Tianhai Garden, Magic City. Villa Number One.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
All at once, the shrill alarm of medical equipment rang through the villa.
At the villa entrance, countless top-tier tycoons shuddered violently. Some warlords who had braved storms of bullets and gunfire were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, drenched in sweat.
These top tycoons, Middle Eastern warlords, and underworld kingpins from countries all over the world stood in line before the villa.
Their gazes were lowered, their hearts heavy.
The scene was deathly silent; a dropped needle could have been heard.
They seemed to be waiting for something.
Inside the villa.
A patient tortured by illness until he was little more than skin and bones slowly closed his eyes, bringing his magnificent and turbulent life to an end.
Yet even in death, the majesty on his face was still enough to strike terror into people's hearts.
Only after a long while did a nurse in white kneel down and tremblingly step forward to test his breathing.
"The chairman... is gone." The trembling voice carried out from the villa.
At the villa entrance, the many top-tier figures immediately bowed deeply at ninety degrees without hesitation.
Some top tycoons even fell to their knees and prostrated themselves on the ground, wailing loudly, sobbing until they could no longer speak.
The chairman was gone!
He had left them a super Commercial Empire spanning the globe.
What were they supposed to do now?
Ten minutes later.
The United Nations issued no statement, yet lowered its flags to half-mast in mourning for this godfather.
Eagle Nation announced a nationwide internet shutdown for three days of mourning.
In Mao Nation, the steel torrent of its army fired their guns continuously for three days. It was said that the famed iron-blooded tough man locked himself in his room that day, and someone heard weeping from within.
In the Land of the Setting Sun, a royal princess took the initiative to jump into the sea and follow him in death.
That day, the entire world was shaken.
After closing his eyes, Chu Tian felt only endless darkness swallowing him like a rising tide.
Chu Tian sighed inwardly.
Was this how his life ended?
If he had been given another twenty years, he wanted to ride a rocket and explore Saturn himself. He wanted to see whether there truly were aliens in outer space.
After all, on this planet, aside from illness, nothing else could trouble him anymore.
Vaguely.
A young, crisp voice filled with fury suddenly surged into his ears.
"Chu Tian, I order you to go back right now, immediately, this instant, and pick the Sacred Vein Flower Fruit for me."
A woman actually dared to order him around?
Hearing the voice, Chu Tian opened his eyes and looked over. He was now standing atop a mountain peak, with white clouds drifting around him, seemingly close enough to touch if he raised his hand.
The one speaking before him was a little girl in a pale white dress. Her lips were red and her teeth white. She looked only eight or nine years old, her cheeks still childish, yet she already possessed the makings of beauty capable of toppling kingdoms and cities.
The porcelain-doll face of the little girl was full of fury. Seeing that Chu Tian seemed confused, she grew even more enraged and said:
"Chu Tian, you idiot! I told you long ago that Ye Fan saved my life, and I want to repay him with everything I have."
"Since you're my fiancé, you should help me repay his kindness with all your heart."
"And Ye Fan's background is so pitiful. His meridians were crippled the moment he was born, and only the Sacred Vein Flower has any hope of restoring them. Don't you have even a shred of compassion?"
"Go back immediately. I don't care what method you use, but you must bring me the Sacred Vein Flower Fruit. Otherwise, I'll never speak to you again."
Compassion?
Chu Tian frowned. That really was a rare thing. No one had spoken those three words to him in a very long time. At his level, everything was an exchange of interests.
Mentioning compassion would only invite ridicule. That was something only children talked about.
Adults spoke only of interests.
But who was this little girl?
His fiancée?
Chu Tian lowered his head and discovered that his body had also become that of a child. He wore a fitted black outfit and looked about eight or nine years old, much like her.
So he really was a child now.
It seemed he had transmigrated and been reborn.
Chu Tian suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and a flood of information poured into his mind all at once.
"I actually transmigrated—and into that unfinished novel written by that damned author?"
"Heavenly Profound Emperor?"
"Great Vengeance Demon Lord Chu Tian, Heavenly Profound Emperor Ye Fan, Sacred Heaven Goddess Liu Yun..."
Chu Tian murmured softly, and the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up.
Interesting.
Truly interesting.
Even though he had been a godfather who strode across both the light and dark worlds and built the territory of a super Commercial Empire, he too had once been young and full of chuunibyou fantasies.
Back in high school, that cliché novel called Heavenly Profound Emperor had made him stay up for three nights straight, reading day and night.
Yet when he reached the final chapter, he suddenly discovered that the novel had not been updated for two whole years. It had been abandoned unfinished.
It angered him so much that he swore in front of the entire class that if he ever rose to great heights, he would throw that damned author into the sea to feed the sharks.
Then, unsurprisingly, he was kicked out of the classroom by that old witch of an English teacher.
That had happened a long time ago.
But Chu Tian remembered it vividly. After experiencing so much, he always liked to recall those passionate days of youth in the dead of night, sighing that he too had once been pure-hearted.
The person he had now been reborn as was the young version of Great Vengeance Demon Lord Chu Tian, a major villain who appeared throughout the unfinished novel Heavenly Profound Emperor.
"I actually transmigrated into this gigantic sucker? His entire family was harmed, his fiancée cheated on him and hooked up with the Son of Destiny Ye Fan, everything was plundered from him, and in the end he was driven into the demonic path by rage, calling himself the Great Vengeance Demon Lord, only to be hunted down by the sects of the entire Hengtian Continent?"
The corner of Chu Tian's mouth twitched slightly.
In the plot, this Great Vengeance Demon Lord Chu Tian could be called the most miserable character in the entire book.
He had been born with a golden key in his mouth. His father, Chu Tian, was an Emperor Venerable, one of the strongest beings on the Hengtian Continent and the Vice Sect Master of the Sacred Heaven Sect.
The Sacred Heaven Sect was one of the seven Top Sects of the Hengtian Continent.
The Chu Family was a Founding Family of the Sacred Heaven Sect. Together with the current sect master's lineage, they had founded the Sacred Heaven Sect, taking turns holding power for a million years.
In the current generation, the Chu Family was at the height of its prosperity.
His father, Chu Tian, had married a divine maiden from the Ancient Sword God Clan beyond the realm, broken through to the Emperor Venerable realm, and reached the pinnacle of his life.
After having three daughters in a row, he finally had Chu Tian, his only son.
Chu Tian had lived up to expectations as well. The moment he was born, he awakened the Supreme Physique, the Chaos Demon God Body. The phenomenon shook the entire Hengtian Continent, and he was hailed as the number one prodigy in all of Hengtian Continent's history.
From the moment he was born, he had also been betrothed to Liu Yun, the direct daughter of the Liu Family, a great clan of the Sacred Heaven Sect.
Liu Yun was likewise a divine maiden renowned throughout the Hengtian Continent. She possessed an Innate Dao Body, and upon her birth, the Great Dao of the Hengtian Continent rumbled, shaking the entire world.
However, because the Liu Family was far inferior to the Chu Family and had fallen into decline, they had taken the initiative to seek the marriage, arranging a childhood betrothal between the two children whose talents shook the world.
Overwhelming talent, an outstanding family background, and a perfect fiancée.
The newborn Chu Tian seemed already to be a winner in life. Reaching the summit was merely a matter of time.
But when he was three, Liu Yun fell into the water for no apparent reason and was rescued by Ye Fan, a famous useless good-for-nothing in the sect. She then decided to repay him with everything she had.
And thus began Great Vengeance Demon Lord Chu Tian's life of sorrow crowned with a green hat.
When a fiancée hooked up with the Son of Destiny, what villain could possibly have a good ending? Being condemned by everyone and falling into the demonic path was merely basic procedure.
If Chu Tian's talent had not been so powerful, and if his background had not been there to support him, he probably would have been killed off in the early stages.
Come to think of it, among villains in all sorts of novels, Chu Tian seemed quite outstanding. After all, he appeared throughout almost the entire story, and because the novel had been abandoned unfinished, he had not yet been killed by the protagonist.
"God truly favors me. I really am lucky."
The corner of Chu Tian's mouth twitched slightly. At that moment, a gentle and pleasant female voice suddenly sounded by his ear:
"Ding. Congratulations, Host, for binding to the Super Villain Plundering System. Plunder everything from the Son of Destiny, and you will receive Destiny Value rewards."
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