Global Asset: Rebirth Of The Ruthless Scholar
Chapter 1: The Divine Blindspot
The Red Mist continued to shroud the Down-World, but it acted as a static shield against the "Heavenly Eye." The Lower Heaven's Will tried to calculate Xun Long's next move, but every simulation ended in a void. Because Xun Long originated from a higher plane, his destiny was "Opaque" to the lower gods.
"Why is the anomaly stagnant?" the Voice of Heaven thundered across the clouds.
They couldn't see the truth: Xun Long was sitting in a half-destroyed clinic, manually stitching Lin Xiao's fractured meridians using Spectral Silk. He was a Scholar of Death, but for her, he was becoming a Scholar of Life. His love was developing at a turtle's pace—measured in millimeters of healing—but it was the only thing keeping the Berserker at bay.
Chapter 2: The Harvest of the Fallen
The Lower Heaven, desperate to regain control, sent a battalion of Cloud-Walkers—elite spirits tasked with "resetting" the province. They descended through the Red Mist, thinking they were invisible.
Xun Long didn't even stand up. He simply tapped the ground with his finger.
"Collection: Protocol Alpha," he whispered in English.
Suddenly, the ground beneath the Cloud-Walkers turned into a swirling vortex of violet energy. This was his new power: Triple-Tamer Integration. He didn't just kill them; he separated their Mind, Body, and Skeleton. In a 18+ display of clinical efficiency, the soldiers were dismantled in mid-air and sucked into his Soul-Domain. They weren't dead; they were "Stored." They became silent statues within his mark, their power fueling his own.
Chapter 3: The System's Instruction on Soul-Leasing
As the battalion disappeared, the System provided a detailed update:
[INSTRUCTOR MODE: Soul-Domain Management][Current Assets: 5,000 High-Tier Cloud-Walker Souls.][Instruction: You can now 'Lease' the attributes of the stored. Use their 'Cloud-Walk' ability to grant Lin Xiao flight without consuming her own life-force.]
Xun Long utilized his 1000x Intellect to bridge the gap between his storage and Lin Xiao. He wasn't just protecting her; he was "Upgrading" her using the remains of his enemies. He was a modern strategist—he didn't waste resources; he recycled them.
Chapter 4: The Demonic & Righteous Rumors
While the Lower Heaven was in a state of confusion, the "Vibrations" of Xun Long's power began to leak into the borderlands. High-level Demonic Cultivators felt the scent of a "True Necromancer," while Righteous Sects sensed a "Blasphemous Abomination."
"A man who keeps the skeletons and minds of the fallen?" an Elder of the Blood-Moon Sect muttered in the shadows. "He is either a god we must worship or a treasure we must harvest."
The bounty on Xun Long's head was being written in blood across the hidden world. They didn't know he was from the Upper Realm; they only knew he possessed the ultimate "Human Resource" system. The greed of the world was beginning to stir, but for now, they were too afraid of the Red Mist to enter.
Chapter 5: The Heavenly Fear
The Lower Heaven, sensing its inability to predict Xun Long, launched a "Karma-Strike." This was a direct attack on his emotional state. They didn't attack him; they targeted the "Concepts" he was attached to. They tried to wither the plants she loved and dry the water she drank.
Xun Long's violet eyes glowed with a terrifying intensity. "You attack the healer because you cannot touch the scholar?" he asked the sky, his voice a low, lethal hum.
He realized the Heavens were afraid. They were attacking blindly because they couldn't see his heart. They didn't know he was falling in love, and that ignorance was their only advantage. If they knew she was his weakness, they would destroy her. He decided to keep his affection buried deep under layers of Ruthless Logic.
Chapter 6: The Slow-Motion Devotion
Lin Xiao woke up to find her clinic restored, not with wood and stone, but with Solidified Spectral Essence. It looked like glass but was harder than diamond.
"Long? Why is the sky still red?" she asked, her voice trembling.
Xun Long walked over and handed her a cup of water, filtered through the Void Core. "The world is changing, Xiao. You just need to focus on your herbs. I will handle the 'Administrative' tasks."
He spent the evening watching her work. To any observer, he was a cold, silent predator. But in his mind, he was calculating the exact amount of "Life-Force" he needed to steal from the Heavens to ensure she never aged a single day. This was his "Turtle Love"—silent, agonizingly slow, but absolute.
Chapter 7: This Is The Rebirth Of The New God
The volume ends with Xun Long standing at the edge of the Red Mist. In his Soul-Domain, he now had a small army of minds and bodies, all waiting for his command. He looked at his Rebirth Mark, which was evolving.
[Void Sovereignty: 30% Mastered.] [Stored Assets: Mind/Body/Skeleton of 12,000 Combatants.]
He sensed a massive group of Demonic Inquisitors approaching from the North. They were coming for his secrets.
"Let them come," he said in English. "My domain has plenty of empty shelves."
"This Is The Rebirth Of The New God," he declared, as the first Demonic scout screamed in the darkness, his soul being pulled from his body by an invisible force.