Binding a Goddess

For thousands of years, the war between humans and snake-people had never ceased.

Although snake-people were fierce, humans had forced them into a place unsuitable for their survival—the Tagor Desert—through their advantage in numbers of powerful experts.

The struggle had not ended. The conflict between the two races had only intensified.

"It's been nearly three days. Am I really going to become the first transmigrator in history to die in a desert?"

Amid the rolling yellow sands, a dark figure climbed up a dune. His features were sharply defined and deep-set. Before entering the desert, his sculpted face had been strikingly handsome, with sword brows and starry eyes.

But after entering the desert, who knew what he had gone through? His lips were cracked and bleeding, and his face was mottled with sunburn.

Chen Mo was not from this world. He was from Blue Star, and three days ago, he had been brought to this world known as the Dou Qi Continent after being bound to a system.

At first, he had been delighted.

This was Battle Through the Heavens!

As an avid webnovel reader who had devoured thousands of novels on Qichuang, he was naturally intimately familiar with Battle Through the Heavens, the novel that had once taken the country by storm.

Just think of that line: "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Do not bully the poor young man." How many youths had it set ablaze with passion?

Xiao Xun'er, Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and the rest—weren't they all waiting for him to save them?

After all, he was a transmigrator with a system. He was about to begin an absurdly awesome life.

But soon afterward, he became miserable.

Because the system had activated a binding mission.

Goddess Favorability System.

For every trace of favorability you gain from a goddess, you will receive a corresponding reward from the system. Reward quality will be assessed according to the bound goddess's temperament, status, bloodline, strength, and other factors.

The host is currently level 1 and may bind only one goddess.

Binding mission begins. Please bind a goddess immediately. Time limit: three days. If the mission fails, the system will automatically unbind.

Thus, Chen Mo began searching everywhere for someone.

But in the vast desert, he could not even spot a single person, much less a goddess meeting the system's requirements.

Over the past three days, Chen Mo had searched through the endless desert, yet he had not found even a man.

Fortunately, the newbie gift pack from the system had directly raised Chen Mo's cultivation to a Nine-Star Dou Practitioner and given him a god-tier cultivation art called the Supreme Primordial Chaos Art.

It had given Chen Mo the ability to protect himself during these three days in the desert and kept him safe from venomous creatures.

But with only one shichen left before the three-day deadline, Chen Mo could not help growing anxious.

He knew himself well. Without the system, relying only on his Nine-Star Dou Practitioner cultivation and a single cultivation art, he would never reach the point of wielding power over the world while sleeping with beauties in his arms.

At most, he could live off his handsome face.

After all, his transmigrator senior Xiao Yan had Yao Lao by his side to guide him.

Other than the system, Chen Mo had nothing.

So during these three days, he had not bothered looking for food or water. He had only searched for people.

"Heavens, earth, send me a goddess! Pah, just a woman will do."

Chen Mo howled at the sky, walked down the dune, then climbed a taller one to look around.

The moment he reached the top of that taller dune, he saw a caravan not far off to his right.

Did the heavens hear my plea?

Chen Mo hurriedly sprinted toward the caravan.

"Hurry up! Stop standing around!"

"I'm talking to you! Want a beating?"

"Hurry, hurry! Your grandpa here is dying of thirst!"

Long whips cracked across the yellow sand, kicking up clouds of dust.

This was a group of Mercenaries escorting a batch of snake-people, each carrying a different kind of weapon.

Suddenly, a Snake-Woman seemed to have been frightened by something and fell to the ground. She said to one of the Mercenaries, "Water... can you give me some water?"

The Mercenaries transporting the snake-people had long since drunk all their water. Under the blazing sun overhead, they were dizzy and irritable.

Just as a Mercenary raised his whip to strike the Snake-Woman, a heavily panting voice sounded from nearby.

"Finally, I found living people."

Amid the rolling sands, the Mercenaries saw a short-haired youth in bizarre clothing running toward them.

"Boss, someone's coming," one Mercenary said.

"Get lost! I'm not blind!" The Leader, whom they called boss, was a fierce-looking Middle-Aged Man with a scar across his face.

He raised his broadsword and pointed it directly at the approaching youth. "Who are you? Stop right there."

But Chen Mo ignored him, walked straight past him, entered the center of the caravan, and began examining everyone one by one.

"Damn. Why are they all Snake-Women?"

Chen Mo looked them over one at a time. There were women, yes, but they were all Snake-Women, making the corner of his mouth twitch.

I asked the heavens to send me a woman, but couldn't it at least have sent someone from my own race?

What was the point of sending Snake-Women?

Those long snake tails were somewhat frightening at first glance.

Yet at that very moment, the system's voice rang out.

Ding. Goddess target discovered—Die. The host may bind her by silently saying "Yes."

Following the system's guidance, Chen Mo saw a woman who had fallen onto the yellow sand.

He was instantly stunned by her beauty.

She had an outstanding figure and skin as delicate as warm jade, soft and smooth with a gentle glow. Her cherry-red lips needed no rouge, looking so alluring they seemed ready to drip. Two loose strands of hair by her cheeks brushed softly against her face in the breeze, adding several shades of seductive charm.

What a pity she had a snake tail.

Chen Mo immediately said yes in his mind.

It was definitely not because he coveted her beauty. It was because she seemed to be Queen Medusa's younger sister.

That was right. This Snake-Woman looked exactly like Queen Medusa's younger sister from Song of the Sands, the special episode of the Battle Through the Heavens animation.

Of course, she also looked like Queen Medusa.

Before transmigrating, Chen Mo had watched those episodes.

Ding. Goddess bound—Die. For every point of favorability she has toward the host, the host will receive a reward from the system. The System Shop has opened.

As Die found Chen Mo staring at her so openly, a blush appeared on her delicate cheeks.

Suddenly, Die cried out in alarm, "Watch out behind you!"

It turned out that the Leader had become enraged when Chen Mo ignored him completely. He swung his broadsword and slashed at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo's sword brows furrowed. After receiving the Nine-Star Dou Practitioner cultivation granted by the system, all his senses had been greatly enhanced, so naturally he sensed the approaching danger.

Nimbly dodging the broadsword aimed at him, Chen Mo turned around, raised a hand, and threw a full-force punch into the Leader's chest.

Bang!

Perhaps the Leader had not expected that.

With a boom, he was sent flying backward.

Chen Mo had dared to charge into the center of the caravan because he was confident. With the system's help, he could directly see through everyone's cultivation.

And among this group of Mercenaries, the strongest was only a Seven-Star Dou Practitioner.

That was the Leader Chen Mo had just sent flying.

Chen Mo then helped the fallen Snake-Woman to her feet and smiled. "I'm taking you away."

Her hand being touched by an unfamiliar man made a flush appear on Die's face.

Ding. Favorability +1. Obtained one first-grade Accumulation Pill. Hand-holding bonus triggered. Obtained Incense Stick's Worth of Enlightenment Time. Rewards have been deposited into the system inventory. The host may inspect or retrieve them with a thought.

Chen Mo was startled inwardly. There was even a special bonus. Then he smiled at the Leader, who had just gotten back to his feet in the distance. "I'm taking her with me. You don't have any objections, do you?"

The Leader's face twisted viciously. "Brothers, chop him to death!"

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