Zhang's eyes clearly flickered as he realized his master was not happy with the information he provided, which, in truth, was all he knew.

But given the circumstances, degrading his advantage, he needed to prove his worth.

So he thought of something else, something he knew about the tribe, which might be helpful.

While clearly emitting his sharpest sword intent toward the woman to keep her in check, he said, "And Master, she and her mother are the only true kitsune in the entire tribe. The rest are ordinary fox beasts who haven't achieved metamorphosis, or at least not when I visited last time."

'!?!'

'Now this is good information.' Tianlong visibly gave a thumbs up to Zhang Wuji, who seemed to inhale as if affected by his master's easygoing aura as he straightened his chest, finally receiving some applause.

Meanwhile, Yuki clenched her jaws, her canines visible as she glared at the exchange between the emperor and his lapdog, who, if not for her mother telling her not to create a scene here, she would have killed both of them.

'Now think...' Tianlong, as if getting an important piece, closed his eyes.

Shutting his mind like the sharpest blade honed by reading thousands of cultivation novels, he instantly started to find the pattern—the pattern that might just give him some clues to catch this fox off guard, creating a chain reaction of information, where he might be able to learn her true cultivation level or her weakness, something that would give him an advantage.

His eyes snapped open, and a knowing smirk spread across his lips as the pieces clicked into place.

"Let me guess," he said, his voice carrying the casual cruelty of someone delivering a killing blow, "you and your mother were told to protect that place without ever realizing you'd both been abandoned here. Left to guard a prison while the ones who gave you that duty moved on to more important things... or maybe—!"

The effect was instantaneous and devastating.

Kitsune Yuki's golden eyes went wide with shock and fury, her carefully controlled composure shattering like glass.

"You know NOTHING!" she screamed, but her voice cracked with the kind of anguish that only comes from having your deepest fears spoken aloud.

She vanished.

Not teleportation—pure speed that made Zhang Wuji look slow by comparison.

One moment she was pressed against his blade, the next she was airborne, claws extended like silver razors, her face twisted into a mask of primal rage.

'System, check her level now.'

But Tianlong's smirk only widened as blue system windows exploded across his vision.

[CRITICAL ALERT: Target Power Level Fluctuation Detected!]

[Kitsune Yuki - Power Analysis Update]

[Displayed Cultivation: Void Returning Realm]

[TRUE CULTIVATION DETECTED: Peak Great Vehicle Realm]

[Warning: Target is using advanced concealment techniques to suppress power level]

[Note: Emotional destabilization has caused technique failure - true power momentarily revealed]

[Recommendation: Immediate tactical retreat advised]

'Impossible,' Tianlong thought, even as his battle instincts kicked in. 'Great Vehicle Realm should trigger automatic ascension in this lower realm. How is she hiding here?'

But there was no time for analysis.

Kitsune Yuki's claws were aimed directly for his throat, moving with the kind of lethal precision that could carve through mountains.

The collision never came.

Clank!

Steel met claw with a sound like thunder, Zhang Wuji's sharp blade intercepting her strike mere inches from Tianlong's neck.

The impact sent shockwaves through the air, cracking the ground beneath their feet and sending nearby mortals stumbling backward in terror.

"Impressive," Tianlong said calmly, not even bothering to move from where he stood. "But you're disturbing my wedding guests."

The collision sent shockwaves through the air, and Tianlong acted swiftly to protect the gathered mortals.

[Use of Void Essence Detected: 12000 Vitality Points Consumed.]

Void essence erupted from his hands, tearing reality apart, as it was one of the system's given functions for his villain route, alongside the Absolute Domain, which consumed vitality.

That's why he used it rarely. If he used it four to five times in a day, he would reach the limit of vitality he could use per chance, which was fifty thousand.

But no need to think of that right now.

A dimensional rift opened beneath the entire crowd of wedding guests, swallowing them in an instant before depositing them safely several miles away in one of the undamaged celebration zones.

The plaza cleared in seconds, leaving only the three combatants surrounded by rubble and the echoes of displaced air.

"Much better," Tianlong said, rolling his shoulders as he prepared for the real fight. "Now we can—"

The sound that cut him off was like the world ending.

BOOOOOOM!

A shockwave of such magnitude that it shook mountains rippled across the landscape from the direction Zhang Wuji and Kitsune Yuki had been launched as they soared in the sky while fighting.

The collision of peak-level techniques created a miniature sun on the horizon, visible even from hundreds of miles away.

Tianlong chuckled as he felt the ground tremble beneath his feet, his crimson-gold eyes observing it for a few moments, noticing how Yuki was holding back, and the same for Wuji too.

After all, this was the difference between demonic and orthodox cultivators.

They did have the power, but when it came to collateral damage with too many people, they somewhat swerved control.

So technically this battle was going to be stretched rather than end in a few moments where either Wuji cut her neck or she defeated him.

"What excellent luck I have," he murmured to himself, already moving toward the ruins of the remaining restaurant, which he had used like a gate to arrive here, considering he could not just use Void Essence all the time given how much Vitality Points it consumed.

The truth was obvious to anyone who understood how fate worked in cultivation worlds.

By claiming the newly gotten title of heroine—Mei, Yue, Feng—and with one with more fate stopping being sucked by the son of heaven due to the system's severing ability loosening the parasitic link at every act he did to Ying Jia—he had effectively redirected luck to his side.

And added Zhao Chen's own plot armor needing a strong ally against someone like him.

All combined together had brought a stroke of luck for Tianlong knocking on his door in the form of a hot super strong woman.

It was too obvious to ignore that these "coincidences" and "opportunities" at precisely the right moments were just another form of plot armor.

'System... show the active passive abilities.'

He knew what was redirecting everything in his favor.

After all, even though strong women arrived, she was clearly against him and would naturally favor Zhao Chen, boosting his plot armor.

Yet, it appears that she accidentally broke his property due to her excitement about the food, which technically would have been impossible for someone of her level to do and lose control just from the taste of the food.

However, given her mental state, it was possible, but more than just a coincidence created an opportunity for him to come here.

Not just to come here, but he had also obtained much more crucial information about her tribe that would give him a very strong favor, which might be a result of the system's feature he had acquired through the villain route.

DING!

[Enabled Plot Armor Penetration: Bypass protagonist advantages]

[Enabled Probability Theft: Redirect luck and fortune]

[Enabled Reality Override: Force favorable outcomes]

[Enabled Heaven's Will Corruption Protocol:

Corrupt and redirect Heaven's predetermined narrative

Steal protagonist advantages permanently

Target's (Zhao Chen's) plot armor reduced by 80%]

'Good job, system.'

Seeing how the passive ability he had gotten after entering the villain route was walking in the background, creating favorable conditions for him.

Like how he dodged a bullet due to 80% protection from plot armor, since instead of Yuki's mother, who would have been far more dangerous from what Wuji told, her hot-headed daughter had arrived.

So subtle events that might feel like coincidences were, in truth, minutely influenced by fate and his present rewards working passively.

'System, use minor reality manipulation and...'

He now clearly saw how the system was subtly and passively working to redirect the Son of Heaven's plot armor in a way to give him a loop he just needed to use with his other ability.

His eyes looked down toward his erect dick, which, as he calmed himself, instantly loosened.

Knowing that he might have to delay his wedding night with the other two wives given this opportunity was too potent for him, he edited.

'Disrupt the time sense for both Wuji and Yuki...'

Given how both of them were not in the mood to kill each other, rather were fighting cautiously, it was best to elongate the battle.

And to do that, he just needed to make them unable to understand how much time had passed since they started.

Seeing how the system was usually being useful doing its job, while in the far sky with the light streaks moving away from the capital, most probably a strategy from Zhang Wuji to push himself away to avoid caring about the collateral damage, he was clearly sure that this battle was going to take some time—and that time was enough for him to prepare.

He just turned and entered a broken wall of the restaurant, entering as it rippled like water, instantly vanishing him with his thoughts clear as day.

But before leaving, he needed to farm some harem points just in case, as he was going to fool someone who was stronger than him.

'Let's meet at your homeland, Yuki... you might just like your new dad.'

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