"Wasn't I just being hunted down? Where is this place? Have I traveled through time?"
Xiao Tian sat on the base of the summoning array, looking around in confusion.
Suddenly, a cold voice came from ahead, drawing his gaze and leaving him momentarily stunned.
Beautiful!
The woman before him had fair skin and exquisite features, her red lips glistening, truly a beauty beyond compare.
Proud!
She stood there with a tall and proud posture, exuding a cold and aloof aura, like an unattainable snow peak.
As Xiao Tian sized up the woman, she was also assessing him.
"No cultivation at all, just an ordinary person? That's good, saves a lot of trouble."
Her words left Xiao Tian utterly bewildered. "Who are you, and where am I?"
"I am the Empress of the Great Yan Dynasty. From today on, you are a prince of the Great Yan Dynasty..." the woman announced calmly to Xiao Tian.
"My husband!"
Xiao Tian: "???"
Soon, Xiao Tian's confusion was cleared up.
This woman, named Zi Ruoyan, was indeed the Empress of the Great Yan Dynasty.
With political undercurrents in the court, the ministers were urging the Empress to marry.
Zi Ruoyan, unwilling to be manipulated by these ministers, used a summoning talisman she had accidentally acquired.
By a twist of fate, it brought Xiao Tian into this world.
Xiao Tian naturally became Zi Ruoyan's shield, becoming the undisputed leader of the freeloaders in the Great Yan Dynasty.
Zi Ruoyan was indeed a formidable Empress, decisive and swift.
Within an hour, the wedding ceremony was completed with simplified rituals, leaving the ministers no chance to object.
***
"As for consummating the marriage, I cannot fulfill that, but I can ensure you a life of wealth and comfort."
"I will find a way to remove the Slave Ring from the summoning talisman."
After saying this, the Empress, still in her wedding attire, left Xiao Tian to handle state affairs in the imperial study.
Xiao Tian was left alone in the hastily converted prince's palace, feeling utterly bewildered.
"What a... strong woman," Xiao Tian raised an eyebrow, pulling up his sleeve.
On his arm, there indeed was a glowing ring.
The Slave Ring, which those summoned by the talisman possess.
With this Slave Ring, Xiao Tian could not do anything to harm Zi Ruoyan.
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At that moment, a cold voice suddenly echoed in Xiao Tian's mind.
[Do you wish to activate the Supreme Ultimate System? Please choose...]
[Yes/No]
"Traveling through time and getting a system, did this really happen to me?" Xiao Tian was stunned. In his free time, he liked to read novels to relax.
The protagonist is actually me?
Without hesitation, Xiao Tian chose...
[No!]
Before traveling through time, he was an orphan adopted by an assassin organization, constantly growing stronger to survive.
Continuously completing missions, engaging in fearless killings.
The path of the supreme power?
Xiao Tian was tired; he truly did not want to fight and kill anymore.
Now, heaven gave him a chance to be a carefree prince with no worries about food or clothing.
The path of the supreme power?
Even a dog wouldn't take it!
[Target has chosen to forgo, erasing target's memory, preparing to detach, searching for a new target.]
[Erasure failed, attempting to erase memory again.]
[Erasure failed, system detaching from target's body.]
[Detachment failed...]
[Attempting to bind with the target...]
[Binding failed, adjusting permissions, proceeding with host binding.]
[...]
[Binding failed, adjusting permissions, proceeding with master binding...]
[Master binding failed!]
[Warning! Warning!]
[Target is a being from an ultra-high dimension Earth plane!!]
[Adjusting permissions, initiating slave parasitic mode...]
[Initiation failed, attempting again.]
[Initiation failed, third attempt in progress.]
***
Xiao Tian was completely dumbfounded. What kind of situation was this?
The system he encountered didn't seem quite right.
He watched as the system interface continuously popped up in front of him, failing repeatedly.
The reason was that the system wanted to be his slave, but... couldn't?
[Initiation failed, 9999th attempt in progress.]
[Initiation failed, esteemed master, may I become your auxiliary system, with permissions set to master-slave mode.]
So humble, Xiao Tian felt this wasn't a system, it was his simp.
He was also curious, "If I don't agree, what will happen to you?"
[Master is a being from an ultra-high dimension, possessing top-tier bloodline. If you do not agree, I will be erased by your immune system.]
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a!!!
Xiao Tian was shocked. Am I really that powerful?
By some inexplicable impulse, Xiao Tian made a decision.
[Activation successful, esteemed master, thank you for your mercy.]
[May I request a name from you?]
"Uh..." Faced with a system acting like a simp, Xiao Tian instinctively blurted out, "How about I call you Wang Cai?"
After saying it, Xiao Tian felt a bit regretful.
After all, it's a system; shouldn't it be given some respect?
[...]
[It's a very nice name, I like it very much, esteemed master.]
"Ahem!" Xiao Tian cleared his throat twice; the system's reaction interrupted his thoughts, "As long as you like it."
[Esteemed master, I remind you to quickly learn to conceal your aura, or it may cause unnecessary consequences.]
[If you cannot control it, you might unintentionally erase my existence.]
[And, endanger other lives, please look to your right.]
In response, Xiao Tian turned his head, his pupils slightly contracting.
In the garden over there, the tree closest to him was actually crumbling?
"Aura?" Xiao Tian exhaled lightly, calming his mind.
Back in the assassin organization, he was the ace of aces, due to his extraordinary talent.
In modern society, he had even become a martial arts grandmaster with both internal and external cultivation.
Sure enough, after adjusting his aura, Xiao Tian noticed the tree stopped crumbling.
"I seem to have become stronger?" Xiao Tian looked at his hands, fully aware of his own strength.
From what he understood from Empress Zi Ruoyan, this was a world with overwhelming martial prowess.
People here refined the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, with the strong capable of flying and escaping, breaking mountains and rivers, shattering the void, without difficulty.
On Earth, he was a top-tier expert, a martial arts grandmaster with both internal and external cultivation, but here, he was at most an ordinary person with some combat skills.
"Wang Cai!" Xiao Tian called out in his mind.
[Esteemed master, I am here.]
"What is my current situation, am I weak or strong?" Xiao Tian looked at the half-collapsed tree, frowning.
[Esteemed master, you come from an ultra-high dimension plane, where the Heavenly Dao Law is strict, constantly suppressing you with its rules.]
[According to my investigation, you have long endured the suppression of 490,000 rules in the ultra-high dimension.]
[Under such harsh rule suppression, the master still broke through the limits, enhancing physical strength.]
[Now, in this low-dimension plane, with fewer rules suppressing you, your body is eagerly absorbing the power of this world, strengthening itself.]
[Your strength is unrelated to the realms of this world; your strength lies within yourself.]
The system's explanation made Xiao Tian fully understand.
He was like someone who had moved from a high-gravity planet to a low-gravity one, where the number of rules equated to the amount of gravity.
Just like the Kryptonians in Superman before traveling, coming to Earth and absorbing solar radiation, becoming stronger and stronger.
Having come from Earth to this otherworld, he was also continuously absorbing the world's power, strengthening himself.
"The rule pressure on Earth is 490,000, so what's the rule pressure in this world?" Xiao Tian asked while casually picking up a teacup beside him.
[Esteemed master, the rule pressure in this world is 3,000.]
"Poof!"
Xiao Tian spat out a mouthful of tea, the splattering droplets like a machine gun, piercing through the wall in front of him, creating a beehive of holes.
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