Pure Desire Ceiling

Strange mental sounds and illusions came one after another. Even if he hadn't yet reached the point of becoming a sage, Xiao Bai needed a moment to calm down.

An undeniable fact lay before him.

—His modifier had blackened!

The charm his modifier had maxed out had actually abandoned the righteous path and only worked on villainous women!

They say flies don't bite seamless eggs—could there be a seam on him?

Xiao Bai really couldn't figure it out. As a properly raised successor of socialism, merely changing environments to make a living, how could his modifier, which had once been morally upright and broad-minded, undergo such an evil mutation?

Could it be that he had crossed through dark matter into the cultivation world?

Thankfully, he hadn't yet seen a River Crab Divine Beast in the cultivation world, or his modifier would have been sealed already.

The blackened modifier proved that the nine white fox tails Xiao Bai had just seen weren't illusions but real fox demons...

This meant that Elder Yuhu, who was intimately close to him, was an evil demoness!

Hoo—

Snow fluff landed on a peach petal heart.

Xiao Bai instantly cooled down.

According to the Heavenly Origin Dao Laws, the demon race was evil and bloodthirsty, recklessly plundering the world's spiritual energy, and was one of the evil races that caused the Era of Dharma Decline back then.

Not of our kind, their hearts must differ—this was an unshakable truth in the cultivation world.

Facing a demoness who killed without blinking, even if she was a cultivation partner sharing intimate bonds, even with charm supporting him, Xiao Bai felt a chill.

Thankfully, the answer from the Political Review Heart Inquiry just now—if the demoness had an elder's looks, it was better to catch her and make her a wife—had unknowingly submitted his pledge of allegiance for him.

Only then did the Old Shoulder Cunning plot unfold...

Thinking carefully, Xiao Bai realized that a fox demon lurking in the Snow Flame Sect for a hundred years, climbing all the way to the position of Pill Elder without being discovered, showed she was a High-Level Agent with grand schemes!

No wonder the Snow Flame Sect was harassed by demons every few years, barely able to defend itself, unable to organize an effective counterattack.

Admittedly, even with maxed-out charm, Xiao Bai could make the demoness happy, but risks still existed.

He could be drained dry as a human husk in a Lu Ding by the demoness at any time, or be chopped to pieces when she opened a harem.

Villainous women were too dangerous!

He had to have a means of self-preservation.

Xiao Bai steadied his mind amidst the swaying fox shadows, meditated to focus, and logged into the modifier panel.

At the same time, the modifier panel, locked for five years, refreshed to its latest state.

[Host]: Xiao Bai (also Administrator).
[Cultivation]: Fetal Breath First Layer.
[Money]: Spirit Stones ×3.
[Items]: Bamboo Cutting Knife ×1 (Low-tier).
[Techniques]: Bamboo Cutting Saber Technique (Low-tier).
[Remote Sensing]: Enabled.
[Female Lead One]: Bind the first villainess, Master Yuhu, immediately?

Xiao Bai swept his eyes over it. The modifier panel hadn't changed much, only adding a [Remote Sensing] function.

Remote Sensing... as the name implied, did it mean using divine sense to implement high-definition remote monitoring of the female lead?

Xiao Bai instinctively imagined ten thousand classic scenes.

What an absurd mutation function!

Suitable for dealing with bad women.

Perhaps that was why, even with his sight and hearing sealed by the elder, he still saw the nine white fox tails spiraling above the hot spring.

To be cautious, Xiao Bai didn't immediately decide whether to bind Elder Yuhu.

Instead, he first checked the core code architecture of the modifier, especially the reward mechanism.

Because eating soft rice was just the surface; what let Xiao Bai dominate the game was the reward mechanism after meals.

The specific reward rules were threefold—

First, after binding any female lead, any technique she taught would be instantly comprehended by the host, reaching a perfect state, unleashing the maximum power possible at his current cultivation level.

Second, including spiritual energy merged through Dual Rest, any spiritual resources gifted by the female lead would be absorbed one hundred percent by the host, fully converting into his own cultivation.

Third, if he successfully bound seven female leads without the harem catching fire, the host could randomly draw a Heavenly Dao Grand Gift Bag once.

The so-called Heavenly Dao Grand Gift Bag was essentially used to give the host an invincible cheat.

After all, it was his own personal modifier; Xiao Bai couldn't let himself suffer.

And a man couldn't just eat soft rice all the time—occasionally, he had to be a little tougher.

Soon, Xiao Bai checked the Modifier's main architecture as an administrator.

After a detailed inspection, he found that although the direction of the charm had gone wrong, the reward mechanism was still intact.

There were also a few changes.

The first two rules remained the same; what had changed was the third rule regarding the [Heavenly Dao Grand Gift Bag] reward—

Three, as long as the host can thwart the evil endeavors of the female leads and make them taste the iron fist of justice, the host will receive a Heavenly Dao Grand Gift Bag!

And every time an evil endeavor is thwarted, the host gets one draw!

—Same recipe, same flavor.

Xiao Bai was stunned for a moment, then understood.

The Cultivation World also had River Crab Divine Beasts!

Although the Modifier had turned dark, it had been patched by the power of the River Crab.

This was a good thing.

It proved that the River Crab Divine Beast was protecting every universe.

Since things had come to this, Xiao Bai couldn't modify the Heavenly Dao code either; he could only accept the established facts.

At least the reward mechanisms were still there.

The Heavenly Dao Grand Gift Bags he hadn't obtained in the game due to harem infighting now presented a new opportunity after his transmigration.

Besides, making the villainous women taste the iron fist of justice also aligned with Xiao Bai's values: prosperity, democracy...

If not him, then who?

Xiao Bai regained his good mood.

As the saying goes, heaven may be merciless, but the righteous path is full of trials; to walk the righteous path, he could only grit his teeth and accept the torment of the bad women.

With a tremor of his tiger-like frame, Xiao Bai immediately decided to bind Elder Yuhu, focusing his mind to send a thought:

[Bind the first female lead immediately!]

The thought was sent out, transforming into a cold mechanical voice, carrying a hint of the Heavenly Dao's will within the void.

Xiao Bai was taken aback.

Maybe because he was the founder and administrator, representing the Modifier's own will, his speech and the Modifier's speech were the same tone.

This was the prestige of the creator!

[Ding—Congratulations, host, on successfully binding the first female lead, Master Yuhu. May the host never forget the original intention, eliminate demons and defend the Dao, and take the world's people as your responsibility—]

[Alright, go do whatever you need to do.]

Xiao Bai was a bit impatient and forcefully interrupted the Modifier's words.

For now, with his Fetal Breath First Layer cultivation, roughly equivalent to a mortal's strength, he could only throw a Heavy Punch Attack in front of the Modifier.

In front of Elder Yuhu, a fox demon, Xiao Bai could only cower and obey.

Letting her do whatever she wanted on his body, he had no power to resist, and was even cruelly deprived of the joy of sight and sound.

A dignified man of one chi, subjected to such humiliation!

This showed the cruelty and despicability of the demoness, and how low Xiao Bai's family status was.

As for the origins of this demoness Yuhu, Xiao Bai still knew nothing.

Fortunately, the [Remote Sensing] system was already activated, allowing him to monitor her vile deeds from afar.

As for the moment, the remote sensing function seemed hard to activate at negative distance, and the perception was blurry.

Facing the swaying fox shadow above the pond water, besides closing his eyes and enduring, Xiao Bai had no other choice.

Demon it is, then.

The next morning.

Xiao Bai woke up leaning against the edge of the pond.

Wrapped in a Bamboo Fiber Bath Towel, his back against the Flourishing Peach Grove, with green bamboo standing like swords on either side, facing the Snow Curtain Sea of Clouds.

The surface of the pond water was scattered with nameless herbal petals, misty water rising, fragrant and pleasant.

The water vapor from the pond connected with the sea of clouds at the cliff's edge, like a vast, misty lake, with delicate Snow Fluff falling into it, vanishing like smoke on the waves.

Everything was beautiful, except the female lead, Elder Yuhu, was nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Bai thought to himself, this rich woman was too inconsiderate!

She was gone, and there wasn't even a bag of spirit stones left by the pond as compensation...

Fortunately, after a night, he was unharmed.

He hadn't been refined into a cauldron or squeezed into dried meat, and his skin hadn't wrinkled from soaking too long in the water.

He even felt the pond water was warm and smooth, the scent of herbs strong, and his body and skin were unprecedentedly comfortable, as if every pore and every cell was letting out a joyful hum.

Xiao Bai let out a long sigh of relief.

This demoness wasn't too bad!

Just then—

[Ding—Congratulations, host, for obtaining the female lead's spiritual power through Dual Rest, advancing your cultivation to Fetal Breath Second Layer!]

Fetal Breath Second Layer!

Xiao Bai's eyes lit up.

Fetal Breath, the breathing of an infant within the mother's womb, was humanity's most primal instinct.

The first step in cultivation was to return to simplicity, revert to Fetal Breath, and start from scratch.

The Fetal Breath Realm had nine layers in total, a preparatory stage before Qi Refining. Though not yet considered a cultivator, it provided a noticeable boost to physical techniques.

Native mortals on the True Origin Continent were born at Fetal Breath First Layer.

As for Earthling Xiao Bai, it had taken him five years since his transmigration to reach Fetal Breath First Layer.

Now, in a single night, he'd gained one layer!

Fox demons were truly amazing!

Xiao Bai thought to himself, one layer per night—if he kept up the nightly revelry, wouldn't he skyrocket?

Greater risk meant greater reward; the Righteous Path Fairies in games didn't have this kind of kick.

Xiao Bai suddenly grew curious. Where had his fox demon woman gone? What was she doing?

Was she sharpening knives for pigs and sheep, secretly brewing poison, coordinating with monsters from inside and outside to overthrow the sect, or assassinating key figures in the Dao Alliance?

Guessing was pointless.

Just then, the Modifier popped up a notification window!

[Ding—System has detected suspected Evil Deeds by first female lead, Master Yuhu. Remote Sensing immediately?]

So there were system prompts for suspected evil deeds too?

As expected of you, River Crab Divine Beast!

Xiao Bai marveled at the beast's omnipresence, also surprised by the timing of the alert.

He immediately closed his eyes and focused, entering the Modifier login panel to activate the Remote Sensing function.

In an instant, his sea of consciousness turned a vast white, illusions like clouds, thin as mist, faint and indistinct.

His divine sense stretched like a long mirror, Xiao Bai looked down from the nine heavens, parting layers of fog, quickly locking onto the first female lead's location—

True Origin Continent, Monster Beast Mountain Range, Snow Flame Sect, Hundred Herbs Peak, East Grove Bamboo Hut, Underground Cave Abode.

Less than a hundred zhang from the cliffside hot spring where Xiao Bai was soaking.

The cave abode was filled with a faint, strange medicinal fragrance.

Xiao Bai carefully adjusted the Remote Sensing field of view, looking down at the scene of crime.

At the center of the field was a large, indigo-green, flower-house-shaped cauldron, its outer wall engraved with rings of vermilion Yin-Yang Dharma Seals.

The red light of the Dharma Seals rotated slowly, illuminating a waterfall of white hair, casting the shadows of fox ears and nine tails on the cave walls.

Fresh from her bath, Elder Yuhu, draped in a Bamboo Membrane Gauze Robe embroidered with cyan and white peaches, holding a cup of Peach Petal Tea, sat cross-legged before the cauldron.

The semi-transparent bamboo membrane gauze clung to her voluptuous, graceful figure...

Xiao Bai felt dizzy just looking at it.

This demoness had worn a loose Green Cloak before, with her ethereal bearing and a face as pure as a young girl—he had underestimated her.

Now it was clear: this fox woman hid too deep, utterly sinful and unfathomable!

A face of utmost purity perfectly merged with a body of utmost allure.

In the terms of Xiao Bai's past life, this was the legendary Pure Desire Ceiling.

Xiao Bai's Remote Sensing went to his head, even his Dao heart wavering. He thought, if only he could break the elder's audio-visual seals someday, he'd truly take off...

Just then!

A wisp of green smoke drifted from the cauldron's top.

The curling smoke struggled and wavered, then was bound by the Yin-Yang Formation, forming the hanging shadow of a Black Mountain Goat.

The Black Mountain Goat, conjured from green smoke, slowly spoke:

"Feeling a bit better?"

It sounded like an Old Woman's voice...

To Xiao Bai, this scene looked like an encrypted holographic video call, the Black Mountain Goat likely being Elder Yuhu's contact.

The fox woman's expression was serene as she replied faintly.

"A little farther from death."

A little farther from death?

Xiao Bai, observing from the shadows, was slightly startled.

Adjusting his frontal view, he looked closely—the elder's complexion was a bit rosier than last night, revealing a hint of a young girl's romance amidst her cold and indifferent demeanor.

Green smoke spread silently.

The Black Sheep Crone taunted:

"As a Charm Demon, forcibly suppressing your Charm Arts with Medicine Techniques, maintaining a Virgin Body for a hundred years... It's a miracle you've lived this long."

The icy gaze scattered, her slender brows slowly turning white, like snow settling on a mountain ridge.

Master Yuhu quietly sipped her tea, not saying a word.

I became the fire suppressant?

Xiao Bai seemed to understand something, yet also nothing at all.

The Black Sheep Crone pressed on:

"The plan is about to start soon... Are you sure you're ready?"

Hearing the villain had a plan, Xiao Bai got energized and immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

"Naturally."

The Demoness took a light sip of Peach Petal Tea.

The slight parting of her lips was so minimal, it was as if the voice didn't come from her mouth.

Black Sheep Crone:

"Not so natural, is it?"

Master Yuhu:

"What do you mean by that?"

Black Sheep Crone:

"As the two most talented Charm Demons in the Demon Alliance, I thought you wouldn't waste your talent like Jiuying, taking the long way to cultivate the Eight Desolations Virgin Technique. But it turns out you've gone even further than her."

"A hundred years ago, I ordered you to infiltrate the Snow Flame Sect, aiming for you to get close to the Sect Leader or the Supervisor, find the Core of the Mountain Protecting Array of the Snow Flame Sect, overthrow the Snow Flame Sect, and then gradually erode the Dao Alliance forces in the Cambrian Kingdom."

"But a hundred years later, you've risen to the position of elder, and all you've done is probe some spirit veins, research a few beast medicine formulas, forcibly suppress your Charm Arts, and even reject the advances of both the Sect Leader and the Supervisor."

"If it were just that, I could let it slide. But now, you've suddenly given yourself to a Laborer Disciple... Yuhu, do you know what you're doing?"

The nine tails on the wall swayed, her gaze as still as still water.

"We're overthrowing more than just the Snow Flame Sect."

The Black Sheep Crone let out a slight sigh of relief, then asked:

"This young man named Xiao Bai—who exactly is he, to be worth a top-tier Charm Demon pleasing him?"

Master Yuhu's complexion rippled slightly as she slowly closed her eyes.

"Perhaps I am the one being pleased."

"..."

Xiao Bai roughly understood.

It seemed this woman was extremely unwilling to sacrifice her body as a Charm Demon, preferring to be pleased rather than please others—truly a strong woman of the Tian Yuan Era, admirable... The Situation of Attack and Defense Changed.

Seeing Yuhu waste her Virgin Body in vain, the Black Sheep Crone was so angry that green smoke billowed, and she sneered:

"Seeing your face all flushed, don't tell me you just grabbed some Handsome Youth to get the job done!"

Master Yuhu smiled faintly, her lips curving lightly, like ripples stirred by snow falling on a still lake.

"This is Good Medicine for healing me. If nurtured well, he might become a man who destroys humanity, perhaps."