrating had not brought Gu Fengchen no benefits at all.

Gu Fengchen touched his left hand. In the center of his palm was a small black mark.

This mark was called the Taotie Seal.

It could produce mysterious talents by devouring precious things.

However, "precious" here meant at least Seventh-Grade Pills. Do not ask him how he knew.

That was because Gu Fengchen had tried all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he could get his hands on, but the Taotie Seal had not reacted at all.

On Gu Fengchen's finger was a pitch-black Storage Ring.

The Storage Ring contained many first- and second-grade pills that aided cultivation, as well as some valuable Medicinal Herbs, cultivation methods, and battle techniques. But in response to those things, the Taotie Seal had only one opinion: trash, all trash.

It was worth mentioning that the Storage Ring on Gu Fengchen's hand had a capacity of roughly fifty cubic meters.

For ordinary people, even a Storage Ring with only a few cubic meters of space was rare.

But in the Gu Clan, this kind of Storage Ring was nothing special.

In the Original Work, Xiao Yan had exhausted himself just to obtain a Storage Ring, while Gu Fengchen had gotten one without lifting a finger. It seemed that being reborn in the Gu Clan was not without its benefits.

Especially since the Storage Ring contained a small mountain of pills, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques that Gu Yuan had given the original owner to assist his cultivation.

The main issue was that the Taotie Seal was too picky. Otherwise, if he fed all of this to it, it would take three days just to finish eating.

Even if Gu Fengchen truly left the Gu Clan to venture outside, these resources would be enough for him to recruit talented people for himself.

When he had first arrived in this world, Gu Fengchen had found things like Storage Rings incredibly fascinating.

He had often imagined that if he could return to reality, this Storage Ring would be an amazing treasure.

If he ever delivered packages in the future, he could deliver a whole lot at once.

And if he were bolder and did something especially criminal, like smuggling, he would definitely make a fortune!

However, Gu Fengchen had discovered through experimentation that taking things out of or putting things into the Storage Ring required his full concentration.

It seemed there was no room for trying any fancy tricks in the middle of battle...

The reason he knew that pills above the seventh grade could serve as appetizers for the Taotie Seal was because just yesterday, Gu Xun'er had brought him a Seventh-Grade Pill, the Fire Bodhi Pill.

Of course, besides Seventh-Grade Pills, some relatively precious Sixth-Grade Pills should work as well. That still needed to be explored.

Other than that, Heavenly Flames should also fall within the Taotie Seal's diet.

But honestly, only a Child of Fortune like Xiao Yan could easily encounter Heavenly Flames. How could ordinary people come across them so casually?

Come to think of it, didn't the Gu Clan possess a Heavenly Flame called the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame?

He wondered whether Gu Xun'er had that Heavenly Flame on her.

If she did, perhaps he could find a way to have her separate a little for the Taotie Seal to taste.

Come to think of it, a Spiritual Body like Old Ya should also be within the Taotie Seal's devouring range, right?

Gu Fengchen thought mischievously.

Back to the Seventh-Grade Pill.

In the outside world, a Seventh-Grade Pill could stir up a bloody storm, but in the Gu Clan, it was not much at all.

It was not that Gu Xun'er had intended to give it to Gu Fengchen. She simply thought the red pill was shiny and beautiful like a gemstone, so she had come over to show it to him.

As a result, that tiny pill awakened the desire in Gu Fengchen's left hand.

Gu Fengchen's left hand uncontrollably wanted to do certain things.

Mm.

It was not his left hand's desire. It was the desire of the Taotie Seal on his left hand.

Thus, Gu Fengchen kept the thing, claiming that he wanted a Seventh-Grade Pill for his collection.

Gu Xun'er was not worried that Gu Fengchen would foolishly take the Seventh-Grade Pill.

Her older brother was calm and cautious by nature, and most importantly, he cherished his life. He definitely would not swallow pills recklessly.

With Gu Fengchen's current strength, taking a Seventh-Grade Pill would be like a person with terminal diabetes stuffing five hundred macarons into their mouth at once—pure suicide.

After all, this was not writing a novel or coding. He could not just open a document and go wild. Having just arrived in this world, he needed to be more prudent.

After Gu Xun'er left, Gu Fengchen gave the Seventh-Grade Pill to his left hand.

The instant the Seventh-Grade Pill approached his left hand, Gu Fengchen suddenly felt something indescribable stirring within his body.

It felt so real, as though with a single thought, the pill would enter his body.

From within the Taotie Seal came a faint, earth-shaking roar filled with boundless longing and greed, as though it were crying out with all its strength!

Hearing that sound, Gu Fengchen felt ice-cold all over, as if he had walked alone into a graveyard while someone blew cold air against his back.

This was the pressure of an ancient divine beast.

The next moment, thunderous liquid suddenly surged through Gu Fengchen's mind, accompanied by a deep beastly roar. Then, an incomparably massive beast head burst out of the Thundercloud Vortex!

Taotie!

The urge to eat, born of hunger, spurred him on. The next instant, the Seventh-Grade Fire Bodhi Pill was devoured by the Taotie Seal!

With the advantage of being a transmigrator, he could live well—very well. But a hundred years later, he would be no different from an ordinary person: a handful of Yellow Dust and a coffin.

Therefore, he would become a Dou Emperor and stand as a supreme existence in this world.

From this day onward, I, Gu Fengchen, will Devour Heaven to Attain Dao!

Xiao Yan can become a Dou Emperor. Soul Heavenly Emperor can become one. I, Gu Fengchen, will become one too!

PS: Although phrases like "Dou Qi turns into horses, terrifying indeed" had now become jokes used to mock this novel.

There was no denying that Battle Through the Heavens could be considered the originator of the fantasy broken-engagement and old-grandpa genres.