Chapter 399: I Now Command All Nine Elements
"Heh, how could such a strategic treasure be sold?"
Shen Anyu shook his head and scoffed. A Heavenly Human was comparable to a human-shaped missile, possessing extreme mobility and destructive power. How could such a being be traded? It wasn't a matter of money, and besides, he wasn't short on it.
Young Master Shen had never bothered to check the exact balance in his accounts; he only knew that the numbers were so vast they were meaningless. He simply never lacked for funds.
He had no interest in money.
Shen Anyu pondered for a moment, his thoughts sifting through the women and relatives in his inner circle. Among them, his aunt, An Zhiyue, was undoubtedly the closest to the Heavenly Human realm. Her foundation was as solid as a mountain, her True Essence polished and dense from years of diligent cultivation. With this Heavenly Human Breakthrough Pill, she could shatter her bottleneck and ascend within a matter of days.
As for Luo Yuhe, she had only recently stepped into the Grandmaster realm. Her aura was still fresh, bright but not yet consolidated. Even with an abundance of heavenly pills, forcing her advancement would be detrimental, like trying to build a skyscraper on a foundation of wet cement. Haste would only breed weakness.
*'Aunt is absolutely trustworthy, both in the novel's timeline and in this life!'* Shen Anyu's gaze softened, a rare warmth seeping into his typically sharp eyes. He recalled the faded memories from the original book—An Zhiyue, her elegant face streaked with blood and grime, standing defiantly between him and the protagonist Ye Yan, a desperate, protective tigress shielding her cub. In this life, that same fierce protection had been transformed into unwavering support and gentle care, a constant, reassuring presence. He wasn't so cold-blooded as to begrudge her a single Heavenly Human Breakthrough Pill.
With that decision made, he turned his attention back to the system.
"System, continue the lottery."
However, the very next divine reward to emerge left Shen Anyu momentarily speechless.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Heavenly Human Breakthrough Pill!]
*'Another one?'* Shen Anyu raised a perfectly sculpted eyebrow. A faint, amused smile touched his lips. He thought for a moment, then decided to store this second pill away. It would be a perfect reward for whichever of his women was the next to reach the peak of the Grandmaster realm. A kingmaker's tool, held in reserve.
"Good luck, bring me something truly exceptional," Shen Anyu murmured, taking a slow, deep breath to center himself. His mind became a placid lake, his expectations tempered. Then, he initiated the rest of the draws in rapid succession.
A cascade of chimes echoed in his mind, each one a herald of immense power.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Divine Gold-Elemental Ability!]
A torrent of razor-sharp energy flooded his meridians, feeling like molten steel solidifying into an unyielding, indestructible core within him.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Divine Fire-Elemental Ability!]
An inferno erupted in his soul, a blazing, primal power that he instinctively tamed into a controlled, smoldering sun.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Divine Earth-Elemental Ability!]
A profound connection to the very ground beneath him settled deep in his bones, a sense of unshakable stability and inexhaustible resilience.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Divine Light-Elemental Ability!]
A wave of pure, searing radiance washed over him, cleansing and empowering, the power to banish all shadows.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Divine Dark-Elemental Ability!]
A chilling, silent void opened within his consciousness, the absolute power of shadow and entropy, a coldness that promised oblivion.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Ten Divine Hundred-Year Zhu Fruits!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a divine reward: Soul-Swapping Art!]
*'Did I just stumble into an elemental ability nest?'* Shen Anyu's expression was a mixture of shock and dawning ecstasy. *'Adding the Wood, Water, Wind, and Lightning abilities I already possess… I now have Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Dark, Wind, and Lightning. The complete set of nine elemental abilities!'*
His initial surprise quickly morphed into unadulterated excitement as he began to feel the true depth of his new powers.
Shen Anyu slowly extended his right hand, palm facing upward. At his command, reality itself seemed to bend. A vortex of impossible energies began to swirl above his skin. Sharp, brilliant golden light pulsed with metallic lethality. Lashing tongues of crimson fire danced with flowing tendrils of sapphire water, neither extinguishing the other. Verdant green life essence, the power of Wood, erupted from a base of solid, ochre Earth energy. Blindingly pure white Light clashed with an abyssal, all-consuming Dark. All of this was whipped into a frenzy by howling gales of Wind and threaded with crackling arcs of violet Lightning.
The nine elemental abilities rotated and merged, their chaotic, warring natures forcibly harmonized into a serene, shimmering sphere of gray, chaos-like energy. It was a color that shouldn't exist, a manifestation of pure, terrifying annihilation.
To test its potency, Shen Anyu retrieved a small ingot of Adamantium from his system inventory. It was a flawless, mirror-polished metal, a hundred times stronger than titanium alloy, so dense it felt like a black hole in his hand. He let the ingot drop. The moment it touched the swirling gray vortex above his palm, it didn't shatter, melt, or explode. It simply… ceased to exist, disintegrating into microscopic dust without a sound, completely and utterly unmade.
*Hiss…*
A sharp, involuntary intake of breath escaped Shen Anyu's lips. His handsome face, usually flushed with vitality, turned a shade paler. This wasn't from shock, but from the cataclysmic overexertion.
*'Just one second,'* he thought, a tremor running through his arm. *'That single second of fusion consumed more True Essence than my entire battle against the three Heavenly Humans from the Martial God Hall combined!'* The drain was so immense it felt like a black hole had opened in his dantian, threatening to suck him dry.
*'However… this power is absolutely worth the cost!'* A deeply satisfied smile stretched across his pale face. The sheer, overwhelming destructive capability was intoxicating.
He had never fought a Land Immortal before, but Shen Anyu was now supremely confident. With the power of the nine fused elements, he could definitely inflict a severe, perhaps even fatal, wound upon such a legendary being.
Then, his brow furrowed slightly as he considered the practical limitations. He sighed softly. "It's a pity it's a one-second wonder…"
The power was terrifying, but its consumption rate was equally so. If he couldn't obliterate his opponent in that single, decisive instant, he would be left dangerously depleted…
*'Then I'll just run away using Love Infinite Teleport!'* Shen Anyu's eyebrow shot up, and a wicked, shameless smile bloomed on his face. This was the perfect villain's strategy. He could advance and attack with overwhelming force, and if that failed, he could retreat and escape in the blink of an eye. He could heal, recover, and return to strike again, forever standing in an invincible position.
Any Land Immortal unfortunate enough to become his enemy would likely be disgusted to the point of coughing up blood, hounded by an opponent who could unleash a world-ending attack and then vanish without a trace.
This round of lottery draws had been exceptionally fruitful. Shen Anyu was more than satisfied as he examined the remaining two rewards. The Hundred-Year Zhu Fruits were self-explanatory—rare and precious heavenly treasures that pulsed with vibrant life force, perfect for accelerating one's cultivation. Excellent items.
"Divine Soul-Swapping Art?" Shen Anyu murmured, intrigued. He focused his mind and read the detailed introduction.
[Divine Skill: Soul-Swapping Art]
[Type: Soul-type Skill]
[Effect: Allows the user to swap the souls of individuals whose soul strength is lower than their own!]
A thoughtful, calculating glint appeared in Shen Anyu's eyes as his gaze drifted in the direction of Xu Ruoxue's room. *'If I were to swap the souls of Xu Ruoxue and Xu Ruoshui… those two beautiful sisters… tsk tsk…'*
A deliciously cruel scenario played out in his mind. He imagined Xu Ruoshui's body, inhabited by the fiery, proud soul of her older sister, Xu Ruoxue. How would she react? Would she be stunned into silence, trapped within her sister's more delicate frame, unable to unleash her usual arrogance? Or what about Xu Ruoxue's magnificent body, suddenly housing the shy, gentle soul of Xu Ruoshui? She would be utterly dumbfounded, lost in a form that felt both familiar and alien.
The thought was particularly tantalizing when he pictured himself with "Xu Ruoshui," her body trembling with its ingrained shyness while Xu Ruoxue's trapped soul burned with helpless fury and humiliation as he did *this* and *that* with her. The psychological torment alone would be an exquisite delicacy.
"And now, for the main event," Shen Anyu whispered, his heart beginning to beat a little faster. "This time's Super Divine reward!" He took several deep breaths, a rare feeling of genuine nervousness and anticipation bubbling within him. He had accumulated a staggering 10 million Destiny Points, all for this single, ten-thousand-draw chance.
A treasure chest woven from nine-colored auspicious light materialized in his mind, radiating an aura of supreme, ancient power. It opened with agonizing slowness, bathing his consciousness in a holy glow before revealing its contents.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a Super Divine reward: Sharing!]
"???"
Shen Anyu's mind was full of question marks. Why were these Super Divine rewards always so bizarrely named? First, there was the oddly romantic 'Love Infinite Teleport,' and now this simplistic 'Sharing.'
He quickly quelled his confusion, his focus sharpening as he read the detailed introduction. A moment later, his eyebrows relaxed, and a wide, brilliant smile spread across his face.
"As expected of a Super Divine reward!"
[Super Divine Skill: Sharing]
[Type: Special-type Skill]
[Effect: Can share everything, including life, wealth, cultivation, Luck, and Lifespan, with a Daughter of Destiny or destined heroine whose favorability is at its maximum value!]
[Note: Can share across space, but not across time!]
Love Infinite Teleport required a favorability of ninety or above. Sharing, however, demanded the absolute peak—a full one hundred points. Achieving max favorability was no simple feat. The points became exponentially harder to earn as they neared the cap. In the beginning, a handsome smile and a few charming words from Young Master Shen could boost a heroine's favorability by ten or twenty points. But later, it required genuine connection and careful cultivation, and could easily become stuck just shy of the goal.
But the effect of this skill was beyond domineering; it was utterly tyrannical.
Shen Anyu suddenly recalled a classic cultivation joke: A lowly fairy divorced the Immortal Emperor and, in the settlement, demanded half of his cultivation.
Now, with the Super Divine skill Sharing, he could make that joke a reality. If he ever managed to make a female Empress with max favorability his wife, Shen Anyu could literally share half of her cultivation, her power becoming his own.
"Is the system telling me to become a kept man?" Shen Anyu chuckled, leaning back. He had a sensitive stomach, after all. He quite liked the idea of being kept.
Furthermore, the skill was bidirectional. Not only could Shen Anyu share everything from his partner, but she could also share everything from him. At a whim, Shen Anyu could instantly transform his powerless little maid, Ruan Lingshan, into a powerhouse on par with a Heavenly Human.
Of course, the initiative remained entirely with him. He could disconnect the link from the Super Divine skill Sharing at any time. It was a temporary state, a faucet of power he could turn on or off as he pleased.
"Currently, among the women I know, only Susan is stronger than me in pure cultivation. Let's give it a try."
Thinking this, Shen Anyu's thoughts focused, and he activated the Super Divine skill Sharing…
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